This Privacy Policy explains how Gastronomy LLC ("Gastronomy", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects your information when you use the Gastronomy mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
By using the Service, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.
1. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you create an account, we collect information necessary to create and maintain your account, such as your first and last name, email address, username, ZIP code, and password. Passwords maintained directly by Gastronomy are stored only in hashed form.
If you sign up using Google or Apple, we receive certain account information, such as your name and email address, from that provider instead of receiving or storing your Google or Apple password.
You may also choose to provide a profile photo and other optional profile information.
Location Information
With your permission, we use your device's location to provide location-based features, such as showing restaurants, dishes, and other content near you.
You may decline or disable location permission through your device settings. If device location access is disabled, the Service remains available and may use the general area associated with your profile, including the ZIP code you provide, to support location-based features. We also store whether you have enabled or disabled location access.
Photos and Camera
With your permission, the Service may access your device's camera or photo library so you can add photos to check-ins, dishes, your profile, and other supported areas of the Service.
We access photos you choose to submit through the Service.
Content You Create
We collect and store content you submit through the Service. This may include check-ins, ratings, lists, photos, restaurant information, dish information, packaged product information, and other content you choose to contribute.
Some content and activity may be visible to other Gastronomy users depending on the nature of the feature and your applicable privacy settings.
Additional Account Records
If you close your account, we collect and store the reason you select for closing it and any information you choose to enter in the related free-text field. We may also retain records of transactional emails sent in connection with your account or use of the Service.
Technical Information
Our servers maintain standard access logs that may include information such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address. We use this information as necessary to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and maintain the Service. The app does not currently use analytics or crash-reporting software to collect device type, operating system version, app version, or error or diagnostic information.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information:
- To create, authenticate, and maintain your account
- To provide and operate the Service
- To provide location-based features, including nearby restaurants, dishes, and other relevant content
- To display and organize your check-ins, ratings, photos, lists, and other contributions
- To enable social and community features of the Service
- To respond to support requests, questions, and feedback
- To troubleshoot technical issues and maintain the security and reliability of the Service
- To prevent fraud, abuse, and misuse of the Service
- To develop, maintain, and improve the Service
- To comply with applicable legal obligations
3. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share your personal information with advertisers. The app does not currently contain advertising or third-party advertising analytics software.
We may share or make information available in the following circumstances:
Other Users
Your username, profile photo, check-ins, ratings, photos, lists, and other content or activity may be visible to other users depending on the feature and your applicable privacy settings.
Authentication Providers
If you choose to sign in using a third-party authentication provider such as Google or Apple, that provider processes information necessary to authenticate your account in accordance with its own terms and privacy practices.
Service Providers
We may use third-party service providers to help operate the Service, such as providers that host infrastructure, store data or images, or provide authentication services.
These providers may process information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services to us.
Legal and Safety Reasons
We may disclose information if reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; enforce our agreements and policies; investigate fraud or abuse; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Gastronomy, our users, or others.
Business Transfers
If Gastronomy is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
4. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, maintain your account, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
When you close your account, your profile and associated content are removed from the Service. We retain the underlying account record and associated personal information unless you request its deletion. Where you request deletion, we will delete or anonymize that information within 30 days, except where retention is reasonably necessary or required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, or similar legitimate purposes.
Information that has been aggregated or anonymized so that it can no longer reasonably identify you may be retained.
5. Deleting Your Account
You can close your Gastronomy account at any time directly from the app:
- Open the Gastronomy app and sign in.
- Go to your Profile tab.
- Tap the Settings (gear) icon in the top-right corner.
- Scroll to the bottom and tap Close Account.
- Confirm when prompted.
Closing your account removes your profile and your associated check-ins, photos, lists, and ratings from Gastronomy, and you will no longer be able to sign in. Closing your account cannot be undone.
We retain the underlying account record and associated personal information after closure. To have that information deleted or anonymized, email info@gastronomyapp.com from the email address associated with your account. This is also the route to use if you no longer have the app installed or are unable to access your account. We will process verified deletion requests within 30 days, subject to the limited retention circumstances described in Section 4.
6. Third-Party Services and Links
The Service may interact with or contain links to third-party websites, applications, authentication providers, maps, restaurants, or other services that Gastronomy does not control.
Your use of third-party services may be governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Gastronomy is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties.
7. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
Information transmitted between the app and our systems is protected using encrypted connections where appropriate. Passwords maintained directly by Gastronomy are stored using secure password-hashing practices.
No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Children's Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to Gastronomy, please contact us at info@gastronomyapp.com so that we can take appropriate action.
9. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.
You can manage certain account information and privacy settings directly through the Gastronomy app and can delete your account using the process described in Section 5.
Residents of certain jurisdictions, including the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and California, may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws.
Gastronomy does not sell personal information.
To submit a privacy request or ask a question regarding your information, contact us at info@gastronomyapp.com. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
10. International Users
Gastronomy is based in the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information may be processed or stored in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
Privacy and data-protection laws in these jurisdictions may differ from those in your country of residence.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Service, our practices, or applicable requirements.
When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice as appropriate.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Gastronomy's handling of your information, contact us at:
Gastronomy LLC
Email: info@gastronomyapp.com