Privacy Policy

Effective November 7, 2026

This policy explains what information Crumb collects, how we use and share it, and the choices you have. It covers the Crumb mobile apps, the web app at crumb.beclutch.club, and the public recipe site at crumbrecipes.beclutch.club (together, the "Service"), operated by Sierralingo, LLC, a New York limited liability company doing business as BeClutch ("Crumb", "we", "us").

1. Information you give us

• Account details: your email address, display name and password (stored only as a secure hash).
• Profile photo, if you add one.
• Recipes and related content: recipes, photos, notes, ratings, categories, recipe books, and your default visibility setting.
• Friends and sharing: who you add as friends and which recipes you share with whom.
• Imports: photos, PDFs, links and recipe pages you ask Crumb to read.
• Messages: feature requests and emails you send us.
• Newsletter: your email address and (optionally) first name if you subscribe.

2. Information collected automatically

Like most online services, our servers record technical information when you use the Service, such as your IP address, device and browser type, the pages or features used, and error logs. We use it to run, secure and fix the Service. The app stores your sign-in tokens on your device so you stay signed in. The public site doesn't use advertising or analytics cookies.

3. How we use information

• to provide the Service: store your recipes, show them to you and the people you choose, and run features like search, friends, recipe books and imports;
• to publish recipes you make public, credited with your display name and profile photo;
• to send account emails (such as email verification, password resets and friend requests) and, if you subscribe, the newsletter;
• to keep the Service safe, prevent abuse, and fix problems;
• to comply with the law.

4. What other people can see

• Public recipes: anyone, including people without an account and search engines, can see a public recipe with your display name, profile photo and the number of public recipes you have. Your email address is never shown.
• Friends can see all of your recipes, including private ones, and your display name.
• People you share a recipe with can see that recipe and your display name.
• Private recipes are visible only to you, your friends, and people you share them with.

5. Service providers we share information with

We don't sell or rent your personal information. We share it only with providers that help us run Crumb, under agreements that limit how they use it:

• Amazon Web Services: hosting, servers and database.
• Cloudflare: content delivery and security for our websites.
• Anthropic: when you import a recipe from a photo, PDF or web page, or search for recipes online, the content is sent to Anthropic's AI service to read the recipe. Anthropic's commercial terms don't allow it to train its AI models on this data.
• Email delivery through our own mail servers.
• Holley Nash, RDN, LD: our registered dietitian writes the Dietitian Newsletter. If you subscribe, your name and email address are used only to send it to you.
• Venmo / PayPal: if you choose to donate, you pay on their service under their privacy policy; we don't receive your payment card details.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of our users or the public, or as part of a merger or transfer of the Service (in which case this policy will continue to apply).

6. How long we keep information

We keep your information while your account is open. When you delete your account, your recipes (including public ones) are removed from the Service, your profile photo is deleted, and your friendships end. Remaining account records and backups are deleted or anonymized within 90 days, except where we must keep information to comply with the law, resolve disputes or prevent abuse. Copies of public recipes that other users saved to their own accounts stay with them.

7. Your choices and rights

• Visibility: make any recipe private or public at any time, and choose the default for new recipes in Settings.
• Profile: change or remove your display name and photo in Settings.
• Delete your account: in the app, go to Settings → Delete account.
• Newsletter: unsubscribe with the link in any newsletter or by emailing us.
• Access, correction and other requests: email [email protected]. Depending on where you live (for example, California or the European Economic Area and UK), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or export your information, or to object to or limit how we use it. We'll respond within the time the law requires, and we won't treat you differently for exercising these rights.

8. Children

Crumb isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has given us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

9. Security

We use measures such as encrypted connections (HTTPS), hashed passwords and access controls to protect your information. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.

10. International users

Crumb is operated from the United States, and your information is processed and stored there and wherever our service providers operate. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers.

11. Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we'll update the date above and let you know in the app or by email before they take effect.

12. Contact

Sierralingo, LLC d/b/a BeClutch. Questions or requests about your privacy? Email [email protected].