FoodIsHard

Privacy policy

Last updated 10 November 2026 (added "last used")

FoodIsHard is a free, personal, non-commercial project, run by an individual (the host) for people they invite. This policy explains what FoodIsHard stores and why. To ask about your data, contact the host through the person who invited you or your household.

What is stored

• About you: your name and email address (so you can sign in), the name of your household, who invited you and when, and when you last used the app (recorded at most once an hour, so the host can see which places are unused), and whether you've dismissed the host's latest message, so it only shows once.
• About your household: meal plans, shopping lists, prices you enter, your settings (such as portion sizes, any allergies you choose to record and, only if you add little ones, their names and dates of birth) and recipe feedback.
• Shown to the host: recipe ratings and notes, anonymously (without your name or household), so the host can improve the recipes; and any problem reports you send, with your household's name and your first name so the host can follow up, plus the app version, your device type and browser, and the last error the app hit. The host doesn't view your household's other data in the app.
• Never stored: passwords (there aren't any) or payment details.

Why

Only to run the app for you: to let you sign in, keep your household's plans and lists in sync between your devices, and show you the right recipes. Your data isn't sold, used for advertising, or shared with other households.

Who else is involved

• Cloudflare hosts the online version, stores its data (in the EU by default) and sends sign-in codes. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
• Google, only if you choose "Sign in with Google": Google confirms your name and email address to the sign-in service. FoodIsHard doesn't receive or ask for access to anything else in your Google account. See Google's privacy policy.
• The host can technically see the data FoodIsHard stores, because it's kept in their Cloudflare account. They only look when needed to run or fix the app.
• Once a week the app downloads the UK food price index from the Office for National Statistics. That request contains no personal data.

How long it's kept

• Shopping lists: deleted automatically after 8 weeks.
• Meal plans: deleted automatically after a year.
• Your name, email and household details: until you're removed from the app.

Your choices

• Download a copy of your household's data at any time from Settings → Your data.
• Delete your account yourself, any time, in Settings → Your account. If you're the last person in your household, the household and all of its data are deleted too; otherwise your name is taken off its past ticks and notes.
• Ask the host to correct or delete your data, or to remove you. Deleting a household deletes all of its data.
• Members of a household can remove each other, and anyone can change their own display name.

Children

FoodIsHard is for adults. Parents can optionally add their babies and young children to plan their portions; any details about them are entered by the parents.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top will change too.