Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 21, 2026

1. Who we are

Meal Prep Tools (mealpreptools.com) publishes free meal prep guides, gear reviews, recipes, calculators and printable templates, and offers an AI image generator. An AI recipe extractor is also built into the site but is currently switched off. This policy explains what information the site collects and what we do with it.

2. Information we collect

Request data. Our host, Cloudflare, processes standard request data such as your IP address, browser and device type to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
Analytics data. Pages you view and actions you take on the site, collected with cookies and local storage (see section 3).
Account data (optional). If you create an account: your email address, a securely hashed password, display name, profile photo URL, gallery preference, and your credit and usage records.
AI image generator data. The prompts you enter and the images generated. To enforce the free-try limit we use a signed random cookie ID and a keyed hash of your IP address. We do not store the raw IP address for this.
Messages. The name, email, topic and message you send through the contact form, and the feedback and optional email you send through the feedback tab.
Newsletter. The email address you enter in a newsletter signup form.

3. Cookies and analytics

We use cookies and similar browser storage to keep the site working, to remember preferences such as dark mode, and to understand how the site is used:

PostHog for product analytics (page views and events). Some server actions, such as sending the contact form, also record an event.
Google Analytics 4 for traffic statistics.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some features, such as the free-try limit or staying signed in, may not work without them.

4. Advertising

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Google and its partners, as third-party vendors, use cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings, and opt out of some third-party vendors' cookies at www.aboutads.info. See how Google uses data from sites that use its services.

5. Affiliate links

Meal Prep Tools is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. Some product links are affiliate links, and as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Amazon may set its own cookies when you click one of these links. Amazon's privacy notice applies on its site. See our affiliate disclosure.

6. Accounts

Accounts are optional and are provided through Supabase, which handles sign-up, email confirmation, login and password resets and stores account data. Account emails such as confirmations and password resets are sent through Resend from [email protected].

7. AI image generator, storage and the public gallery

When you use the AI image generator, your prompt is sent to Google (Vertex AI / Gemini) to create the image. Generated images are stored in a private Cloudflare R2 storage bucket and shown in your "Your Generations" history.

Images that pass moderation may appear in the public "Recent creations" gallery, resized and watermarked. Gallery cards never show your name or email. Guest images can appear in the gallery. If you are signed in, your images are shown by default, and you can turn this off with the "Show my creations in the public Recent creations gallery" checkbox on the image generator page.

When the recipe extractor is switched on, photos you upload are sent to Google's AI for analysis. Signed-in users can keep their uploads out of the extractor's public gallery in account settings.

8. Emails and the contact form

Messages from the contact form and the feedback tab are delivered to our inbox through Resend. We use what you send only to reply and to improve the site.

9. Newsletter

Newsletter signup forms are provided by beehiiv, which stores your email address and sends the newsletter. beehiiv's privacy policy applies. Every newsletter email has an unsubscribe link.

10. Payments

Buying is currently turned off on the site. If it is turned on, payments will be handled by Stripe Checkout. We never see or store your full card number.

11. Service providers

We share data only with the providers that run the site for us:

Cloudflare: hosting, security and R2 image storage
Supabase: accounts and database
Google: AdSense advertising, Google Analytics, and Vertex AI / Gemini image generation
PostHog: product analytics
Resend: email delivery
beehiiv: newsletter
Amazon: affiliate program
Stripe: payments, if buying is turned on
Sanity: our content management system, which holds our articles, not visitor data

We do not sell your personal information.

12. How long we keep data

We keep personal data only as long as we need it for the purposes above. If you ask us to delete your account, we delete your account data.

13. Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under the GDPR in the EU/UK and the CCPA in California, you may have the right to:

access your data
correct it
delete it
receive a copy of it
object to or restrict some processing
opt out of targeted advertising

To make a request, email [email protected], ideally from the email address on your account. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.

14. Children

The site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has given us data, email [email protected] and we will delete it.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.

16. Contact

Privacy questions and requests: [email protected]. Anything else: [email protected] or the contact page.