Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to PizzaParty.menu. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights.

Information We Collect

We collect and process the following types of information:

• Account information (email address and optional display name)
• Pizza recipes, menus, and images you upload
• Party information and guest picks
• Guest names and comments as provided by your guests
• IP addresses, temporarily collected for rate limiting and abuse prevention

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and maintain our service
• Enable you to create and share pizza menus
• Facilitate party planning and guest picks
• Send transactional emails (account verification, password resets, email change confirmations)
• Prevent abuse through rate limiting
• Communicate with you about your account

Data Retention

Rate limiting data (including IP addresses) is automatically deleted within 24 hours. Email change and verification tokens expire within 1 to 7 days and are cleaned up automatically. All other account data is retained until you delete your account.

Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored securely using Firebase services (Authentication, Firestore, and Cloud Storage). Our application is hosted on Vercel. We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:

• With guests when you share a party menu link
• With service providers who help us operate our service (Firebase/Google Cloud, Vercel, and our email delivery provider)
• When required by law

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Export your data using the built-in backup feature
• Delete your account at any time from your profile settings, which permanently removes all associated data including recipes, parties, images, and account information

Cookies and Local Storage

We use cookies solely for authentication and session management. We also use your browser's local storage to remember sign-in state and UI preferences (such as theme, filter settings, and tutorial progress). We do not use cookies or local storage for personal data tracking or advertising. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or clear local storage at any time.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.