Privacy Policy

Effective October 22, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how KitchenCert: Food Manager Prep (“KitchenCert,” “the app,” “we,” “us”) handles information. KitchenCert is published by David Long, an independent developer.

The short version

KitchenCert does not collect, sell, or share your personal information. There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking. Your study progress stays on your device.

Information stored on your device

To make the app work, KitchenCert stores the following only on your iPhone, in the app’s private storage:

• Your answers, scores, flagged questions, and mock exam history
• Your exam date, if you choose to enter one
• Your recent conversation with the AI tutor
• Your On Shift timers, holding-check readings, and shift log
• Your Spot the Violation results

This information is never sent to us. It is included in your device backups according to your iCloud or computer backup settings, which Apple controls. You can erase it at any time in Settings › Reset all progress, or by deleting the app.

Notifications and Live Activities

If you allow notifications, KitchenCert schedules reminders for your On Shift timers and holding checks on your iPhone. Running timers can also appear on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as Live Activities. These are created on your device, contain only the food names and times you enter, and are never sent to us. You can turn them off at any time in Settings › Notifications › KitchenCert.

Apple Intelligence (the AI tutor)

The tutor uses Apple’s Foundation Models framework. Your questions are processed by Apple Intelligence on your device. On supported devices and iOS versions, some requests may be processed by Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, which Apple designed so that your data is used only to fulfill your request and is not stored or made accessible to Apple. We never receive your tutor questions or the answers. Apple’s handling of this data is described in Apple’s privacy policy at apple.com/privacy.

Purchases

Purchases and subscriptions are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive your name, email, or payment details. Apple provides us with standard, anonymized sales reports.

Information we receive from Apple

If you choose to share diagnostics with app developers in your iPhone settings, Apple may provide us with crash reports and usage statistics that do not identify you. You can turn this off in Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements.

Contacting us

If you email us for support, we use your email address and message only to reply, and we delete them when they are no longer needed.

Children

KitchenCert is designed for adults preparing for a professional certification and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Your rights

Because we don’t collect or hold personal information about you, there is nothing for us to access, correct, or delete on our side. Residents of California and other places with privacy laws have the right to know about and delete personal information; you can exercise control over everything KitchenCert stores by resetting progress or deleting the app. We do not sell or share personal information.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the effective date and publish the new version in the app and at https://dlong8484.github.io/kitchencert-site/privacy.html.

Contact

Questions about privacy: Dlong8484@icloud.com