Last updated 8 November 2026
ask.recipes is a recipe service for AI agents, run by Capsule One B.V., Netherlands. This page says exactly what we store about you, why, for how long, and how to get it deleted. There is no advertising and nothing is sold.
Who is responsible
Capsule One B.V. is the data controller. Reach us at hello@ask.recipes for anything on this page.
What we store, and why
| Data | Why | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address | It is your account. We use it to send sign-in codes and, only if you opt in, the newsletter. | Until you ask us to delete the account |
| Which version of the terms you accepted, and when | Proof that you agreed to the terms at sign-in. | While the account exists |
| Whether you opted in to the newsletter, and when | Proof of your consent. We email the newsletter only with it. | Until you unsubscribe or delete the account |
| Sign-in tokens | So your agent can call the server as you after you sign in once. | Up to 180 days |
| The name and callback address of the agent you connect with | Standard OAuth client registration, so the sign-in can return to the right app. | While the account exists |
| Recipes you save, upload or share, your cookbooks, your stars and your cooking diary | That is the product: your collection, visible only to you and your household, plus share links you create on purpose. | Until you delete them or the account |
| How your household eats: allergies, diets, dislikes, likes, cuisines, the usual time budget, units, calorie or macro goals, how many you cook for | To leave out recipes you cannot or will not eat and to pick ones that fit. Saved only when you tell your agent; read by nobody but you, your household and your agent. | Until you remove it or delete the account |
| People you cook for: the name you use for them, their role (kid, adult, guest), and what they alone cannot or will not eat | So a search for the people at the table tonight leaves out only their exclusions. | Until you remove them or delete the account |
| Your pantry: what you have at home | To find recipes you can cook without shopping. | Until you remove items or delete the account |
| Your household, if you share a kitchen: its name, the names of its members, who invited whom, the email and name on an invite | Members share one pantry, one cooking diary and any cookbook marked shared, and each member's allergies and dislikes apply when anyone in the household searches for everyone. | Membership until you leave or delete the account; an invite link works for 24 hours |
| Your Cookidoo login (email, password, session tokens), only if you connect a Thermomix / Bimby | To create recipes in your Cookidoo account and read Cookidoo recipes for you. Stored encrypted; used only when your agent asks for a Cookidoo action. Cookidoo is an unofficial integration: Vorwerk may change or block it. | Until you disconnect Cookidoo or delete the account |
| Tool calls: which tool your agent called, with what arguments (the search text, the ingredients, the recipe id, what you asked us to remember about how you eat), and any error | To find abuse, fix bugs, and see which questions the tools fail to answer. We never see the rest of your conversation. | While the account exists |
| Server logs: IP address, request path, user agent, timestamp | Security and debugging. | 30 days |
We never receive your chat history, your other connectors, or your files. We do not profile you or run advertising.
Allergies and diets
Allergies and medical diets are health data. We store them only because you tell your agent to remember them, only to leave matching recipes out of your results, and for nothing else. Ticking the box at sign-in is your consent to this. Remove them at any time by telling your agent, or delete the account and they go with it.
Newsletter
The newsletter brings new recipe collections, guides and product updates. You get it only if you tick the box at sign-in; the box starts unticked. To stop it, use the unsubscribe link in any issue or email us. Unsubscribing does not touch your account.
Each issue counts how many times it was opened and how many times each link was clicked, in total. The count is not stored against your address, so we cannot see whether you opened or clicked. Links in an issue pass through news.ask.recipes on the way to the page.
The landing site
This site counts page views without cookies. To recognise returning visitors it keeps a code made from your IP address and browser; your IP address itself is not saved. The analytics script also stores a random ID in your browser. We do not use either to find out who you are.
Who else touches the data
- Mailgun (EU region) delivers sign-in emails and the newsletter. It sees your email address, the code and the newsletter content.
- Cloudflare fronts the domain and hosts this site. It sees requests in transit.
- The service runs on our own servers in the EU.
Nobody else. No data is sold, rented or shared for marketing.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of everything we hold about you, have it corrected, or have the whole account deleted. Email hello@ask.recipes from the address on the account; we act within 30 days.
Children
Accounts are for people aged 18 and over; nobody under 18 can sign up or join a household. You may record the people you cook for, children included: the name you use for them, their role and what they cannot eat. You are responsible for having the right to record that about them. Those entries belong to your account and are removed when you remove them or delete the account.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Material changes are announced on the site before they take effect.