Privacy Policy

Eat Cook Joy connects Bay Area households, offices, and teams with local private chefs. You can reach us any time at hi@eatcookjoy.com.

We only collect what we need to match you with a chef:

• Contact info — your email address (and phone, if you provide it).
• Booking preferences — neighborhood, preferred night, tier, and any dietary or allergy notes you choose to share.
• Usage data — basic, privacy-respecting analytics about which pages you visit, so we can improve the site.

We do not ask for, or want, sensitive information beyond the dietary notes you choose to give us so a chef can cook safely.

• Match you with a chef and confirm your booking.
• Communicate with you about your booking and the service.
• Send occasional updates if you join our mailing list (you can unsubscribe any time).
• Improve menus, coverage, and the booking experience.

We share the minimum necessary, and we never sell your data.

• Your chef — the chef assigned to your booking receives what they need to cook for you (e.g. neighborhood, allergies).
• Service providers — email and payment processors that operate the service on our behalf, under contract.
• Legal — if required by law or to protect the safety of our users and chefs.

We use a small amount of analytics to understand which pages are useful. We don't use cookies to build advertising profiles. You can block cookies in your browser without breaking the site.

You can ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you, or to stop emailing you. Email hi@eatcookjoy.com and we'll handle it. California residents have specific rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know and the right to delete — the same email covers those requests.

We keep your information only as long as needed to provide the service and meet legal obligations, then delete or anonymize it.

The service is for adults. We don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.

We'll update this page when our practices change and revise the “last updated” date above. Material changes will be communicated by email where appropriate.