Plain-English summary: NourishMe does not ask you to create an account, does not sell your personal data, and does not store the ingredients or health information you enter. Advertising on this site is served by Google AdSense, which uses cookies to personalise ads. You can opt out at any time.
1. Who we are
NourishMe ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website at https://nourishme.info (the "Site"). NourishMe is an independent website providing a free vegetarian meal planning tool.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at contact@nourishme.info or through our Contact page.
2. Information we collect
Information you provide directly
When you use the meal planner tool, you may enter:
- Body measurements (height, weight, age, sex) to calculate macro targets
- Ingredients you have at home
- Your fitness goal (maintain, lean bulk, or cut)
This information is processed entirely in your browser and is never transmitted to our servers or stored by us. It exists only in your current browser session and disappears when you close or refresh the page.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- Your IP address and approximate location (country/region)
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on the Site
- Referring website (how you found us)
This data is collected by third-party services (see Section 4) and is used in aggregate to understand how the Site is used.
Contact form information
If you use the contact form on our Contact page, we collect the name, email address, and message you provide. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry and is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
3. How we use your information
We use the information collected to:
- Provide and improve the NourishMe meal planning tool
- Understand how visitors use the Site so we can make it better
- Respond to contact form enquiries
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense (see Section 4)
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party.
4. Cookies and third-party services
Google AdSense
NourishMe displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to show you personalised ads based on your browsing behaviour across websites. Google's advertising cookies include, but are not limited to:
- __gads — stores your preferences and other information for ad personalisation
- IDE — used for ad targeting and measurement
- DSID — used to identify a signed-in user on non-Google sites
By using this Site you consent to Google's use of cookies for advertising purposes, in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.
You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google's Ads Settings or by using the NAI opt-out tool.
Google Analytics (if applicable)
We may use Google Analytics to collect anonymised data about how visitors use the Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to track sessions. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
TheMealDB
When you generate a meal plan, your browser makes requests directly to TheMealDB API to retrieve recipe data. These requests may include your IP address as part of standard internet communication. NourishMe does not control TheMealDB's data practices. Please review TheMealDB's website for their terms of use.
Google Fonts
NourishMe loads fonts from Google Fonts. This means your browser makes a request to Google's servers, which may log your IP address. See Google's Privacy Policy for details.
5. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data
- Right to object — you can object to our processing of your data for direct marketing
- Right to data portability — you can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@nourishme.info. We will respond within 30 days.
6. California residents (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete your personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your CCPA rights, contact us at contact@nourishme.info.
7. Children's privacy
NourishMe is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at contact@nourishme.info and we will delete it.
8. Data retention
Contact form messages are retained only as long as necessary to resolve your enquiry, after which they are deleted. Automatically collected analytics data is subject to the data retention policies of the respective third-party providers (Google Analytics, Google AdSense).
As noted above, all body measurements and ingredient data entered into the meal planner tool are never sent to our servers and are not retained.
9. Links to other websites
This Site may contain links to external websites, including TheMealDB and Google. NourishMe is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Email: contact@nourishme.info
- Contact form: nourishme.info/contact.html
- Website: https://nourishme.info