Tasted has no sign-up or login, and your recipes, photos and grocery lists are never sent to our servers. They stay on your device. Google software built into the app (ads, payments and text recognition) sends some data to Google to show ads, process payments and diagnose problems.

hahabon96 (“we”) runs the Tasted app (“the app”) and handles personal information as described below, in line with applicable laws including Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act.

1. What we process and how

a. Information you send us

• Email inquiries: your email address and what you write to us.

We do not collect any other personal information on our own servers.

b. Information Google SDKs in the app collect automatically

• Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob): device identifiers such as the advertising ID and app set ID, IP address (which may be used to estimate approximate location), app launches and ad views/clicks, and diagnostics such as app launch time, hang rate and energy use.
• Google ML Kit (text recognition in photos): when you use text recognition, technical data such as device model and OS, app package and version, a per-installation identifier, latency and error codes. Your photos and the recognized text are processed on your device and are not sent.
• Google Play Billing: when you buy Remove ads, the product ID, purchase state and purchase token. Your card or bank details are handled by Google Play and never reach the app.

c. Information kept only on your device (never sent to us)

• Recipe names, ingredients and amounts, steps, notes, categories, favorites, reference links, last cooked date and cook count
• Photos you take or choose
• Grocery lists and check marks, ingredient names, on-hand states, quantity notes, optional expiry dates and reminder settings, legacy weekly meal records, quantity history, timer names and timing state, cooking and backup settings, and the Remove ads status confirmed on this device
• Recipe drafts in progress and photo-recovery information

2. Why we process it

• Showing and measuring ads, personalized ads based on activity and interests, and preventing fraud such as invalid clicks (AdMob)
• Diagnosing and improving text recognition (ML Kit)
• Processing, confirming and restoring the Remove ads purchase (Google Play Billing)
• Answering your inquiries (email)

3. How long we keep it and how it is deleted

• Records on your device stay until you delete them in the app or delete the app (or clear its data). Backup files you export must be deleted from wherever you saved them.
• Drafts are cleaned up when you save the recipe or discard the draft. If you chose to continue later or cleanup failed, they may remain on your device; the app checks for duplicates the next time it runs.
• Photo-recovery information is deleted when you apply or discard it, and may remain until recovery is finished.
• Email inquiries are deleted promptly after we answer. If follow-up is needed, we keep them for up to one year and then delete them.
• Data collected by Google SDKs follows Google’s retention policies and your Google account settings.

4. Sharing and processors

We do not sell your personal information or give it to third parties, and we do not outsource its processing. The Google LLC SDKs in the app collect the information in 1-b directly, under the Google Privacy Policy. See also the Google Mobile Ads data disclosure and the ML Kit data disclosure.

5. International transfers

• Recipient: Google LLC (Google privacy contact)
• Countries: the United States and other countries where Google operates data centers
• When and how: sent over the network (TLS/HTTPS) while you use the app, when ads are requested, payments are made or text is recognized
• Items and purposes: as listed in sections 1-b and 2
• Retention: according to Google’s retention policies
• How to refuse: delete or reset your advertising ID in Android settings; buying Remove ads stops new ad requests; ML Kit data is sent only when you use text recognition. To refuse all transfers for ads, use the app offline or stop using it. Recipes, groceries and cooking mode work without an internet connection.

6. Personalized ads and your choices

The app is free and shows Google AdMob banner ads. Google may use the advertising ID and app and ad activity to show ads based on your interests and to measure ad performance. Ads are limited to the general audience (G) rating. The app does not use cookies.

• Delete or reset your advertising ID: Android Settings › Google › Ads, or Settings › Privacy › Ads (paths vary by device).
• Google ad settings: turn off personalized ads in My Ad Center.
• Consent: where consent is required (for example the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, and certain US states), Google’s consent message appears and you can change your choice in the app under Settings › Ads and purchases › Ad privacy settings.
• Remove ads: after buying Remove ads, the app stops showing ads and stops new ad requests on devices where the purchase is confirmed. Data already sent to Google is not deleted by the purchase.

7. Remove ads purchase

Remove ads is a one-time in-app purchase through Google Play (₩3,900 in Korea; the local price is shown by Google Play). The app uses Google Play’s purchase information to apply, complete and restore the purchase on the same Google Play account. Pending or canceled purchases do not remove ads. Refunds and order history follow Google Play’s policies. We do not run a separate purchase-verification server.

8. Sharing and backups

• When you share a recipe or grocery list, the app you choose and the people you send it to handle the content.
• In builds where recipe links are on, the recipe is compressed after the # in the link. That part is not sent in web requests, but anyone with the link can read and forward it.
• Last cooked dates and cook counts are not included in recipe links or text/image shares. Backup files you export include dish photos, cooking history, ingredient names, on-hand states, quantity notes, expiry dates, reminder settings, quantity history and legacy weekly meal records. Drafts, photo recovery information and active timers are not included in manual backups. Personal cooking notes and quantity history are excluded from recipe shares.
• If Android backup is on, app data such as recipes, groceries, settings and drafts may be included in your Google account backup. Photos are not included in the Google account backup but may be moved in a direct device-to-device transfer. These are Android and Google features; we cannot access backup contents.

9. Other internet features

• YouTube video info: in builds where it is on, when you ask, the video ID is sent to the YouTube Data API to read the title and description. Your recipes and photos are not sent.
• Rating request: after a few cooking records, the app may show Google Play’s in-app review window once. Ratings and reviews are handled by Google Play and are not sent to us through the app.
• Reference links, privacy policy and contact: tapping them opens your browser or email app, under that service’s policy.

10. App permissions

• Internet and network state: ad consent and requests, payments, text recognition diagnostics, video info and links
• Vibration: timer alerts while cooking
• Notifications and alarms: completion alerts for timers you start and optional ingredient date reminders, including outside the app. Ingredient reminders are scheduled for 9 AM the day before and on the date while the ingredient is on hand; battery saving and other device settings may delay delivery. You can allow or disable them in Android settings.
• Advertising ID: ads and measurement by the Google Mobile Ads SDK (managed in Android settings)
• Camera and photos: the app requests no camera or storage permission; it only receives photos you pick in the Android camera app or photo picker.

11. Your rights

You can ask to access, correct, delete or stop processing your personal information at any time. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or California law), you may also have rights to data portability, to object, or to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information.

• Records on your device can be edited or deleted in the app or by clearing app data. We cannot access them.
• For email inquiries we hold, contact us below and we will act without delay (within 10 days). You may also ask through an authorized representative.
• For information processed by Google, use your Google account settings, advertising ID settings or the Google privacy contact.

12. Security

• We run no app server, so your recipes and photos are never gathered in one place.
• App data is stored in Android’s private app storage, which other apps cannot access.
• Data sent by Google SDKs is encrypted in transit (TLS/HTTPS).
• The app uses only the permissions its features need.
• Email inquiries are kept in an account only we can access.

13. Children

Tasted is meant for people 16 and older who keep cooking records. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 14.

14. Privacy officer and contact

Privacy officer: hahabon96 (operator of Tasted / 맛봄)
Email: hahabon96@gmail.com
Send privacy questions, complaints and requests to this email.

15. Remedies (Korea)

• Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee: 1833-6972 (www.kopico.go.kr)
• Personal Information Infringement Report Center: 118 (privacy.kisa.or.kr)
• Supreme Prosecutors’ Office: 1301 (www.spo.go.kr)
• Korean National Police Agency: 182 (ecrm.police.go.kr)

If you live in the EEA or the UK, you may also complain to your local data protection authority.

16. Changes

If how we handle ads, payments or data changes, we update this page and its effective date. Important changes that affect you are announced in advance through app update notes or on this page.

• October 26, 2026: renamed the Korean app from 한끼노트 (Hankki Note) to 맛봄 (Matbom); data practices unchanged
• October 15, 2026: updated persistent ingredient entries, quantity notes, expiry dates and optional date reminders, and removal of Weekly meals
• October 14, 2026: updated manual photo backups, weekly meals, on-hand ingredients, quantity history and timer notification permissions
• October 9, 2026: added personalized ads and choices, international transfers, privacy officer, your rights, security, remedies and the English version; photos excluded from Google account backups
• October 8, 2026: first version