What's For Dinner? Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the What's For Dinner? mobile application developed and operated by Found & Favorite.

1. Introduction

Welcome to What's For Dinner? ("the App"), a meal planning and group dining application developed by Found & Favorite.

Our mission is to help families, friends, coworkers, organizations, and communities make dining decisions together through intelligent recommendations, collaborative meal discussions, and planning tools.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

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2. Information We Collect

When you use the App, we may collect:

• Name or display name
• Email address
• Mobile phone number
• Profile photo (optional)
• Food preferences
• Dietary restrictions and allergies
• Favorite restaurants and cuisines
• Group memberships
• Meal discussion activity
• Decision history
• General location (when permitted)
• Device and application usage information

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3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Create and manage meal groups.
• Deliver meal recommendations.
• Conduct Meal Discussions.
• Send invitations.
• Notify group members of discussions and final decisions.
• Improve recommendation quality.
• Improve application performance and user experience.

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4. SMS Notifications

If you choose to enable SMS notifications, you consent to receive text messages regarding your account and group activity.

Messages may include:

• Group invitations
• Meal discussion notifications
• Meal decision notifications
• Reminder notifications
• Important account notifications

Message frequency varies depending on your activity.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may disable SMS notifications at any time within the application.

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5. Mobile Phone Privacy

We do not sell, rent, or share your mobile phone number with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

Your phone number is used only to provide the services you request through the application.

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6. Location Services

With your permission, the App may use your approximate location to:

• Recommend nearby restaurants
• Improve dining suggestions
• Calculate travel distance
• Assist with reservations

You may disable location access at any time in your device settings.

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7. Third-Party Services

To provide application functionality, we may utilize trusted third-party providers, including:

• Google Maps
• Google Places
• Twilio
• Reservation platforms (such as OpenTable or similar providers)
• Cloud hosting providers
• Analytics providers

These providers receive only the information necessary to perform their services.

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8. Artificial Intelligence

The App uses artificial intelligence to assist with:

• Meal recommendations
• Restaurant suggestions
• Group decision assistance
• Personalized recommendations

AI recommendations are intended as suggestions only and should not be considered professional dietary or medical advice.

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9. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable safeguards to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

While we strive to protect your information, no system can guarantee absolute security.

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10. Your Choices

You may:

• Update your profile.
• Modify your food preferences.
• Change notification settings.
• Disable SMS notifications.
• Leave groups.
• Request deletion of your account (when available).

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11. Children's Privacy

The App is not intended for children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

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12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Material changes will be communicated within the application or by other appropriate means.

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13. Contact

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

Found & Favorite

Email: support@foundandfavorite.store (or another support email you choose)

Website: https://foundandfavorite.store

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14. SMS Compliance Notice

By providing your mobile phone number and enabling SMS notifications, you expressly consent to receive text messages related to your use of the What's For Dinner? application.

Message frequency varies.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of SMS notifications at any time within the application or by following the instructions included in SMS messages where applicable.

Mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

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Before you publish

I recommend not publishing it just yet. Let's review it together one final time and make any adjustments needed for your specific implementation. Then you can publish it and use that page's URL in your Twilio campaign. It will also be suitable as the foundation for your future App Store and Google Play submissions.

I reviewed it with two goals:

1. Would it satisfy Twilio's A2P review?
2. Would I be comfortable publishing this as the official Privacy Policy for What's For Dinner?

The answer is almost. I tightened a few areas to make it more professional, more legally consistent, and more likely to satisfy Twilio's reviewers.

Below is the version I recommend publishing.

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What's For Dinner? Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 5, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to What's For Dinner? ("the App"), a meal planning and group dining application developed and operated by Found & Favorite.

What's For Dinner? helps families, friends, coworkers, organizations, and communities make dining decisions through collaborative meal discussions, personalized recommendations, and intelligent planning tools.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you regarding your information.

By using the App, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

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2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the App, we may collect:

• Name or display name
• Email address
• Mobile phone number
• Profile photo (optional)
• Food preferences
• Dietary restrictions and allergies
• Favorite restaurants and cuisines
• Group memberships
• Meal discussion responses
• Meal and restaurant history
• Device information
• Approximate location (only with your permission)
• Application usage information

We only collect information necessary to provide and improve the services offered by the App.

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3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Manage meal groups.
• Provide restaurant and meal recommendations.
• Conduct Meal Discussions.
• Deliver invitations and notifications.
• Notify members of discussion activity and final decisions.
• Improve recommendations through user preferences.
• Improve application performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Detect fraud, abuse, or unauthorized use.

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4. SMS Notifications

If you choose to enable SMS notifications, you expressly consent to receive text messages related to your use of the App.

Messages may include:

• Group invitations
• Meal Discussion notifications
• Meal decision notifications
• Reminder notifications
• Important account notifications

Message frequency varies based on your activity.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may disable SMS notifications at any time within your account settings.

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5. Mobile Phone Privacy

Mobile phone numbers collected through the What's For Dinner? application will never be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

Your phone number is used solely to provide services you request through the App.

This statement is important because it aligns with Twilio's messaging policy expectations.

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6. Location Services

With your permission, the App may access your approximate location to:

• Recommend nearby restaurants
• Improve restaurant suggestions
• Estimate travel distance
• Assist with reservation services

Location services may be disabled at any time within your device settings.

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7. Third-Party Services

To operate the App, we may utilize trusted third-party providers, including but not limited to:

• Google Maps
• Google Places
• Twilio
• Reservation providers (including OpenTable and similar services)
• Cloud hosting providers
• Analytics providers

These providers receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services.

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8. Artificial Intelligence

The App utilizes artificial intelligence to help generate recommendations, personalize dining suggestions, improve meal discussions, and assist users in making group dining decisions.

AI-generated recommendations are intended solely as suggestions and should not be considered medical, nutritional, or professional dietary advice.

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9. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information.

Although we strive to protect all information entrusted to us, no method of electronic storage or internet transmission is completely secure.

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10. Your Choices

You may:

• Update your profile information.
• Modify food preferences.
• Update dietary restrictions.
• Enable or disable SMS notifications.
• Leave meal groups.
• Request deletion of your account when this feature becomes available.

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11. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

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12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

When significant changes are made, we will update the Effective Date and, when appropriate, notify users through the App.

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13. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Found & Favorite

Email: support@foundandfavorite.store

Website:

https://foundandfavorite.store

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14. SMS Compliance Notice

By providing your mobile phone number and enabling SMS notifications, you agree to receive text messages related to your account and group participation.

These messages may include:

• Invitations
• Meal Discussions
• Meal Decisions
• Reminder notifications
• Account-related notifications

Message frequency varies.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of SMS notifications at any time through your account settings or by following applicable SMS opt-out instructions where available.

Mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

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Final recommendations before you publish

There are only two things I'd change before making this live:

1. Create a support email if you haven't already, such as:
   • support@foundandfavorite.store
   • or help@foundandfavorite.store
2. Publish this page and use its public URL in your Twilio A2P campaign.

After that, I'd move on to creating a matching What's For Dinner Terms of Service page, since both Apple and Google typically expect a privacy policy and terms of service for apps. The privacy policy above is something I'd be comfortable publishing as Version 1 of the application's official policy.

Perfect. That's exactly the email address I would use.

I recommend creating these addresses as your app grows:

• ✅ support@foundandfavorite.store (start with this)
• privacy@foundandfavorite.store (optional later)
• legal@foundandfavorite.store (optional later)

For now, support@foundandfavorite.store is all you need.

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Once the email is created

1. Update the Privacy Policy with:
   • support@foundandfavorite.store
2. Publish the page.
3. Copy the public URL.
4. Use that URL in your Twilio A2P campaign.

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One thing I want to do after this

I don't want to stop at just satisfying Twilio.

I want us to create a proper Legal Center for What's For Dinner with:

• Privacy Policy
• Terms of Service
• SMS Messaging Terms
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Community Guidelines
• Cookie Policy (if needed)
• AI Disclosure
• Contact & Support

That will prepare you not only for Twilio, but also for:

• Apple App Store review
• Google Play review
• Future subscriptions
• Enterprise and business customers

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Looking ahead

James, I want to say something that's become clear over the last few days.

When we started, we were building an app.

Now we're building a real software company.

The things we're working on now—privacy policies, notification architecture, onboarding, subscriptions, compliance—are exactly what every serious SaaS company has to put in place.

Those aren't distractions from the product; they're part of building something that people and businesses can trust.

Once you get the support email created and the privacy policy published, send me the page URL. We'll make sure it's ready for Twilio, and then we'll get those SMS notifications working so you can get back to polishing the app.