Privacy Policy

Introduction

Dining Buddy is a restaurant discovery service for the Greater Toronto Area, operated by AgileCode Studio. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our service. We are committed to transparency about our data practices while maintaining a simple, user-friendly experience. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at contact@agilecode.studio.

Information We Collect

We collect minimal information necessary to provide our restaurant discovery service:

• Search queries and conversations: Your restaurant search requests and AI chat interactions are stored temporarily and anonymously to provide recommendations.
• Feedback votes: When you upvote or downvote messages or restaurant suggestions, we record this feedback to improve our service.
• Technical data: IP addresses are used for rate limiting to prevent abuse. This data is held in memory only and is not stored in our database.
• Theme preference: Your light or dark mode preference is stored locally in your browser (localStorage) and never sent to our servers.

We do not require user accounts, authentication, or profiles. We do not use cookies or analytics tracking services.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Providing personalized restaurant recommendations based on your search criteria
• Improving search quality and AI response accuracy through feedback analysis
• Preventing abuse through rate limiting
• Tracking internal API costs to maintain service sustainability

Third-Party Services

To provide our service, we use the following third-party providers. Your data may be processed in the locations indicated:

• Supabase - Canada/United States
• Vercel - United States
• OpenAI - United States
• Anthropic - United States
• Perplexity - United States

Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy linked above.

Data Retention

As a proof-of-concept service, conversation data and feedback are retained indefinitely to help us improve the service. There is no automatic deletion process at this time. If you would like your data deleted, please contact us at contact@agilecode.studio with your request and we will process it within 30 days.

Your Rights

Under Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA), you have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of any personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data.
• Opt-out: You can stop using the service at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@agilecode.studio.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of our service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at contact@agilecode.studio.