Privacy policy
Last updated October 11, 2026
Crave is a private dining diary for you and the people you choose to share it with. This policy explains what information the app collects, why, and the choices you have. We don't sell your data, and there are no ads in the app.
What we collect
- Account details: your email address and password (stored securely by our authentication provider; we never see your password), and the name and profile photo you choose to add.
- What you add to Crave: the Cravelists you create or join, the places you save, your notes, the cuisines and occasions you set, ratings, reviews and the photos you upload.
- Location, only if you allow it: your approximate location when you search for a place, so nearby results come first, and your location on the Passport map when you tap the locate button. We don't store your location or track it in the background.
- Usage information: basic information about how you use the app, such as when you open it, which version you're on and which features you use. It's never sold or used for ads, and it's deleted with your account.
How we use it
- To run the app: sign you in, sync your lists between the members of each list, and show scores, reviews and your Passport.
- To look up restaurant details (name, address, hours, photos, rating) when you search or save a place.
- To understand how Crave is used, fix problems and improve it.
- To reply when you contact support.
Who can see it
Places, ratings, reviews and photos in a Cravelist are visible only to that list's members. Your name and profile photo are visible to people who share a list with you. Nothing is public.
Service providers
We work with trusted service providers to run Crave:
- A cloud hosting provider stores our database, sign-in and photos.
- Google Places provides restaurant search and details. Your search text, and your approximate location if you allowed it, are sent to Google through our server to get results.
- A mapping provider draws the Passport maps, so the locations of your list's places are sent to it to show them.
These providers process data only to provide their service to us.
This website
This website uses privacy-friendly analytics to count page views, so we know which pages are useful. It doesn't use cookies or identify you.
We also run online ads for Crave. To measure them, the website loads an advertising partner's measurement pixel, which tells that partner when someone arrives from one of our ads and what they do on this website, such as visiting a page or tapping the App Store button. The partner handles that information under its own privacy policy. The pixel runs only on this website, never inside the Crave app, and we don't share anything from your Crave account with it.
Deleting your data
You can delete your account at any time in Profile → Settings → Delete account. This deletes your account, your profile, and all your ratings and reviews, and removes you from your lists. Lists that only you were in are deleted along with their places. Shared lists stay for their other members, including the places you added, unless you remove them first. For 30 days we keep a private copy of what you made, so that if you sign up again with the same email in that time, your lists and ratings are restored; after 30 days the copy is erased. To also have the photo files you uploaded erased, or to ask for a copy of your data, email us.
Children
Crave isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If we change this policy we'll update the date above, and for significant changes we'll let you know in the app.
Contact
Questions about your privacy? Email support@cravelist.us.