Privacy

Last updated October 18, 2026

Card Catalog is made by MC Labs California, LLC in Sacramento, California. This page says what we keep about you and what we do with it.

What we keep

We keep your phone number. You use it to sign in, and your family uses it to share recipes with you. We keep the recipes you file, the photos and scans you send us, and the notes you write. You can give us an email address, but you do not have to.

What we do with it

We use your scans to type up your recipes and file them for you. We do not sell your information. We do not show ads. We do not share your recipes with anyone unless you share them yourself.

Your scanned images

The photos and scans you send us are kept for your own records, so you can look back at what you photographed. We do not show a scanned image to anyone else. That includes the people you share a recipe with. We send a scan only to the reading service that turns it into a card. That service does not use your scans to train its models. A scan is deleted when you delete it or when you delete your account.

Photos on your cards

A card can carry photos. They are photos you add yourself, or the picture of the dish that came with a web page we read for you. We keep them with the card for your records. Only you and the people you share the card with can see them, and only in the app. You can remove or hide a photo at any time. Photos are deleted with the card or with your account.

Security records

We record the network address and device type of each sign-in and visit, along with your session. We use these records to keep accounts safe and to notice when one account is being passed around a group. We use them only for security and to enforce our Terms of Service. We keep them for ninety days.

Text messages

When you text us, we reply to that number with your recipe, a link, or an answer to your question. Message and data rates may apply. Text STOP at any time and we will stop.

Payments

If you pick a plan, Stripe takes the payment. Your card number goes to Stripe and stays there; we never see it and we keep none of it. We keep what plan you are on, when it renews, what you have paid, and a count of the recipes you have added in the period, which is how the plan's limit is kept. Stripe's own privacy policy covers what Stripe keeps.

Legacy contacts

If you name a legacy contact, we keep their name and phone number with your account and text them once that you named them. They see nothing of yours until a transfer is done. When a transfer is asked for, stopped, done or reversed, we text both of you and keep a record of what moved, so it can be put back. The person who takes over sees the recipes, sources, collections, books and menus that moved, and nothing else from your account.

Deleting

When you delete a recipe, it is gone. If you ask us to delete your account, everything in it is deleted too. Write to support@cardcatalog.ai to ask.