Honest Dinner

Consumer health data notice

Last updated October 29, 2026.

Some of what you tell Honest Dinner so we can plan your meals may count as "consumer health data" under some state laws. This page says what that is, why we use it, who sees it, and what you can do about it. It adds to our privacy policy. Honest Dinner is run by Patrick Durkin in New York; write to patrick@honestdinner.com.

What we collect

Only what you choose to tell us, for the people at your table:

• allergies and foods someone can't have;
• eating styles you pick, like gluten-free or low-FODMAP;
• daily limits or goals you set, like a salt, sugar or calorie number;
• whether each person is a child or an adult (never an age; raw-food warnings name the higher-risk groups to everyone);
• anything about health you type in a note or a problem report.

We ask for limits, never medical conditions or diagnoses.

Why we use it

To check every recipe against your family's allergies and eating styles, to plan the week under the limits you set, to show you your own numbers, and to add food-safety warnings where they matter. Nothing else. It is never used for advertising.

Who sees it

• Anthropic, our AI provider, receives it so menus and recipes leave out what they must and fit your limits. If a problem report mentions it, the AI may help draft our reply, which a person reads and sends.
• Our hosting company stores it for us.
• Nobody else. It is never sold, never sent to Meta or any other advertiser, and never part of the anonymous trends we may share.

Your yes

We ask before we collect it: the first screen of sign-up says what we send to Anthropic and why (your food needs, allergies, limits and tastes, your store's deals, and the photos, questions, recipe cards and reports you send us), and that tapping Agree is your consent, as Washington's and Nevada's health-data laws ask, to collect what you tell us about allergies and limits and share it with Anthropic for that. Nothing is collected until you tap Agree. You can take your yes back any time by deleting your family's data, or by emailing us. Without it we can't check recipes for your family, so the app stops planning for you.

Your rights

• See it: it's all in Your family in the app, or email us for a copy.
• Change it: any time, in the app.
• Delete it: Your family → Delete our family's data, or email us. It's gone from our systems, and from the companies that help us, within 30 days.
• Ask who has it: email us and we'll list everyone who received it.

We answer within 30 days. If we say no to a request, reply to that email to appeal and a person will look again; if you're still unhappy, you can contact your state's attorney general.

Contact

patrick@honestdinner.com · Honest Dinner, New York