Your Kitchen is private to your family
Each Family Kitchen is a private, isolated space. Your recipes, original recipe cards, memories, family tree, and members are visible only to the members of your own Kitchen — and platform administrators. Members of other Family Kitchens cannot see, search, or access your Kitchen's content in any way.
How we handle your data
Kitchen Lineage is built to preserve your family's recipes and stories. We collect only what's needed to run the service: your email address, the recipes and originals you upload, and the family members you add to your tree.
We do not sell your data, and we do not use your family's recipes or memories to train external models. Your content belongs to your family.
Who can see your Kitchen
- Members of your Kitchen — Owners, Contributors, and Viewers — can see your Kitchen's recipes, originals, memories, and family tree.
- Members of other Family Kitchens cannot see your Kitchen. There is no cross-Kitchen browsing, search, or discovery. The only way another Kitchen receives your recipe is if you explicitly share it.
- Platform administrators can see aggregate counts for managing the beta, but cannot read your private recipes, memories, or family tree content.
Sharing between Kitchens
When you share a recipe to another Family Kitchen, a copy of the digital recipe (title, ingredients, steps, and photo) is created in the destination Kitchen. Your original handwritten card stays in your Kitchen only — it is never transferred.
Once shared, the destination Kitchen owns its copy and can edit it independently. The shared recipe is subject to the destination Kitchen's privacy — it is visible only to that Kitchen's members, not to anyone else.
Account & security
Your account is protected by your password. We use secure authentication and never store your password in plain text. You can reset your password at any time, and you can sign out of all sessions from your Profile page.
If you leave a Family Kitchen, you lose access to all of that Kitchen's content. If you delete your account, your personally created records may be retained by the Kitchen's Owner.
Contact
If you have questions about your privacy or how your data is handled, please reach out via the Help page.