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How Foodee handles your data.

Last updated: 13 Aug 2026

This is Foodee's privacy policy, and we stand by it. It's written in plain language on purpose. We'll have it reviewed by a South African attorney before Foodee opens to the public — if that review changes anything material, we'll tell you at least 30 days before it takes effect.

The short version.

We try to know as little about you as possible while still making Foodee work. We don't sell your data, we don't track you across other apps, and we don't share individual information about you with restaurants.

If you use Foodee without signing in (most people will), we don't know who you are at all. We give your device a random ID so we can remember your saved specials. That's it.

If you sign in — required only for Foodee+ — we know your email and your subscription status. That's still it.

The rest of this document explains the same thing in more detail. It's structured the way the Information Regulator (the SA body that enforces POPIA) expects.

1Who we are

Foodee is operated by Appify (Pty) Ltd, trading as Foodee ("we", "us", "Foodee"), a company registered in South Africa with its registered address at 7 San Sabastian Road, Ballito, 4420, KwaZulu-Natal.

Our Information Officer is Paul Landman. You can contact us about anything in this policy — including any request to see, correct, or delete what we hold about you — at hello@foodee.co.za.

Under POPIA, Appify (Pty) Ltd is the responsible party for the personal information described in this policy.

For POPIA purposes, we are the Responsible Party for the personal information described in this policy.

2What we collect

If you use Foodee without signing in

If you sign in (authenticated diner or Foodee+ subscriber)

Everything above, plus:

If you're a restaurant

If you join our waitlist (before launch)

3Why we collect it

For diners:

For restaurants:

We do not use your data for any other purposes. We do not sell it. We do not share it with advertisers. We do not "may use it for marketing" — we will not.

4Where your data lives

Foodee's databases are hosted by Supabase, which operates data centres in multiple regions. We use the region closest to South Africa available. Hosting and processing infrastructure may include:

In some cases your data passes through these services briefly to do their job. For example, when we look up your area name from your coordinates, your coordinates are sent to Mapbox to get back "Salt Rock" or whatever — but neither we nor Mapbox store those coordinates against your identity.

If any of these providers process your data outside South Africa, they do so under contracts that include POPIA-equivalent data protections.

5How long we keep your data

6Your rights under POPIA

You have the right to:

For most of these requests, email us at hello@foodee.co.za. We respond within 30 days.

If you're an anonymous diner, the data we hold isn't tied to your identity — but if you can prove you're the user of a specific device (typically by sharing the device ID Foodee shows you in Settings), we can act on it.

7Cookies and similar technologies

Foodee uses minimal browser storage:

8Children

Foodee is not directed at children under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has used Foodee, contact us and we'll delete any data we have about them.

9Security

We protect your data with industry-standard security: encrypted transit (TLS), encrypted at rest (database-level), authentication using rotating tokens, and access controls that limit who at Foodee can see what. We are honest that no system is unbreachable; we'll tell you if a breach affects your data.

10Changes to this policy

If we change this policy meaningfully, we'll tell you at least 30 days before the change takes effect, via email if we have one for you, or in-app otherwise. Trivial changes (typo fixes, clarifications) we may make without notice.

11Contact

Privacy questions, requests, or complaints: hello@foodee.co.za

If you're not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Information Regulator: