Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 5, 2026. Policy version: 2026-10-05.
This policy explains how Ryan A. Johnson, operating TableRec ("TableRec," "we," or "us"), collects, uses, and shares information when you use our restaurant rating and social discovery service. Contact tablerechelp@gmail.com with privacy questions or requests.
1. Information we collect
- Account information: email address, display name, username, authentication information, account preferences, and signup information. Passwords are processed by our authentication provider. Do not send your password to support.
- Profile information: profile photos, backgrounds, home area, titles, account marks, rewards, privacy settings, and an optional birthday and timezone used for profile and reward features.
- Content and social activity: restaurant ratings in seven categories, overall scores, visit dates, best dishes, return preferences, written opinions, uploaded photos, comments, reactions, saved restaurants, follows, follow requests, and notifications.
- Location and searches: a manually chosen area, restaurant and area searches, and device coordinates when you allow location access. Rating submissions may include visit coordinates for Verified Visit checks.
- Technical information: IP addresses, request times, browser or device information, errors, security logs, and service interactions processed by our hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Support information: emails and information you choose to provide when contacting us, including verification requests and deletion requests.
2. How we use information
We use information to operate accounts; display profiles, ratings, and photos; enable social activity and notifications; find restaurants near a chosen area; calculate scores, rankings, consistency, rewards, and taste-related recommendations; verify visits; maintain security; prevent abuse; troubleshoot problems; respond to requests; and comply with applicable legal obligations.
3. Location, photos, and notifications
You can browse a manually selected area without granting device-location access. If enabled, location supports nearby discovery and visit verification. Visit coordinates may be stored with a rating; disabling device permission stops future permission-based access but does not erase information already submitted. TableRec does not need continuous background location tracking for these features.
We process photos you choose to upload for your profile, background, or ratings. Only upload images you are comfortable sharing with the audience that can access that content. Photos can contain personal details or metadata; do not assume every upload has all metadata removed.
TableRec maintains in-app notification history. Any browser or device notification permission can be changed in your browser or device settings. Future native notification features may require additional permission disclosures.
4. Public and private information
Your display name, username, profile presentation, and account marks can be visible to others. Ratings and associated social content may be visible to other users and guests, depending on the feature and your privacy settings. Private Account controls access to ratings, photos, and activity through the app for approved followers. It does not prevent an authorized viewer from saving, copying, or sharing what they see. Aggregate restaurant statistics may reflect ratings without displaying private account content.
Your account email, password, and optional birthday are not intended to be displayed publicly. Avoid putting confidential information in your username, profile images, ratings, or comments.
5. Service providers and sharing
We use Supabase for authentication, database services, storage, and related infrastructure; GitHub Pages for the web frontend; Google Maps and Places for restaurant search, maps, and location-related services; and Gmail for support communications. These providers receive information needed to perform their services. For example, map and restaurant requests may transmit a search area, coordinates, query, IP address, and technical request information to Google or our infrastructure. Providers may also process information under their own policies.
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect people or the service, investigate abuse, or respond to a lawful request. If the service changes ownership, information may be transferred with the service subject to applicable law and notice where required.
6. Local storage and international processing
The app uses browser or device storage for authentication sessions, appearance, selected area, navigation, and other preferences. Shared devices may retain this information until you sign out or clear storage. Providers may process or store information in the United States or other countries, whose privacy laws may differ from those where you live.
7. Retention and deletion
We retain account information and content while your account is active and as needed to provide the features you use. You can delete individual ratings or comments using available controls. Account deletion requests cover your account and associated personal data, including profile information, account-linked content, uploaded media, and social records.
Some information may need to be retained for a limited period for legal obligations, security, fraud prevention, or resolving disputes. Deleted information may remain temporarily in provider backups or logs until their retention cycles expire. We do not promise instantaneous removal from every backup, third-party cache, or copy another user saved. Any applicable exception will be explained when responding to a request.
See Account Deletion for the in-app flow and an email request route that does not require installing or signing into the app.
8. Your choices and requests
You can edit available profile settings, change your privacy setting, manage location and notification permissions, delete available content, sign out, or request account deletion. You may also email us to request access, correction, or deletion of your personal information, or raise a privacy concern. We may verify account ownership before acting. Rights and applicable response deadlines depend on where you live.
9. Children
TableRec is not directed to children under 13. Do not create an account if you are under 13, or below a higher minimum age required where you live. If you believe a child has provided information in violation of this policy, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
10. Security and updates
We use access controls and other safeguards designed to protect information, but no service can guarantee absolute security. We may update this policy as the service changes. We will update its date and provide additional notice for material changes where required.
Privacy contact: Ryan A. Johnson, tablerechelp@gmail.com.
Terms of Service & community rules
Effective date: October 5, 2026. Terms version: 2026-10-05.
These Terms govern your use of TableRec, operated by Ryan A. Johnson. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to these Terms. The Privacy Policy explains our information practices.
1. Eligibility and your account
You must be at least 13 and meet any higher minimum age required where you live. If you have not reached the legal age to enter this agreement, you must have a parent or guardian's permission and involvement as required by applicable law. Provide accurate account information, protect your login, and promptly report unauthorized access. Do not impersonate someone else, sell an account, or misuse another person's account.
2. Reviews, scores, and restaurant information
Ratings and opinions come from users. TableRec calculates overall scores and other indicators using its current methods, which may change. Restaurant information, opening hours, map results, rankings, and recommendations may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate. Confirm important details directly with the restaurant.
A Verified Visit is a location-based system check; it is not proof of a purchase, a guarantee that a review is true, or an endorsement. Account verification and rewards do not guarantee expertise or reliability. TableRec does not guarantee food safety, allergy suitability, accessibility, availability, or the quality of a restaurant experience.
3. Your content and permission to operate the service
You retain the rights you have in your photos, reviews, and other content. You grant TableRec a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, and display that content and process it to operate the service, respecting applicable privacy settings. Service providers may exercise this permission only as needed to provide their services. This permission does not transfer ownership of your content to TableRec.
You must have permission to upload your content. Do not upload someone else's protected work or disclose personal information without an appropriate basis. Deletion ends the permission for future service use of deleted content, except for limited retention permitted by the Privacy Policy or applicable law, and does not retrieve copies already saved by other people.
4. Community rules
- Share honest restaurant experiences and distinguish opinions from factual claims. Disclose a material business relationship, free meal, payment, or other incentive when reviewing a restaurant.
- Do not post harassment, threats, hate, bullying, sexual exploitation, graphic abuse, or unlawful content.
- Do not publish private contact details, precise personal whereabouts, or identifying information about another person without permission.
- Do not submit fabricated visits or reviews, manipulate scores or location verification, purchase engagement, or coordinate deceptive activity.
- Do not spam, impersonate, infringe intellectual-property rights, distribute malware, or attempt unauthorized access.
- Do not scrape or use automated tools in ways that bypass access controls, expose private information, or interfere with the service.
5. Reporting, moderation, and account actions
Report harmful content, impersonation, suspected infringement, or abuse to tablerechelp@gmail.com. Include the username, content details, and a link or screenshot if available. Do not include unnecessary private information.
We may investigate reports, remove or restrict content, revoke rewards or marks, limit features, or suspend or terminate accounts for violations, abuse, legal reasons, or risks to the service. You may contact us to ask about an action affecting your account. Moderation does not guarantee that every inappropriate post will be detected immediately.
6. TableRec and third-party rights
TableRec's name, branding, and service materials remain subject to the rights of their respective owners. These Terms do not give you permission to impersonate TableRec or claim affiliation. Third-party software, maps, restaurant data, and linked services remain subject to their owners' rights and terms. Do not remove required attribution.
7. Service availability and responsibility
We may change features or temporarily interrupt the service. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of uninterrupted availability, accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. You remain responsible for decisions based on reviews and for your own interactions with restaurants and other users.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Ryan A. Johnson is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from use of the service. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot legally be limited or waives mandatory consumer rights.
8. Ending use, disputes, and updates
You can stop using TableRec or request account deletion. These Terms are governed by Texas law and applicable United States federal law, except where mandatory law applicable to you requires otherwise. Contact us first to try to resolve a concern. These Terms do not require mandatory arbitration or waive class-action rights.
We may update these Terms as the service changes. We will publish the updated date and provide notice of material changes where required. If you do not agree to updated Terms, stop using the service and request deletion if you wish.
Operator: Ryan A. Johnson. Contact: tablerechelp@gmail.com.
Request account & data deletion
You do not need to install the app or sign in to submit an email deletion request. This page applies to TableRec, operated by Ryan A. Johnson.
Option 1: Request deletion by email
Email tablerechelp@gmail.com with the subject TableRec account deletion request. Provide your username and account email. If possible, send the request from the email connected to your account. We will verify ownership before deleting account data. Never send your password, authentication code, or full identity documents in an initial request.
Email a deletion request
If the button does not open an email app, copy the address and send your request through your usual email service. If you cannot access your account email, tell us; we will discuss other reasonable ownership-verification steps.
Option 2: Delete through TableRec
- Sign in to TableRec and open Settings using the gear button.
- Scroll to Delete Account and select Verify by Email to Delete.
- Open the verification link sent to your account email.
- Type DELETE and select Permanently Delete Account.
What the request covers
Your request covers the account and associated personal data: authentication and profile information, ratings and comments, uploaded profile/background/rating media, reactions, saved items, follow relationships and requests, notifications, and account-linked preferences and rewards. Restaurant listings and other users' independently submitted content are not deleted because you delete your account.
Deletion is permanent. Removing the app or signing out alone does not delete your account. We will process verified email requests without unnecessary delay and explain any applicable legal, security, fraud-prevention, or dispute-related retention exception. Provider backups and logs may retain deleted information temporarily under their retention cycles; copies saved independently by others may remain outside our control. See the Privacy Policy.
Deletion contact: Ryan A. Johnson, tablerechelp@gmail.com.