Last updated: 21 October 2026
Contact
The operator and data controller is Aaron Chin Jia Ee, trading as ZLPHA. Contact ZLPHA about privacy, requests, or complaints at hello@zlpha.com or 4 Nile Street, North Shields, NE29 0BE, United Kingdom.
Scope
This policy covers zlpha.com and Bulk Recipe Calculator for Android (com.bulkrecipe.calculator). Other apps will be added with details of their actual data practices.
Website and cookies
The website is an app showcase hosted on Shopify. Shopify receives technical information such as your IP address, browser and device details, page requests and interactions to provide its platform services. The site uses Shopify cookies and similar technologies for platform functions and, depending on your choices and settings, analytics.
Shopify Network Intelligence is disabled. No app or custom pixels are listed in the site's Customer events settings, and ZLPHA has not added separate analytics or advertising tools. This does not mean Shopify receives no visitor information.
Shopify cookies have different lifetimes. For example, its published durations include up to one year for localisation and analytics cookies, where used. Session cookies end with the browsing session; persistent cookies remain until expiry or deletion. Shopify explains cookie purposes, durations and controls at https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies and its wider data practices at https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
The site's cookie-banner settings cover all available regions and include Accept, Decline and Manage preferences. Your browser also lets you block or delete cookies, although this may affect site functions. Cookie choices do not necessarily stop every form of information processing.
Following an external link takes you to a service with its own privacy information.
Email and support
If you email ZLPHA, the operator receives your address, message and attachments and handles the enquiry personally. The email-service provider processes messages to deliver and store them. ZLPHA uses correspondence to answer questions, provide support, handle privacy requests and complaints, and keep necessary records. Providing information is voluntary, but enough detail may be needed to answer. Do not send passwords or card details.
ZLPHA deletes ordinary enquiry emails within 12 months after they are resolved. Records are kept longer only where needed for an ongoing complaint or legal obligation, then deleted when no longer needed.
Bulk Recipe Calculator
Recipes, ingredient and supplier catalogues, costs and settings are stored locally on your device. No account is required, and this information is not sent to a ZLPHA-operated server. The app has no separate developer analytics backend or crash-reporting service.
Files you select for PDF, photo or text import are processed locally using bundled software. They are not uploaded to a ZLPHA server for this processing. You can also import JSON backups.
You choose when and where to export JSON backups, PDFs or CSV files. Choosing Google Drive or another cloud destination gives that service a copy under its own terms. The app does not automatically synchronise with Google Drive. Android may also back up local app data, depending on your device and backup settings.
You can delete individual recipes and catalogue items in the app. There is no in-app clear-all control. Android's Clear storage control or uninstalling removes local app storage. This does not necessarily remove Android backups, exports, shared copies or information held by external services. Manage those separately. ZLPHA cannot retrieve device-only recipes from a developer server.
Advertising
The internal-test app uses Google Mobile Ads SDK 23.6.0 and Google's demonstration banner ad units. ZLPHA's live banner advertising is not enabled. Test ads still involve connections to Google.
Depending on the SDK, device settings and advertising configuration, Google may process app and advertising identifiers, IP addresses, device information, interactions and diagnostics to provide and measure advertising and prevent fraud. IP addresses may indicate general location. The app does not request Android location, camera, microphone or contacts permissions.
Version 1.0.0, code 2, requests demonstration ads when opened and has no advertising-consent controls. Code 3 and later internal-test builds add Google's consent handling and Settings > Privacy & ads. Policy opens this page. Choices opens Google's privacy-options form when that option is required and available. The integration checks Google's consent status before requesting ads; form availability depends on Google's messaging configuration and response. Device testing of this integration is in progress. This does not guarantee that a consent form will appear on every launch or that refusing consent stops every kind of ad or information processing.
Google explains its processing, retention and available controls at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Android settings may also let you reset or delete your advertising ID.
The calculator is a general cooking tool, not specifically designed for children. Its advertising setup has not been verified for every age group. Children should avoid putting personal information in recipes or support messages.
Donations
The donation link opens PayPal in an external browser. PayPal handles the visit and any payment under its own terms and privacy information. The app does not handle card details or checkout. Its current Remove ads item does not process a payment.
Lawful bases, providers and international processing
For processing for which ZLPHA is responsible, its legitimate interests are operating and securing the website and responding to enquiries, support requests and complaints. Handling statutory privacy requests may be necessary to meet legal obligations. Optional tracking that requires consent should operate only with that consent.
Relevant service-provider categories include website hosting and platform services, email delivery and storage, and Google's advertising services. Information they receive is subject to their respective roles and practices. Shopify and Google operate internationally and may process information outside the UK or your country. Their linked privacy information describes their transfer arrangements. Contact ZLPHA for information about arrangements relevant to its services.
Rights and security
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability and objection. You may withdraw consent where processing relies on it, without affecting earlier lawful processing. Rights can have exceptions.
Send requests or complaints to hello@zlpha.com, identifying the service concerned. ZLPHA may need information to verify and answer your request. Data held only on your device must be managed through app or device controls; external services also have their own request channels. You may complain to the UK data-protection regulator or the relevant authority where you live.
Keep devices, accounts and exported files secure. No storage or transmission method is guaranteed completely secure. Provider-held technical records have their own retention practices; cookie expiry does not necessarily delete associated records.
Changes
ZLPHA updates this policy when its services or data practices change. New apps or features require accurate disclosures and any necessary privacy controls. The date above identifies the latest update.