SnapPlate Privacy Policy

Last updated: [Month DD, 2026]

SnapPlate ("SnapPlate," "we," "us," or "our"), provided by [TechBitsMix / your legal name], is a nutrition-tracking app that estimates the calories and nutrients in your meals from a photo. This policy explains what information the app handles, how it is used, and the choices you have. We designed SnapPlate to collect as little as possible — there is no account, and we do not ask for your name, email, or phone number.

Summary

• No account and no sign-up. We don't collect your name, email, or contact details.
• A meal photo you choose to scan is sent to our processing service to identify the food and estimate its nutrition. It is used only to return that result and is not stored on our servers afterward.
• A random device identifier is used only to count daily scans for free/paid limits.
• Apple Health data is only ever written by the app (when you enable it); we never read it and it never leaves your device through us.
• Your meals, weights, water, and goals are stored on your device. We don't sell data, and we don't use it for advertising or tracking.

Information we handle

• Meal photos. When you scan a meal, the photo is transmitted to our backend and to our AI analysis provider to identify the food and estimate the portion. The image is processed to generate your result and is not retained on our servers after processing.
• Food text and barcodes. When you search a food by name or scan a barcode, that text or barcode number is sent to nutrition databases to look up nutrient facts. No photo is involved in these lookups.
• Device identifier. We use the identifier your device provides to apps (Apple's "identifier for vendor") to count how many scans you've used in a day and enforce the free and Pro limits. It is not linked to your identity and is not used to track you across other apps or websites.
• Health & nutrition data (on-device). The meals, weights, water intake, streaks, and goals you log are stored locally on your device. If you enable iCloud sync, this data is synced through your own private Apple iCloud account, which we cannot access.
• Apple Health. If you turn on Health sync, SnapPlate writes the calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, sugar, and sodium from meals you log into Apple Health. SnapPlate does not read any data from Apple Health, and this information is not transmitted to us or any third party.
• Subscriptions. SnapPlate Pro is sold through Apple's In-App Purchase. Apple processes the payment; we do not receive or store your payment details. We only receive confirmation of whether an active subscription exists.
• Diagnostics. We do not include third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. Apple may provide us aggregate, anonymized crash and usage statistics if you have opted into sharing them with developers in your device settings.

How we use information

• To identify foods and estimate the nutrition in the meals you scan or look up.
• To enforce daily scan limits for the free and Pro tiers.
• To provide the app's features — logging, trends, reminders, widget, and Apple Watch display.

We do not sell your information, and we do not use it for advertising or cross-app tracking.

Service providers

We rely on a small number of providers strictly to deliver the app's functionality:

• Google (Gemini API) — analyzes meal photos to identify food and estimate portions. Google processes the image to return a result under its API terms.
• USDA FoodData Central — provides authoritative nutrient facts for identified foods (text queries only).
• Open Food Facts — provides facts for packaged items you scan by barcode (barcode number only).
• Cloudflare — hosts the backend service that routes these requests and stores the anonymous daily scan counters.
• Apple — processes In-App Purchases and, if you enable it, provides iCloud sync and Apple Health storage under Apple's own privacy policy.

Data retention

• Meal photos are processed to produce your result and are not stored on our servers afterward.
• Anonymous daily scan counters reset on a rolling daily basis.
• Data you log lives on your device (and your private iCloud, if enabled) until you delete it or delete the app.

Your choices and rights

• Delete your data. Deleting a meal removes it from the app. Deleting the app removes all locally stored data from your device.
• Export your data. You can export your full meal history as a CSV file at any time from Settings.
• Apple Health. You can turn Health sync off in the app and manage or revoke SnapPlate's Health permissions in the Apple Health app at any time.
• Regional rights. Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data. Because we hold no account and no directly identifying information, most data is under your control on your device. To make a request or ask a question, contact us below.

Security

Requests between the app and our services are sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS). No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, but we limit what is collected and retained to reduce risk.

Children's privacy

SnapPlate is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

International users

Our service providers may process requests on servers located outside your country. By using SnapPlate you understand that meal analysis requests may be processed in other regions.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app evolves. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, noted in the app.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Contact us at [your-support-email].