Privacy Policy – Calories

Calories ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use the Calories mobile application (the "App").

1. Information We Collect

To provide an account and sync your data across devices, the App collects:

• Account information — your email address and display name, collected when you sign up with email/password or Sign in with Apple
• Profile photo — if you choose to add one
• Meal photos — photos you take of your food, sent to our AI service to estimate nutrition
• Nutrition and health data — calorie and macro goals, logged meals (name, calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, sodium, health score), weight entries, height, weight goals, and workout frequency
• Barcode data — barcodes you scan, sent to a third-party food database to look up product nutrition

We do not collect payment information. The App is completely free, with no subscriptions or in-app purchases.

2. How We Use Your Information

We only use the information you provide to:

• Create and manage your account
• Analyze meal photos via our AI service to estimate calories and nutrition
• Look up packaged food nutrition by barcode
• Calculate personalized calorie and macro goals based on your stats and fitness preferences
• Sync your meals, weight log, goals, and streaks across your devices
• Display your nutrition history and progress over time

3. Data Storage and Processing

On Your Device (Local): Recently logged meal photos and nutrition data are cached locally for fast loading and offline access.

Cloud Storage: Your account information, meal logs, weight logs, nutrition goals, and profile photo are securely stored using Firebase (a Google service), tied to your account.

Third-Party Processors:

• We use Google's Gemini AI to analyze meal photos and estimate nutrition. Photos are sent securely for processing and are used solely to generate your meal's nutrition estimate.
• We use the free, open Open Food Facts database to look up nutrition information for scanned barcodes. Only the barcode number is sent — no personal information.
• No third-party service is permitted to use your data for advertising, profiling, or cross-app tracking.

4. Data Sharing

• We do not sell, rent, or share your information for marketing purposes.
• We do not use third-party advertising or analytics SDKs.
• We only share data with the third-party processors listed above, strictly for core App functionality (meal analysis and barcode lookup).

5. Data Protection

• Industry-standard encrypted data transmission (HTTPS) for all network requests
• Account access is protected by Firebase Authentication (email/password or Sign in with Apple)
• Face ID/Touch ID verification is required before deleting your account

6. Data Retention

• Your data is retained as long as your account exists
• You can permanently delete your logged meals, weight entries, and goals at any time using "Clear Stats" in the App
• You can permanently delete your account and all associated data at any time using "Delete Account" in the App — this removes your profile, meal logs, weight logs, and profile photo from our servers
• Meal photos sent for AI processing are not retained by us beyond what's needed to generate your nutrition results

7. Children's Privacy

Calories is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13.

8. Legal Compliance

We comply with applicable privacy laws and regulations, including:

• App Store privacy requirements
• GDPR (for EU users)
• CCPA (for California residents)

9. Contact Information