Privacy Policy for SeeFood

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

Welcome to SeeFood! This Privacy Policy explains how Salty Tech ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use the SeeFood mobile application (the "App").

We are committed to protecting your privacy. SeeFood is designed to be privacy-first. We do not require you to create an account, and we do not sell your personal data.

1. Information We Collect

A. Camera, Photos and Menus

To function as a food and menu scanner, the App uses your device's camera and, if you choose, photos you select from your device.

• How we use it: We use the camera to capture images of food, food labels, ingredients lists, barcodes, and restaurant menus. You can also choose existing photos to scan using your device's photo picker; the App only receives the photos you select.
• Data Processing: Images you scan (including up to three menu pages per menu scan) are sent to our secure backend, which passes them to Google's Gemini AI service to perform text and nutritional analysis. Images are processed to produce your result.
• Storage: We do not store your photos on our servers. The analysis results are sent back to your device. Your scan history, saved results, and the photos attached to them (including photographed menus in your Scan Menu history) are saved locally on your device only.

B. Dietary Information You Enter

You can optionally tell the App about your diet and preferences, such as dietary goals, allergies or ingredients to avoid, a budget preference, notes for a menu scan, and your region (country). This may include information about your health or dietary needs.

• How we use it: This information is sent together with a scan so that results and menu suggestions can be personalised (for example, flagging an allergen or suggesting products available in your region).
• Storage: It is stored locally on your device. We do not store it on our servers, we do not link it to an account (SeeFood has none), and we do not use it for advertising.

C. Usage Data and Analytics

We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand how the App is used and to improve it. It collects anonymous usage information, which may include events such as completing a scan, using Scan Menu, viewing or completing a subscription purchase, and finishing onboarding, along with your device model, operating system version, app version, approximate region, and an anonymous app-installation identifier. We do not send the contents of your scans, your photos, or the dietary information you enter to analytics.

• Advertising identifier (Android): On Android, the App may access your device's advertising ID. We use it, with Google Ads, to measure which of our ads lead to App installs. It is not linked to your scans or dietary information. You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of ads personalisation, in your device's Google settings (Settings > Privacy > Ads).
• iOS: The iOS version does not use Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA) and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites.
• Device diagnostics: Apple and Google may share aggregated crash and diagnostic information with us if you have enabled that sharing in your device settings.

D. Payment Information

If you choose to purchase a Monthly or Annual Premium subscription, your payment is processed directly and securely by Apple (via the App Store) or Google (via Google Play).

• We use RevenueCat to manage subscription status. It receives an anonymous user identifier and your purchase and subscription status from the app stores.
• We do not collect, process, or store your credit card details or billing information on our servers.

E. Notifications

If you allow notifications, the App may show an optional daily reminder. These reminders are scheduled on your device and you can turn them off in the App's settings or your device settings at any time.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the minimal information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve the core functionality of SeeFood (analyzing food, ingredients, barcodes, and menus, and personalising results to the preferences you enter).
• Process your subscription status to unlock Premium features.
• Understand how the App is used, fix bugs, and optimize app performance.
• Measure the effectiveness of our advertising (Android install attribution).
• Respond to your customer support inquiries.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymous or aggregated data with trusted service providers strictly to operate our App:

• Google (AI and cloud processing): Our backend runs on Google Firebase / Google Cloud and uses Google's Gemini AI to analyze the images and text you submit for a scan. Google processes this data under its own terms and privacy policy.
• Google (analytics and advertising): Google Analytics for Firebase and Google Ads receive the anonymous usage and install information described above.
• RevenueCat and the app stores: To validate and sync your subscription status.
• Open Food Facts: When you scan a barcode, we query the public Open Food Facts database. We only send the barcode number; no personal data is attached to this query.

4. Data Security and Local Storage

Your scan history, dietary profile and warning preferences, saved food items, and saved menu scans (including their photos) are stored locally on your device. If you delete the App, this local data will be deleted as well. We use industry-standard encryption for all data transmitted between the App and our backend processing servers.

5. Your Choices

• Delete your data: Because your scans and preferences live on your device, you can delete individual scans or saved menus in the App, or delete everything by uninstalling it. We do not hold an account or a copy of your scan history for you.
• Camera, photos, and notifications: You can withdraw these permissions at any time in your device settings. Scanning from the camera will not work without camera access, but you can still scan photos you choose to select.
• Advertising ID: You can reset or delete your Android advertising ID, or opt out of ads personalisation, in your Google settings.
• Questions or requests: You can contact us at any time using the details in section 8.

6. Children's Privacy

SeeFood does not knowingly collect or solicit any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to send any personal information about yourself to us.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: hello@saltytech.io