Welcome to Snap a Meal!

We're committed to protecting your privacy while helping you make amazing meals. This policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. Our goal is to be as transparent as possible while providing a powerful and free service.

Information We Collect

To provide our services, we collect a few types of information:

• Image Data: The core of our service! We process the images of food you upload to identify ingredients, estimate nutrition, and suggest recipes. These images are sent to our AI model for analysis and are not stored or linked to any personal account information after the analysis is complete.
• Anonymous User ID: To let you save recipes, meal plans, and health goals, we use Firebase's anonymous authentication. This creates a temporary, random user ID for you that isn't tied to your real-world identity. You don't need to create an account or provide any personal details to use the app.
• Saved Content & Goals: We store the recipes, meal plans, calorie goals, and meal logs you choose to save under your anonymous user ID so you can access them later. This data is essential for the app's functionality, like tracking your progress in the Health Dashboard.
• Usage Data: We may collect anonymous data about how you interact with our app, such as features used and session duration. This helps us understand what's working and where we can improve.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for one purpose: to make the app work for you.

• To analyze images and generate recipes and nutritional data.
• To create and display personalized meal plans based on your goals.
• To save your favorite content and health data so you can access it from the "My Collection" and "Health Dashboard" sections.
• To improve the app's functionality, performance, and user experience.

We do not and will not sell your data to third parties.

Advertising and Third-Party Services

To support the operational costs of the app and keep it free for everyone, we use Google AdSense to display advertisements. This is crucial for covering server, AI model, and development costs.

• Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
• For more information on how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, you can visit this page.

Security

We take the security of your data seriously. We use standard industry practices and rely on Google Firebase's robust security infrastructure to protect the anonymous data we store. All data transmission is encrypted. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can contact us at contact@snapameal.com. We are based in the United States.