Privacy Policy for Smart Calorie Tracker

Byte Craft Enterprises ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use the Smart Calorie Tracker mobile application (the "App").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the application.

1. Information We Collect

Because Smart Calorie Tracker prioritizes your privacy, the majority of your data is stored locally on your device. We do not require you to create an account or provide identifying information (such as your name or email address) to use the core features of the App.

We may collect the following types of information:

A. Personal and Health Information (Stored Locally) To provide personalized nutrition tracking, the App asks you to input data including:

• Body Metrics (Age, Weight, Height, Biological Sex)

• Lifestyle Metrics (Activity levels, Sleep patterns, Stress levels)

• Environmental Metrics (Climate, Sweat level, Location/City)

• Dietary Goals (Weight loss, muscle gain, specific diet types)

• Meal logs and hydration records. All of this information is saved locally to your device's internal storage via a secure local database. We do not transmit this data to external servers for our own collection.

B. Camera and Photo Library Data To use the App’s core "Food Scan" feature, you must grant permission to access your device’s camera or photo library. The App captures images of your food solely for the purpose of nutritional analysis.

C. App Usage and Device Data We may collect standard, anonymized device information via Google Play Services (such as device model, operating system version, and crash logs) to ensure the App functions correctly.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected exclusively to operate and improve the App. Specifically, we use your data to:

• Calculate personalized daily calorie and hydration goals.

• Analyze food images to estimate macronutrients and caloric content.

• Generate personalized AI-driven meal plans based on your location and goals.

• Provide local, proactive health coaching and insights.

• Send you local push notifications for hydration and meal reminders (if permitted by you).

3. Third-Party Services and AI Processing

To provide advanced food recognition and intelligent meal planning, Smart Calorie Tracker integrates with third-party services. By using the App, you consent to the processing of specific data by these providers:

• Google Gemini AI (Google LLC): When you scan a meal or request a meal plan, the App sends the captured image and/or your dietary parameters to Google's Gemini API for processing. Google processes this data to return nutritional estimates and text. We do not send your permanent identity to Google. You can learn more about how Google handles data at Google's Privacy Policy.

• Google Play Billing: If you choose to upgrade to our premium features, your payment is processed securely by Google Play. We do not collect, process, or store your financial information.

4. Data Security and Storage

Your health and profile data is stored locally on your device using secure Android architecture (Room Database and SharedPreferences). We do not maintain a centralized backend server that harvests or stores your personal health profile.

Note: Because your data is stored locally, uninstalling the App or clearing the App's data from your device settings will permanently delete your meal history, body metrics, and profile. We cannot recover this data for you.

5. Permissions

The App requests the following permissions to function:

• Camera & Photos: Required to capture or upload images of your meals for AI analysis.

• Notifications (Android 13+): Required to send you local reminders for hydration and meal logging. You can revoke this permission at any time in your device settings or via the App's Settings menu.

6. Children's Privacy

Smart Calorie Tracker is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware that any data has been collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

7. Your Data Rights and Deletion

Because your personal health profile and meal logs are stored exclusively on your device, you have total control over your data. You can delete your data at any time by:

1. Deleting individual meals via the "Recent Meals" or "History" screens.

2. Uninstalling the Smart Calorie Tracker application from your device, which will immediately and permanently erase all local data associated with the App.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact Byte Craft Enterprises at:

Byte Craft Enterprises Website: https://bytecraftenterprises.com Email: info@bytecraftenterprises.com