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Privacy Policy for Craving Control
**Last updated:** September 7, 2026
Welcome to **Craving Control** ("we," "our," or "us"). We are dedicated to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how our mobile application (**Craving Control**) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you access or use the application on Android devices.
By downloading, installing, or using Craving Control, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the app immediately.
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1. Information We Collect
A. Information You Voluntarily Provide
- **Location Information**: You may grant the app permission to access your device's precise or approximate location via GPS (`expo-location`) to find nearby restaurants, calculate accurate delivery times, and route food deliveries. Alternatively, you may manually type or search for your neighborhood, area, or address.
- **Craving Journal & Wellness Entries**: Information you enter into the Craving Journal, including craving intensity ratings, triggers, emotional states, mindful notes, breathing exercise logs, and reflection entries.
- **Goals and Preferences**: Daily food spending limits, weight targets, healthy eating goals, and notification preference settings.
- **Order Details**: Food items selected in your cart, delivery instructions, contact phone number, and simulated payment methods (e.g., Cash on Delivery, UPI).
B. Information Collected Automatically
- **Device & Usage Information**: Basic technical information about your device, including device model, operating system version, app version, language settings, and crash diagnostics to help us ensure app stability.
- **Local Application Storage**: App state, theme settings (Dark/Light mode), and cached food menus are stored locally on your device via `AsyncStorage`.
C. Information Collected by Third Parties (Advertising)
We display advertisements in the application using **Google AdMob** (`react-native-google-mobile-ads`). Google AdMob may collect and process certain data in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy, including:
- Mobile advertising identifiers (Google Advertising ID / Android ID on Android).
- IP address (used to infer general coarse location for regional ad relevance and fraud prevention).
- Ad interaction data (views, clicks, and impressions).
- Diagnostic information related to ad delivery and performance.
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2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
1. **Core App Functionality**: To display restaurants and menus near your chosen location, process orders, and estimate delivery times.
2. **Mindful Craving Interventions**: To provide personalized habit tracking, streak counters, spending analysis, and mindful reflection tools.
3. **App Personalization**: To save your dietary filters (e.g., Pure Veg, Rating 4.5+), preferred themes, and favorite restaurants.
4. **App Improvement & Maintenance**: To diagnose technical bugs, optimize user interface performance, and enhance stability.
5. **Advertising**: To serve banner, interstitial, and promotional ads through Google AdMob that help keep Craving Control accessible to users.
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3. Third-Party Services & Integrations
Craving Control integrates trusted third-party service providers. These third parties have access to data solely to perform specific tasks on our behalf:
- **Google AdMob (Google LLC)**:
- AdMob is an advertising service provided by Google Inc.
- AdMob uses device identifiers and cookies to serve personalized or non-personalized advertisements.
- You can view Google's Privacy & Terms at: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by adjusting your device settings:
- **Android**: *Settings > Google > Ads > Delete advertising ID* or *Opt out of Ads Personalization*.
- **Expo & React Native Libraries**:
- We utilize open-source React Native and Expo libraries (such as `expo-location`, `expo-haptics`, and `expo-image`) to enable core device features like location detection, tactile feedback, and cached image rendering.
We do **not** sell, rent, or trade your personal information or craving journal logs to data brokers or third-party marketing companies.
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4. Data Storage, Security & Retention
- **Local-First Storage**: Your craving journal records, spending caps, order history, and custom settings are stored locally on your device storage.
- **Data Security**: We implement industry-standard practices to protect your data. However, please be aware that no method of electronic storage or transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
- **Data Retention**: Your local data remains on your device until you choose to reset the app, clear app data via device settings, or uninstall the application.
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5. Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction (such as GDPR in the European Economic Area or CCPA/CPRA in California), you may have the following rights:
- **Access & Correction**: You can view and modify your profile goals, spending limits, and journal entries directly within the app at any time.
- **Data Deletion**: You can erase all locally stored data and reset your progress by clearing the app's cache and data through your device's application manager or by uninstalling the app.
- **Location Permission Control**: You can enable, disable, or modify location permissions at any time via your device settings (*Settings > Apps > Craving Control > Permissions > Location*). You can continue using the app by typing your delivery area manually without granting GPS access.
- **Advertising Choices**: You have the right to opt out of interest-based advertising via your operating system settings.
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## 6. Children's Privacy
Craving Control is not directed toward children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Union). We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately, and we will take necessary measures to remove such information.
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7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect new features, legal obligations, or service improvements. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
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8. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
- **App Name**: Craving Control
- **Email**: Ashishneo66@gmail.com
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