**Privacy Policy for Vitamin Tracker**
**Last updated:**
July 22, 2025 This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Vitamin Tracker application (the "Service").
**1. Information We Collect** While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information. The types of data we collect include:
* **Account Information:**
We collect your email address and a username to create and manage your account. *
**Health and Fitness Data:**
The core function of our app is to track your nutritional intake. We collect and store the names, amounts, and units of supplements and nutrients you enter manually or derive from meal photos. This includes your daily intake records and custom daily goals.
* **Photos:**
We collect photos you select from your library or take with your camera for the "Scan Meal" feature. These images are processed to identify nutritional content. *
**Unique User IDs:**
Our backend service (Supabase) assigns a unique, anonymous ID to your account for functional purposes.
**2. How We Use Your Information**
We use the data we collect for the following purposes: *
**To Provide and Maintain our Service:**
To allow you to create an account, sign in, track your daily vitamin and nutrient intake, and view your history. *
**To Personalize Your Experience:** To let you set and track custom daily goals. *
**To Enable Core Features:** The meal scanning feature requires sending your photos to third-party AI services for analysis. * *
*To Contact You:** For essential account-related matters, such as password resets.
**3. Third-Party Services** Our application uses the following third-party services to provide its functionality. We recommend you review their privacy policies as well: *
**Supabase:** Our primary backend provider. It handles user authentication, database storage (for your vitamins, goals, and intake logs), and file storage (for your meal and avatar photos). [View Supabase Privacy Policy](https://supabase.com/privacy) *
**OpenAI:** Used to analyze the images of meals you provide to suggest what food it might be. The images are sent to OpenAI for this purpose. [View OpenAI Privacy Policy](https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy) *
**Spoonacular API:**
Used to retrieve detailed nutritional information based on the food name. [View Spoonacular Privacy Policy](https://spoonacular.com/privacy) **
4. Data Storage and Security**
Your data is securely stored using our backend provider, Supabase. We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information, but please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
**5. Data Retention and Deletion**
We retain your data as long as your account is active. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from the "Profile" screen within the app. This action is permanent and cannot be undone. **
6. Children's Privacy**
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.
**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.
**8. Contact Us** If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email: vitamintracker.contact@gmail.com