Last updated: July 26, 2026
We collect the information necessary to provide our services, including profile data (such as your name, email address and preferences) and eating habits. We only collect the minimum information required for the service to operate. Our collection methods include information you provide directly during registration and use of the application, as well as data generated automatically while you interact with our services.
Our application collects health and nutrition-related data solely to provide you with personalized nutritional information. Specifically, we collect: (1) Food images you upload for analysis, (2) Nutritional data about food consumed (calories, macronutrients, etc.), (3) Food consumption history, (4) Nutritional goals you set, and (5) Calories burned and step-count data from your device.
ScanCal uses third-party artificial intelligence services to provide features such as food recognition, recipe generation, meal suggestions and nutrition coaching. The AI providers we use are Google (Gemini) and OpenAI. Data that may be sent to these providers includes food images, nutritional goals and preferences, and the context of meals consumed during the day. Requests are designed not to include account data such as your name, email address, password or payment details; an image may nevertheless contain visual information you choose to capture. These requests are routed through our servers. You can review our providers' privacy policies at Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and OpenAI (https://openai.com/privacy).
We use your information to: (1) Personalize your experience and nutritional recommendations, (2) Improve our recognition and nutritional analysis algorithms, (3) Provide statistics and tracking of your eating habits, (4) Send you relevant notifications about your progress and goals, and (5) Improve the application's overall functionality.
We apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to reduce the risk of unauthorized access, alteration or disclosure. Communications with our services use HTTPS/TLS connections, we restrict operational access to the information required, and we review measures as the service changes. No Internet-connected system can guarantee absolute security.
We use infrastructure and service providers to host and process the data ScanCal needs. The location of processing may depend on the provider and service configuration; where applicable, international transfers use the mechanisms required by law. We retain data while you maintain an active account and for any additional period needed to meet legal obligations, resolve incidents or protect the service.
Under applicable law, you may request: (1) Access to personal and health data we store about you, (2) Correction of inaccurate information, (3) Deletion of your personal information, except where we must retain it for a legitimate obligation, (4) A portable copy of data where applicable, and (5) Withdrawal of consent to the processing of health data.
Our application offers automatically renewing premium subscriptions. Payments are processed securely through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. We do not store credit-card information on our servers.
We will notify you of any significant changes to our privacy policy through in-app notifications and/or email.
We are committed to protecting your personal and health data and to being transparent about our practices.