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Privacy Policy for Calcaloo Calorie Tracker

Last updated: January 10, 2026

Overview

Calcaloo Calorie Tracker is designed to help you track your daily calorie intake, exercise, and view statistics. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.

Data Collection

We collect the following types of data:

Personal Information:

• Email address (required for account creation and authentication)
• • Name (optional, used as display name)
• Health and Fitness Data:
• • Calories burned (synced from Apple HealthKit or Google Health Connect with your permission)
• Photos:
• • Food photos (when you use the AI photo recognition feature)
• Usage Data:
• • App interactions and activity for analytics
• • Crash logs and diagnostics for app improvement
• • Device identifiers for push notifications and analytics

• How We Use Your Data

• • Account Management: Email and name are used to create and manage your account
• • App Functionality: Health data and photos are used to provide calorie tracking features
• • AI Food Recognition: Photos are sent to Anthropic API for AI analysis to identify food items
• • Analytics: Usage data helps us understand how the app is used and improve it
• • Crash Reporting: Diagnostic data helps us fix bugs and improve stability

• Third-Party Services

• We use the following third-party services:

• 1. Firebase (Google): Authentication, cloud database, analytics, and crash reporting
     1. 1. Anthropic API: AI food recognition (photos are sent for analysis and are not stored permanently)
     2. 1. Apple HealthKit (iOS): Read calories burned with your permission
     3. 1. Google Health Connect (Android): Read calories burned with your permission

1. Data Storage and Security

2. • Data is encrypted in transit using HTTPS - - Account data is stored in Firebase (Google Cloud) - - Photos sent for AI analysis are processed and not stored permanently by Anthropic - - Health data synced from HealthKit/Health Connect is used within the app

• Data Retention

• We retain your data as long as your account is active. You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time.

• Your Rights

• You have the right to:
• • Access your personal data
• • Request deletion of your data and account
• • Opt out of optional data collection (like health sync and AI features)

• Data Deletion

• To delete your account and all associated data, please contact us or use the account deletion feature in the app settings.

• Children’s Privacy

• This app does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13.

• Changes to This Policy

• We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

• Contact

• If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact: infokhrolovich@gmail.com