Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

Directly Provided:

• Email address
• Usernames
• Name

Automatic Collection:

• Your device's Internet Protocol address (IP address)
• Device type and operating system
• Pages you visit within the App and how long you spend on them
• General location data (we only collect this with your permission)

How We Use Your Information

• To Operate and Improve the App: This includes basic functionality, personalizing content, and understanding how people use the App.
• Location-Based Features: If you give permission, we use your location to offer recommendations and other relevant content.
• Communications: We may contact you with important updates, support, or with your consent, marketing offers.
• Analytics and Research: We analyze general usage data (without directly identifying you) to improve how the App works.
• Legal Compliance: We may share your information if required by law.

Sharing Your Information

• Service Providers: We sometimes share necessary information with companies that help us run the App (like data storage or analytics providers). They are obligated to protect your data.
• Anonymized Data: We may share general usage patterns that don't directly identify you with partners to improve our services.
• Advertising Partners: When you use the Site, information such as your IP address, device identifiers, cookie data, and general location may be shared with advertising vendors (including Google and its ad-buying partners) to serve and measure ads, as described in the Advertising and Cookies section below.
• In Special Circumstances: We might share information if we believe it's necessary to protect our rights or safety, for legal reasons, or during a company merger or similar event.

Advertising and Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display ads on the Site. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies (such as device identifiers and web beacons) to serve ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and, where permitted, personalize the ads you see based on your visits to this and other websites.

• What is shared: Ad requests may include your IP address, general location derived from it, browser and device information, and cookie or advertising identifiers. This information may be shared with Google and with third-party ad buyers participating in ad auctions.
• Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site (pages viewed, time on page, traffic sources). Google Analytics uses cookies and collects your IP address and device information on our behalf.
• Google's use of data: You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
• Your options: You can opt out of personalized advertising by Google at Google Ads Settings, and from many other vendors at aboutads.info. See also our Your Privacy Choices page.
• Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland: Our services are directed to users in the United States. For visitors from these regions, ad serving is subject to Google's default handling, which restricts personalized advertising in the absence of a consent signal.

Your Choices

• Editing Information: You can edit your profile and account information within the App's settings.
• Opt-Out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from promotional emails using the provided links or by contacting us.
• Managing Location: You can control the App's access to location data through your device settings.
• Account Deletion: You may delete your account within the App. Contact us at support@fooddiscoveryapp.com if you need assistance with this.
• Uninstalling: You can stop all data collection by uninstalling the App.

Data Retention

We keep your information only as long as necessary to run the app and provide services. Upon deletion of your account, we will remove personally identifiable data.

Children's Privacy

Our App is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with information, please contact us at support@fooddiscoveryapp.com.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information. However, no data transmission or storage is completely secure.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. If there are changes, we'll post the new version here and update the "Last Updated" date.

California Privacy Notice

This California Privacy Notice ("Notice") supplements our main Privacy Policy and applies only to California residents. It explains your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("CCPA/CPRA"), and how to exercise them.

Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA

• Right to Know: You can request information about the categories and sources of personal information we collect, our reasons for using it, and the third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information, with certain exceptions.
• Right to Correct: You can request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: We do not sell personal information for money. However, sharing information with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising (as described in the Advertising and Cookies section) may be considered "sharing" under the CCPA/CPRA. You can opt out on our Your Privacy Choices page.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We won't discriminate if you exercise your privacy rights.

Exercising Your Rights

To submit a privacy-related request, please contact us at support@fooddiscoveryapp.com or visit Your Privacy Choices. We also honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal as a valid opt-out of sale or sharing.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

Identifiers (such as IP address and device identifiers), internet or other electronic network activity, and general geolocation data.

Contact Us

For questions, please email us at support@fooddiscoveryapp.com