Privacy Policy

Introduction

Daily Bites AI ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with Apple's App Store and Google Play's privacy requirements, applicable privacy laws including GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application and related services.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Contact Information

To provide you with a personalized experience, we collect basic contact information when you create an account with DailyBites AI. This includes your first and last name, which helps us personalize your app experience and address you appropriately in communications. Your email address serves as your primary account identifier and is essential for account authentication, sending you important updates about our services, and providing customer support when needed. Additionally, you may optionally provide your phone number, which we use for enhanced account security through two-factor authentication and account recovery purposes should you ever lose access to your email.

1.2 Health & Fitness Data

As a nutrition and health tracking application, DailyBites AI collects various types of health and fitness data to help you achieve your wellness goals. We track your nutrition information including detailed meal logs, calorie intake calculations, and comprehensive macronutrient data (proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals). Your weight measurements and body composition data are recorded to monitor your progress over time and adjust recommendations accordingly. We also log your fitness activities, including exercise routines, workout duration, and overall activity levels to provide a complete picture of your health journey. Your personal health goals, dietary preferences, food allergies, and fitness objectives are stored to ensure our AI provides relevant and safe recommendations. When you choose to share food photos, our advanced image recognition technology analyzes these images for nutrition tracking and meal logging purposes. If you grant explicit permission, we can also integrate with Apple Health and other health platforms to synchronize biometric data such as heart rate, sleep patterns, and other health metrics for a more comprehensive health profile.

1.3 Location Data

Location information is collected only when you explicitly enable location services for DailyBites AI. We use precise GPS coordinates to provide location-specific features such as finding nearby restaurants, grocery stores, and healthy food options in your area. Coarse location data helps us understand your general geographic region to provide relevant local content, seasonal food recommendations, and region-specific nutritional information. We may also maintain a limited location history to analyze patterns in your eating habits and provide personalized suggestions based on places you frequently visit. This location data enhances our ability to recommend restaurants that align with your dietary preferences and health goals, and helps us provide more accurate nutritional information based on local food availability and cultural dietary patterns.

1.4 Device Information

To ensure optimal app performance and provide technical support, we collect certain device information. This includes unique device identifiers such as your device ID and, where permitted by your privacy settings, advertising identifiers that help us understand how you interact with our app across different sessions. We monitor app usage data including which features you use most frequently, session duration, and user interaction patterns to continuously improve our service and identify areas for enhancement. When technical issues occur, crash reports and diagnostic information are automatically collected to help our development team identify and resolve problems quickly. Performance data such as app loading times, response rates, and system resource usage helps us optimize the app for better user experience across different devices and operating system versions.

1.5 User Content

DailyBites AI allows you to create and store various types of content to enhance your nutrition tracking experience. Photos and videos of your meals, progress photos, and other food-related images are stored securely and used for nutrition analysis, progress tracking, and meal recognition purposes. Our AI nutrition assistant may process voice recordings when you use voice commands or audio logging features, converting speech to text for meal logging and providing voice-activated assistance. Text content including meal notes, food diary entries, personal reflections, and other user-generated content helps create a comprehensive record of your health journey. Achievement data, progress milestones, and gamification elements are tracked to motivate and engage you in maintaining healthy habits. All user content is treated with the highest level of privacy and security, and you maintain full control over what content you choose to share or keep private.

2. How We Use Your Information

2.1 App Functionality

The primary use of your information is to provide and maintain the core functionality of DailyBites AI. We use your account information for secure user authentication and comprehensive account management, ensuring that your data remains private and accessible only to you. Your information enables us to deliver all the essential features of our app, from basic nutrition tracking to advanced AI-powered meal recommendations. We implement robust fraud prevention and security measures using your data patterns to detect and prevent unauthorized access or suspicious activities. When you contact our support team, we use your account information and usage history to provide personalized technical assistance and resolve any issues you may encounter. Additionally, we use your information to create secure backups of your data and synchronize it across your devices, ensuring you never lose your health tracking progress and can access your information from any authorized device.

2.2 Product Personalization

DailyBites AI leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a highly personalized experience tailored to your unique health goals and preferences. We analyze your dietary preferences, health objectives, and eating patterns to generate customized meal recommendations that align with your nutritional needs and taste preferences. Your health data and progress tracking information are used to provide personalized nutrition insights, helping you understand your eating habits and make informed decisions about your diet. The app continuously learns from your interactions and feedback to offer tailored content suggestions, recipe recommendations, and health tips that are most relevant to your lifestyle. We also use your usage patterns to optimize the user interface, presenting the features and information you use most frequently in easily accessible locations, creating an adaptive and intuitive experience that evolves with your needs.

2.3 Analytics and Improvement

To continuously enhance DailyBites AI and provide the best possible user experience, we analyze aggregated and anonymized usage data to understand how our app is performing and where improvements can be made. We monitor app performance metrics including loading times, feature responsiveness, and system stability to identify and resolve technical issues quickly. User behavior analysis helps us understand which features are most valuable to our community, guiding our product development priorities and helping us create new features that address real user needs. We conduct A/B testing on new features and interface improvements, using anonymized data to determine which versions provide the best user experience before rolling out updates to all users. This data-driven approach ensures that every update and new feature we release genuinely improves the app experience and helps users achieve their health goals more effectively.

2.4 Health Integration

With your explicit permission, DailyBites AI integrates with various health platforms and devices to provide a comprehensive view of your wellness journey. We can synchronize with Apple Health and HealthKit, allowing you to consolidate all your health data in one place and providing our AI with more complete information to generate better recommendations. Integration with fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other wearable devices enables automatic activity tracking and provides insights into how your physical activity relates to your nutrition goals. Where applicable and with appropriate permissions, we can also integrate with medical devices such as smart scales, blood glucose monitors, and blood pressure cuffs to provide a more complete health picture. All health integrations require explicit user consent for each data type, and you maintain full control over which information is shared and can revoke these permissions at any time through your device settings or our app preferences.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

3.1 No Sale of Personal Data

DailyBites AI is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining your trust. We want to be absolutely clear: we never sell, rent, lease, or trade your personal information to third parties for monetary consideration or any other form of compensation. Your health data, personal information, and usage patterns are not commodities to be sold to advertisers, data brokers, or other companies. This commitment extends to all forms of personal data we collect, including your health information, contact details, location data, and app usage patterns. We believe that your personal information belongs to you, and our business model is built on providing value through our app services, not through monetizing your personal data. This policy applies regardless of whether you use our free features or premium services, and we will never change this fundamental principle of our privacy approach.

3.2 Service Providers

To provide you with the best possible service, DailyBites AI works with carefully selected third-party service providers who assist us in delivering our app functionality. These trusted partners help us with secure cloud hosting and encrypted data storage, ensuring your information is safely stored and accessible when you need it. We work with specialized AI processing and machine learning service providers who help power our intelligent nutrition recommendations and food recognition features, but they only process anonymized or aggregated data and never have access to your personal identity. Analytics and performance monitoring services help us understand how our app is performing and identify areas for improvement, but this data is anonymized and cannot be traced back to individual users. Our customer support platform providers help us manage and respond to your inquiries efficiently while maintaining the confidentiality of your communications. When applicable, secure payment processing services handle subscription and purchase transactions using industry-standard encryption and security protocols. All of our service providers are contractually bound by strict data protection agreements that require them to protect your information, use it only for the specific purposes we've authorized, and maintain the same high standards of privacy and security that we do.

3.3 Anonymized Data Sharing

With your explicit consent, DailyBites AI may contribute to important research and public health initiatives by sharing anonymized, aggregated data that cannot be traced back to individual users. This anonymized data may be used to support nutrition research and public health studies that aim to improve understanding of dietary patterns, nutrition trends, and health outcomes at a population level. We may partner with academic institutions and research organizations to contribute to scientific studies that advance knowledge in nutrition science, public health, and wellness technology. Industry trend analysis using anonymized data helps improve nutrition tracking technology and food database accuracy, benefiting the entire health and wellness community. These research partnerships and data sharing initiatives are always conducted with the highest ethical standards, and participation is entirely voluntary. You can opt out of anonymized data sharing at any time through your app settings, and this choice will not affect your ability to use any of our app features. Any data shared for research purposes is thoroughly anonymized using advanced techniques to ensure individual privacy is maintained while still providing valuable insights for scientific advancement.

3.4 Legal Requirements

While we are committed to protecting your privacy, there are limited circumstances where we may be legally required to disclose your information. We may disclose your personal information when required by law, such as in response to valid legal processes including court orders, subpoenas, or other government requests that we are legally obligated to comply with. We may also disclose information when necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, and safety of our users or the general public. In cases where we detect fraudulent activity, security threats, or attempts to harm our systems or other users, we may share relevant information with law enforcement or security professionals to prevent such activities. We may also disclose information as necessary to enforce our terms of service, investigate violations of our policies, or protect the integrity of our platform. In all such cases, we will only disclose the minimum amount of information necessary to address the specific legal requirement or security concern, and we will notify affected users whenever legally permissible to do so. We maintain detailed records of any such disclosures and regularly review our legal compliance procedures to ensure we are meeting our obligations while maximizing protection of user privacy.

4. Data Security and Protection

4.1 Security Measures

DailyBites AI employs comprehensive security measures to protect your personal information and health data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We use industry-standard encryption protocols for all data transmission between your device and our servers, ensuring that your information is protected while in transit. All data stored on our servers is encrypted using advanced encryption standards (AES-256), and we maintain multiple layers of security controls including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and access monitoring. Our authentication systems use secure protocols including multi-factor authentication options to ensure that only you can access your account. We conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments with independent security firms to identify and address potential security risks before they can be exploited. Our development team follows secure coding practices and conducts thorough security reviews of all new features and updates. All employees and contractors with access to user data undergo comprehensive background checks and receive regular training on data protection practices, privacy regulations, and security protocols. We maintain detailed security incident response procedures and continuously monitor our systems for any signs of unauthorized access or suspicious activity.

4.2 Data Retention

DailyBites AI follows a principle of data minimization, retaining your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws. Your account data and health information are retained while your account is active and for a reasonable period afterward to allow for account recovery if needed. When you request account deletion, we begin the process of removing your personal data from our active systems within 30 days, though some information may remain in encrypted backups for up to 90 days before being permanently deleted. Certain data may be retained for longer periods when required by legal obligations, such as financial records for tax purposes or data needed to comply with regulatory requirements. We maintain detailed data retention schedules that specify how long different types of information are kept and when they are securely deleted. Our backup systems are designed with automatic deletion schedules to ensure that even backup copies of your data are removed according to our retention policies. You can request information about what data we have retained about you and request deletion of specific data types through our privacy controls or by contacting our privacy team.

5. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

5.1 Access and Portability

You have the right to access and obtain a copy of the personal information we have collected about you. DailyBites AI provides several ways for you to access your data, including comprehensive export features built directly into the app that allow you to download your health data, meal logs, progress tracking, and other personal information. You can request a complete copy of your personal data in portable, commonly used, and machine-readable formats such as JSON or CSV, making it easy to transfer your information to other services if you choose. Our data export feature includes all the information associated with your account, including your profile information, nutrition data, meal history, progress photos, and app usage statistics. We typically fulfill data access requests within 30 days, and in most cases, you can access and export your data immediately through the app's built-in tools. If you need assistance with data access or have specific requirements for data format or delivery, our customer support team is available to help you obtain your information in the format that best meets your needs.

5.2 Correction and Updates

You have the right to correct, update, or modify your personal information at any time to ensure its accuracy and completeness. DailyBites AI provides easy-to-use tools within the app settings that allow you to update your profile information, dietary preferences, health goals, and other personal data. If you discover inaccurate information in your account or health data, you can correct it directly through the app or contact our customer support team for assistance with more complex corrections. We encourage you to regularly review and update your information to ensure that our AI recommendations and health insights remain accurate and relevant to your current situation. You can modify your privacy settings, notification preferences, and data sharing choices at any time through the app's privacy controls. Our system automatically saves your updates and applies them immediately to ensure that your experience reflects your current preferences and information. If you encounter any difficulties updating your information or need help with specific corrections, our support team is trained to assist you quickly and efficiently while maintaining the security and privacy of your account.

5.3 Deletion Rights

You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, and DailyBites AI provides multiple options for data deletion to meet your specific needs. You can request complete account and data deletion, which will remove all of your personal information, health data, and account history from our systems. Alternatively, you can request selective deletion of specific data types, such as removing certain health metrics while keeping your meal logs, or deleting old data while preserving recent information. Under applicable privacy laws such as GDPR and CCPA, you have the "right to be forgotten," which means we will delete your personal information upon request unless we have a legitimate legal reason to retain it. The deletion process typically begins within 48 hours of your request and is completed within 30 days for active data, with backup systems cleared within 90 days. Before processing deletion requests, we may ask you to verify your identity to prevent unauthorized deletion of accounts. We will provide confirmation once your data has been successfully deleted, and we maintain records of deletion requests for compliance purposes, though these records do not contain your personal information.

5.4 Opt-Out and Control

DailyBites AI believes in giving you complete control over your privacy settings and data sharing preferences. You can disable data sharing for research purposes, analytics, and other optional features through the app's privacy settings without affecting your ability to use core app functionality. Location services can be controlled through your device settings, allowing you to choose whether to share precise location, approximate location, or no location data at all. You have full control over notification preferences, including the ability to opt out of promotional communications, health reminders, and other non-essential notifications while still receiving important account and security updates. Our analytics and tracking features can be disabled if you prefer not to contribute usage data for app improvement purposes. You can also control which health data is shared with integrated platforms like Apple Health, with granular controls for each data type. All of these privacy controls are easily accessible through the app settings, and changes take effect immediately. We regularly review and update our privacy controls to ensure they remain comprehensive and user-friendly as we add new features and capabilities to the app.

5.5 App Tracking Transparency

In compliance with Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework and our commitment to user privacy, DailyBites AI provides clear and transparent information about any tracking activities and requires your explicit consent before engaging in cross-app tracking. You can control app tracking permissions through your iOS privacy settings, and we respect your choice regardless of whether you allow or deny tracking. When tracking is enabled, we use this information solely to improve your app experience and provide more relevant content, never for advertising or selling your data to third parties. We provide clear explanations of what data is tracked, how it's used, and what benefits you receive from allowing tracking. Our tracking practices are designed to be privacy-preserving, using techniques like differential privacy and data aggregation to protect individual user privacy while still gaining insights that help us improve the app. You can change your tracking preferences at any time through your device settings, and we will immediately respect your updated preferences. We regularly audit our tracking practices to ensure they comply with the latest privacy regulations and best practices, and we are committed to maintaining transparency about any changes to our tracking policies or practices.

6. Location Services

Location data is collected only when you enable location services and is used exclusively for finding nearby restaurants and food establishments, providing location-based meal recommendations, and enhancing local content and suggestions. You can disable location services at any time through iOS settings without affecting core app functionality.

7. Health Data Protection

7.1 Special Protection

Health and fitness data receives the highest level of protection and is used solely for health management and app functionality, never used for advertising, marketing, or data mining purposes, protected with additional encryption and access controls, and shared only with explicit user consent.

7.2 Apple Health Integration

Our Apple Health integration requires explicit permission for each data type, follows Apple's health data guidelines and restrictions, ensures data remains under your control through Apple Health settings, and can be revoked at any time through iOS settings.

8. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

8.1 Age Restrictions

Our service is not intended for children under 13, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, and parental consent is required for users aged 13-17 in applicable jurisdictions.

8.2 Discovery and Deletion

If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete such information, terminate the account if applicable, and notify parents/guardians when required by law.

9. International Data Transfers

9.1 Cross-Border Processing

Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States for primary data processing, the European Union for GDPR-compliant processing, and other countries with adequate data protection laws.

9.2 Safeguards

We ensure appropriate safeguards through Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for EU data transfers, adequacy decisions where applicable, additional security measures for sensitive data, and regular compliance audits and assessments.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

10.1 Updates and Notifications

We may update this policy to reflect changes in practices or laws, with material changes communicated through the app or email. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance, and previous versions are available upon request.

10.2 Review Schedule

We conduct annual reviews of privacy practices and policy updates, implement immediate updates for legal or regulatory changes, and provide user notification for significant modifications.

11. Contact Information

12. Apple App Store Compliance

12.1 App Store Requirements

This app complies with Apple's App Store Review Guidelines, App Privacy Details requirements, App Tracking Transparency framework, and health data handling guidelines.

12.2 Privacy Nutrition Label

Our App Store privacy nutrition label accurately reflects all data types collected by the app, how data is used and shared, whether data is linked to user identity, and our tracking practices and purposes.

13. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For users in the European Union, our legal basis for processing includes consent for optional features and data sharing, contract performance for core app functionality, legitimate interest for analytics and improvement, and legal obligation for compliance requirements.

14. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

California residents have additional rights including the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to delete personal information, the right to opt-out of sale (we don't sell data), and the right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.

Last Updated: December 2024