Privacy Policy for Bitezy

Last updated: November 8, 2026

Bitezy ("we", "our", or "the app") provides food barcode scanning, nutrition information, food logging and ingredient reminders. This policy explains the information handled by the app and its service providers, how it is used, and your choices.

Advertising consent, where requested, is handled separately from this policy. Reading this policy or using the app does not itself constitute consent to personalised advertising.

1. Camera and Barcode Scanning

Bitezy requests camera permission to scan food barcodes when you use the scanner. Barcode images are analysed on your device using Google ML Kit. Bitezy does not record or upload the camera photo or video feed for barcode recognition.

You can revoke camera permission in Android settings and use manual barcode entry instead. Google ML Kit may separately send technical information to Google, as explained in section 6.

2. Product Lookups and Nutrition Information

When a product needs to be looked up online, Bitezy sends its barcode number to Open Food Facts. That service receives the request and associated network information, such as your IP address. Loading product images may also contact the servers hosting those images.

Product information can include names, brands, images, ingredients, declared allergens, trace or "may contain" information, serving sizes, nutrients, calories and nutrition ratings. Results may be cached on your device for later use.

Bitezy does not operate Open Food Facts. Its information can be incomplete, inaccurate or out of date. Always check the product packaging.

Open Food Facts Privacy Policy

3. Food Records and Local Storage

Bitezy stores the following information on your device using an app database and preferences:

• Scan history and cached product information.
• Food diary entries, including manually entered food names, nutrient values, portions, dates and meal categories.
• Favourite foods, saved portions and saved meals.
• Daily or weekly calorie and macro goals.
• Allergy and ingredient preferences you choose to save.
• Settings such as the theme and whether onboarding has been completed.

Weekly trends and macro totals are calculated from the foods you log. Opening or scanning a product does not itself add it to your food diary.

The current app does not provide cloud synchronisation of these records to a Bitezy-operated server. Bitezy does not send your food diary, manually entered meals, macro goals or ingredient watchlist as advertising targeting fields.

This local storage is separate from the network requests, advertising and technical diagnostics described in this policy.

4. Allergy and Ingredient Preferences

Allergy setup is optional. You can select common allergens or enter other ingredients to watch for. Your saved preferences are stored on your device and compared locally with available product ingredients, declared allergens and trace information.

You can change or clear your selections through Home → Allergies & ingredients. Clearing the watchlist does not delete your food diary.

Bitezy does not send your watchlist to Open Food Facts as part of a product lookup or use it to personalise advertising.

Ingredient reminders are not medical advice or a guarantee that a food is safe. Missing information, different ingredient names or incomplete labels may prevent a match. Always read the packaging, including allergen and "may contain" statements, and seek qualified advice for medical or dietary concerns.

5. Advertising and Privacy Choices

Bitezy is supported by Google AdMob advertising. Meta Audience Network may also receive advertising requests or serve ads through AdMob mediation and bidding.

Advertising providers may collect and process:

• IP addresses and approximate location inferred from them.
• Advertising IDs, app-related identifiers and device information.
• App and ad interactions, such as launches, impressions, taps and video views.
• Technical diagnostics and performance information.

This information is used to deliver and measure ads, personalise ads where permitted, prevent fraud and maintain advertising services. Processing depends on the provider, your device settings, applicable requirements and consent choices. Non-personalised or limited ads may still involve technical data processing.

Bitezy uses Google's User Messaging Platform to request advertising consent and provide privacy options where applicable. When available, you can reopen Ad privacy choices from the app's Privacy Policy screen. You can also manage your advertising ID through Android settings and review Google or Meta advertising preferences.

We do not send your saved allergy preferences or food diary to these providers for ad personalisation. Advertising providers handle the information they receive under their own policies.

• Google Privacy Policy
• Meta Privacy Policy

6. Crash Reporting and Technical Diagnostics

Bitezy includes Firebase Crashlytics to help identify crashes and improve reliability. Firebase services may process crash stack traces, relevant app state, app and operating-system versions, device metadata, installation or session identifiers and related quality information.

Google ML Kit also collects technical information such as device and app details, installation identifiers, scanner performance, configuration and error information for diagnostics and usage analytics. This is separate from uploading the camera feed; barcode image analysis takes place on your device.

These services are used for app operation, troubleshooting, reliability and service improvement. Bitezy does not deliberately attach your ingredient watchlist or full food diary to crash reports.

• Firebase Privacy and Security Information
• Google ML Kit Data Disclosure

7. Information Sharing and Support

Information is transmitted to service providers as described above: Open Food Facts and image hosts for product information, Google and Meta for advertising, and Google Firebase and ML Kit for diagnostics and technical services.

We do not sell your locally stored food diary or ingredient watchlist. Advertising-related disclosures to partners may be treated as sharing for targeted advertising under some privacy laws; available advertising privacy choices are described in section 5.

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to send. We use this information to respond and provide support. Please avoid sending unnecessary medical or other sensitive information.

Information may also be disclosed when necessary to comply with applicable law or protect legal rights. Service providers may process information outside your country; their policies explain their processing locations and applicable safeguards.

Where applicable, processing is based on providing the features or support you request, consent for consent-based advertising, or legitimate interests in security and reliability where the law permits. Provider-specific processing is further described in their policies.

8. Your Choices, Deletion and Privacy Rights

You can:

• Delete individual scans or clear scan history.
• Edit or delete logged meals in the food diary.
• Remove favourites and saved meals from the food notebook.
• Change your macro goals and allergy or ingredient preferences.
• Revoke camera permission in Android settings.
• Use available advertising privacy controls.
• Delete local app records and preferences through Android Settings → Apps → Bitezy → Storage → Clear storage/data . Menu names vary by device.

Deleting scan history does not automatically delete food diary entries, favourites or saved meals. Clearing all app storage removes the locally stored records and preferences. It does not automatically erase information previously received by advertising, diagnostic or other service providers.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or complain to a data protection authority. Withdrawal does not affect processing already carried out lawfully before withdrawal.

Contact us using the email below for privacy requests. Because your local food and ingredient records are not held in a Bitezy cloud account, we cannot access or erase those device records remotely. We can help you find the relevant local controls and address information we hold, such as support correspondence.

9. Retention, Backups and Security

Local food records and preferences are retained until you remove them, clear app storage or uninstall the app. The current release requests that Android exclude the food database and main app preferences from Android cloud backup and device transfer. Operating-system and manufacturer behaviour can vary.

Support correspondence is retained as needed to respond, resolve issues and meet applicable legal requirements. Advertising and diagnostic providers retain information according to their policies and service settings.

Food lookups use HTTPS. Local records are held in the app's private storage under Android's access controls. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure.

10. Children's Privacy

Bitezy is not designed specifically for children. We do not knowingly request personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us so we can review and address the concern.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when app features, service providers, legal requirements or data practices change. The date above identifies the latest revision. Advertising choices are requested separately where applicable.

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