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Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025

Overview

Food Realness Checker ("we", "our", or "the Service") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect and how we use it.

Information We Collect

Product URLs and Data

When you submit a product URL for analysis, we collect and store:

  • The product URL you submit
  • Product name and ingredients extracted from the page
  • Analysis results including realness scores and ingredient breakdowns

Images

If you use the camera or image upload feature, images are processed to extract product information and ingredients. Images are not permanently stored on our servers.

Barcode Data

When you scan or enter a barcode, we look up product information from the Open Food Facts database and may store the barcode with your analysis results for caching purposes.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how the Service is used. This may collect:

  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring website
  • General geographic location (country/city level)

How We Use Your Information

  • Provide the Service: Analyze food products and display results
  • Improve accuracy: Cache analyses to provide faster results and improve our ingredient database
  • Display recent analyses: Show recently analyzed products to all users (product names and scores only, not personal data)
  • Analytics: Understand usage patterns to improve the Service

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

  • OpenAI: For AI-powered ingredient extraction and analysis. Product data is sent to OpenAI's API for processing.
  • Open Food Facts: For barcode lookups. Barcode numbers are sent to their public API.
  • Brave Search / Google: For finding product information online when needed.
  • Google Analytics: For usage analytics.

Data Retention

Product analyses are cached indefinitely to provide faster results for repeat lookups and to display in the "Recently Analyzed" section. We do not collect or store any personal information that could identify you.

Cookies

We use cookies through Google Analytics to understand Service usage. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though this may affect some functionality.

Your Rights

Since we don't collect personal identifying information, there is no personal data to access, modify, or delete. If you have questions about specific product analyses, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last updated" date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or need any assistance, please contact us at support@howrealisyourfood.com.