1. Information We Collect
The PureScan app collects what it needs to work:
- The name and region you enter.
- Your food preferences. These can include allergies, a pregnancy choice and religious diet choices such as Halal or Kosher.
- Your scan history: the products you scan and their results.
- Your email address, if you sign in with Apple (version 1.0.8 and later).
- Usage statistics, for example the number of scans, your subscription status, and purchase events. These are linked to the account ID the app creates for you.
- A device identifier and basic device details (model, iOS version, language, time zone), and your IP address, which shows roughly where you are.
- The area shown on the Shop map, if you allow location (version 1.0.8 and later). It is sent to our servers to find nearby stores and is not saved.
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2. How We Use Information
We use this information to:
- Show your results and keep your history and preferences
- Run subscriptions
- Improve the app
We do not sell your data.
3. Services We Use
- Label photos: when you scan a label by photo, or scan a barcode for a product with no ingredient list on file, the camera image is sent to a third-party AI service (Google Gemini and OpenAI models, through OpenRouter) to read the text on the label. We do not keep the photo on our servers. The AI service may keep the photo for a limited time under its own terms. In version 1.0.7, your diet and allergy choices and the pregnancy setting are sent with the photo so the result can be scored. From version 1.0.8 only the photo is sent.
- Product lookups: the barcode or brand you scan is sent to Open Food Facts, Wikidata and the AI service to find the product and the company behind it.
- Our database runs on Supabase.
- Usage statistics are processed by PostHog.
- Subscription screens and purchase events are handled by Superwall. Payments are handled by Apple.
4. Data Storage
Your scan history and food preferences are saved on your phone and synced to our servers under your account ID so they can be restored. From version 1.0.8, you can turn on "Keep history and preferences on this device" in Privacy & Security to stop future syncing. Data already on our servers is not erased by that setting. We keep your data until you delete your account or ask us to delete it.
5. Children’s Privacy
PureScan is not intended for children under 13.
6. Your Rights
- Export: in the app, open Privacy & Security to export your scan history as a file.
- Delete: from version 1.0.8, Delete Account in Privacy & Security removes your profile, scan history and food preferences from our servers and from your phone. Earlier versions can only delete what is on your phone. Usage statistics held by PostHog and Superwall are not removed by Delete Account. Write to us to have them removed.
- In any version, you can ask us to delete the data on our servers by writing to the address below.
- Data Usage Consent in Privacy & Security controls whether label facts the app reads may be submitted for review.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. Continued use of the App indicates acceptance of updates.
8. Contact
PureScan is provided by Austin Pulliam. For privacy questions or deletion requests, contact: purescan.help@gmail.com