Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to IngrediPal. We operate on the principle that your personal information is yours, and you should always have clear authority over it. IngrediPal is designed to help you use your data for your own personal enrichment and goals.

Our relationship with you is built on trust, and safeguarding your privacy is essential. This Privacy Policy explains how IngrediPal, a service provided by IngrediPal LLC ("IngrediPal," "we," "us," or "our"), collects, uses, shares, and protects the personal information you provide when you use our mobile application (the "App") and any related services (collectively, the "Services"). We are committed to handling your information with respect and transparency.

Please take a few moments to read this policy carefully to understand our practices concerning your information. By using IngrediPal, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact us (you'll find our contact details at the end of this policy).

Summary of Key Points

1. What personal information do we process? When you use IngrediPal, we process information you provide (like account details, shopping lists, meal plans, and scanned receipt data) and information gathered automatically (like device and usage data).
2. Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
3. How do we process your information? We process your information to provide and manage IngrediPal's features (like pantry management, meal planning, and recipe organization), support you, improve our app, and ensure security.
4. In what situations and with whom do we share personal information? We may share information with service providers who help us operate IngrediPal, during business transfers, based on your sharing choices within the app, or if legally required.
5. How do we use Artificial Intelligence (AI)? We use AI (from providers like Google and Microsoft) to power features like receipt scanning and recipe analysis.
6. How long do we keep your information? We keep your information as long as your account is active or as needed for legal obligations.
7. How do we keep your information safe? We use technical and organizational measures to protect your information, but no system is 100% secure.
8. What are your privacy rights? Depending on your location (e.g., California, EEA, UK, Canada), you have rights like accessing, correcting, or deleting your data.
9. How do you exercise your rights? You can exercise your rights by contacting us as described in the privacy rights section or via our contact information.
10. California "Shine the Light" Law: We do not share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
11. Do we make updates to this notice? We may update this policy. Check the "Revised" date for the latest version.
12. How can you contact us about this policy? You can contact us with questions about this policy via email or postal mail.

1. What information do we collect?

Information You Share with Us

When you create an account and use IngrediPal, you'll share some personal information with us. This typically happens, for example, when you sign up for IngrediPal, reach out to learn more about our app or services, use features and participate in activities within the app, or contact us for support or other questions.

The specific information you provide will depend on how you interact with us and IngrediPal, the choices you make, and the features you use. The main types of personal information you might share include:

• Name and Contact Details. This includes information like your first and last name and email address. If needed for specific services (like billing for a subscription or support), you might also provide a phone number or postal address.
• Your Account Credentials. To keep your IngrediPal account secure, this involves your chosen password, any password hints, or similar security information used for logging in. We treat this information with high security.
• Payment Information for Subscriptions. If you subscribe to IngrediPal, your payments are processed by the platform store you used, such as the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. These platforms collect and manage your payment information directly. IngrediPal does not see, collect, or store your full payment details like credit card numbers. For details on how your payment information is handled, please review the privacy policy of the platform you used for your purchase.
• Social Media Login Information. You may have the option to register or log in using an existing social media account (like Google, Facebook, etc.). If you choose this convenient method, we will receive certain profile information from that social media service to help create your account.
• Shopping List Details. We collect information related to your shopping lists within IngrediPal, such as the items you add and those you mark as purchased or complete.
• Grocery Purchase History. IngrediPal helps you create a history of your grocery items. This history is based on information from your scanned receipts and items you manually add to your digital pantry.
• Meal Plan Information. We collect the details of your plans. This includes the recipes you assign to specific dates or meals in your plan and any notes you add. We also collect information about your meal planning patterns, such as the frequency of your planning or the types of recipes you commonly include.

Information Gathered Automatically

When you use or navigate IngrediPal, we automatically gather some information. This information doesn't directly reveal who you are (like your name or contact details) but includes technical details about your device and how you use our Services. For example, we may note your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, language settings, device name, general location (like your country, based on your IP address), and information about your interactions with IngrediPal (such as features used and timestamps). This helps us keep our Services secure, running smoothly, and allows us to improve IngrediPal through internal analytics and reporting.

The types of information automatically gathered include:

• Usage and Log Information. To help us diagnose issues and improve IngrediPal, our servers automatically log service-related information when you use the App. This can include your IP address, device details, browser type, and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time of your use, features you engaged with, and searches performed), as well as device event information like system activity or error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps").
• Device Information. We gather information about the device you use to access IngrediPal, such as your phone, tablet, or computer. This may include your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, general location (derived from your IP address), browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.

2. How We Process Your Information

We process your information for specific purposes, all aimed at providing you with the IngrediPal service and improving your experience. Depending on how you use IngrediPal, these purposes include:

• Account Management: To set up and manage your IngrediPal account, enable you to log in, authenticate you, and ensure your account functions correctly.
• Providing Core Services: To deliver the features you use in IngrediPal, such as helping you manage your pantry (including through receipt scanning and manual additions), create and organize shopping lists, plan your meals, manage your recipes, and track your grocery purchase history.
• User Support: To respond to your questions, provide support, and help resolve any issues you might encounter with IngrediPal.
• Administrative Communications: To send you important information about IngrediPal, such as updates to our services, changes to our terms and policies, or other essential notifications related to your account or subscription.
• Subscription Management: To manage your IngrediPal subscription, including facilitating payments through Apple/Google and handling related billing or access matters.
• Facilitating Content Sharing: If you use features that allow you to share your recipes or other content with others, we process information to enable this sharing according to your choices and preferences.
• Service Improvement and Feedback: To request your feedback and to understand how you use IngrediPal (including identifying usage trends and patterns from features like meal planning or purchase history). This helps us analyze our app's performance, improve its features, and enhance your overall experience.
• Security and Stability: To protect IngrediPal and our users by maintaining the security of our Services, preventing fraud, monitoring for potential issues, and ensuring the stability and proper operation of our app.

3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your information?

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

• Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
• Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services (like access to IngrediPal features based on your subscription) or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
• Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
  • Analyze how our Services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users.
  • Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities to maintain the security and integrity of IngrediPal.
  • Understand how our users use IngrediPal's features and services so we can enhance the user experience.
• Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be reasonably inferred (i.e., implied consent).

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

• If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way.
• For investigations and fraud detection and prevention.
• For business transactions provided certain conditions are met.
• If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim.
• If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse.
• If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province.
• If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records.
• If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced.
• If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes.
• If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations.

4. When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?

We value your trust and generally do not share your personal information except in specific situations to provide and improve IngrediPal, operate our business, or when legally required. These situations include:

• Service Providers. We share information with third-party companies that perform services for us or on our behalf to help operate and support IngrediPal. These services may include:
  • User authentication services
  • Payment processing for subscriptions (handled by platform providers like Apple and Google)
  • Cloud hosting and infrastructure providers
  • Data analytics and app performance monitoring tools
  • Customer support platforms
  • Email delivery services (for administrative communications)
  These providers only have access to your information to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. This is a standard practice for businesses.
• Content You Share. IngrediPal allows you to create content, such as recipes, and manage sharing preferences for that content. If you choose to make certain information or content available to other IngrediPal users (for example, by setting a recipe to "public" or sharing it with specific individuals), that information will be shared according to your selections. Please be mindful of the sharing settings you choose.
• Legal Requirements and Law Enforcement. We may disclose your information if we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process (such as in response to a court order or a subpoena, including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

We may also share your information with the following categories of third parties:

• Cloud Computing Services
• Communication & Collaboration Tools
• Data Analytics Services
• Data Storage Service Providers
• Payment Processors
• Performance Monitoring Tools
• User Account Registration & Authentication Services
• AI Platforms
• Social Networks
• Testing Tools

5. How We Use Artificial Intelligence (AI)

To enhance your experience with IngrediPal and provide innovative features, we may use technologies based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML). Our aim is to use these technologies responsibly to make IngrediPal more helpful and intuitive for you.

How AI Is Used in IngrediPal

• Process Your Scanned Receipts: To automatically identify and extract information like grocery items, prices, and store details from the receipt images you choose to upload. This helps quickly populate your digital pantry and purchase history.
• Analyze and Process Recipes: To understand the content of recipes you add or save within IngrediPal (such as ingredients, cooking instructions, potential nutritional information), which can help you categorize them, make them easier to use in meal plans, or enable other smart cooking-related features.
• Understand Usage Patterns: To analyze trends in your meal planning or pantry management (often using anonymized or aggregated data). This helps us improve IngrediPal, develop new features, and could allow us to offer you more relevant suggestions or insights within the app in the future.

AI Technologies and Your Data

To enable some of these advanced features, IngrediPal partners with leading AI service providers, including Google (utilizing technologies like Gemini models) and Microsoft (utilizing Azure AI services). When your data (such as receipt images or recipe text) needs to be processed by these providers to perform an AI-driven function you've initiated, it is shared with them solely for that purpose.

We have agreements with these providers that require them to handle your information under strict confidentiality and data protection obligations. They are only permitted to use your information to provide the specific AI service to IngrediPal on our behalf and not for their own independent purposes or to train their general AI models in a way that would compromise your personal data.

We are committed to handling any personal information processed by AI features in line with this Privacy Policy, with a strong focus on security and respect for your privacy. The use of AI-powered features is generally tied to specific actions you take within IngrediPal, such as using the receipt scanner or saving a recipe for analysis.

6. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as it is necessary to provide you with IngrediPal's services, fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and comply with our legal obligations (such as for tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

Generally, most of your personal information, including your account details, pantry items, recipes, and meal plans, will be retained for as long as your IngrediPal account remains active. If you choose to close your account, we will take steps to delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable timeframe, in accordance with applicable law.

However, please note that some information may need to be retained for a longer period if required for specific legal reasons, to ensure the security of our platform, to resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, or for the functioning of our backup and archival systems. When we no longer have an ongoing legitimate business need or legal reason to process your personal information, we will either delete it or render it anonymous. If complete deletion or anonymization is not immediately possible (for example, because your information is stored in backup archives which are periodically overwritten), we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further active processing until deletion can be performed.

7. Keeping Your Information Safe

We are committed to protecting your personal information. To do this, IngrediPal implements appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to safeguard the personal information we process. We regularly review and update our security practices to protect your data.

However, please remember that no method of electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we diligently work to secure our systems and strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot promise or guarantee absolute security. There is always a risk that unauthorized third parties may attempt to defeat our security measures to access, steal, or modify your information.

Therefore, any transmission of personal information to and from IngrediPal is done at your own risk. We encourage you to help us protect your information by accessing our Services only within a secure environment, keeping your account credentials confidential, and being mindful of the information you share.

8. What Are Your Privacy Rights?

We believe you should have control over your personal information, no matter where you live. Depending on your region, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information IngrediPal holds about you. We are committed to upholding these rights.

Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). These rights may include:

• The Right to Know: You can request to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and whether we "sell" or "share" it (as defined by CCPA/CPRA). This includes the categories of personal information, sources of collection, purposes for processing, and categories of third parties with whom we disclose information.
• The Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• The Right to Correct: You can request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI): You may have the right to direct us to limit our use of your SPI to that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected. We will clearly identify any SPI we collect (such as your account credentials handled by our authentication provider) and explain how you can exercise this right if applicable.
• The Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

To learn more about these rights or to make a request, please see the "How Can You Exercise Your Rights?" and "How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?" sections below.

Rights for Users in the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, or Canada, you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include:

• The right to request access to and obtain a copy of your personal information.
• The right to request correction (rectification) of inaccurate personal information.
• The right to request deletion (erasure) of your personal information under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• The right to data portability (to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, if applicable).
• The right to object to the processing of your personal information when it's based on our legitimate interests. (IngrediPal does not use your personal information for direct marketing purposes.)
• The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. If IngrediPal were to make such decisions, we would inform you, explain the logic involved, and provide an opportunity for human review.

To make such a request, please use the contact details provided in the "How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?" section. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Withdrawing Your Consent

Where IngrediPal relies on your consent to process your personal information (for example, for specific sharing preferences you set for your recipes or other user-generated content), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted before your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on other lawful processing grounds (like fulfilling our contract with you to provide core IngrediPal services).

You can typically withdraw your consent by:

• Adjusting the relevant settings directly within your IngrediPal account (e.g., for sharing preferences for your recipes).
• Contacting us using the details in the "How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?" section below, specifying the consent you wish to withdraw.

Please note that if you withdraw certain consents, some features of IngrediPal that depend on that information may no longer be fully available to you.

Managing Your Account Information

You can review or change some of the information in your IngrediPal account at any time by logging into your account settings and updating your details. You can also request to terminate your account by contacting us.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and associated personal information from our active databases in a timely manner, in line with our data retention practices (see Section 6, "How Long We Keep Your Information"). However, we may need to retain some information for a limited period for purposes such as preventing fraud, troubleshooting problems, assisting with investigations, enforcing our legal terms, or complying with applicable legal requirements.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, or if you wish to make a request, please email us at solodevapps@gmail.com or use the contact methods detailed in the "How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?" section.

9. California "Shine the Light" Law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine the Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year.

Currently, IngrediPal's policy is that we do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Because we do not engage in this practice, we would have no such information to disclose to you under this law.

If our practices were to change in the future, we would update this Privacy Policy accordingly. Should you have questions regarding this, please contact us using the details provided in the section.

10. Do we make updates to this notice?

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

IngrediPal uses various tracking technologies including cookies, web beacons, and similar tools to enhance your experience and analyze how our services are used. Here's what we use and why:

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit our website or use our services. They help us remember your preferences and understand how you interact with IngrediPal.

Types of Technologies We Use

• Browser Cookies: Small text files that help us remember your settings and preferences. You can control cookie settings through your browser, though disabling them may limit some features of our service.
• Web Beacons and Pixel Tags: Tiny invisible images in our emails and website that help us understand user engagement, track email opens, and measure the effectiveness of our communications.
• Analytics Tools: We use third-party analytics services to understand website traffic, user behavior, and service performance.

How We Use These Technologies

We distinguish between two main types of cookies:

• Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on your device until they expire or you delete them manually

Our Cookie Categories

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have control over cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, or block cookies. Keep in mind that restricting cookies may affect your experience with IngrediPal.

To learn more about managing cookies in your browser, visit www.allaboutcookies.org for comprehensive guidance.

12. How can you contact us about this policy?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at contact@ingredipal.com or contact us by post at:

IngrediPal LLC
2108 N ST
Sacramento, CA 95816
United States