Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

1602424 B.C. Ltd. ("we" or "our") owns and operates ScanMyPantry ("the app") and the Apparatus brand. This policy describes local storage, cloud AI processing, advertising and measurement, optional public sharing, retention, and your rights.

1. Data We Collect

Data stored locally by the app:

• Food items, quantities, expiry dates, and categories you add to your pantry
• Recipes generated from your inventory
• Meal plans and preferences
• A compact meal-preference profile inferred from deliberate recipe views, favorites, and meals marked as cooked
• App settings and notification preferences

Data sent for app features:

• Selected camera images, photo-library images, cropped food images, or low-FPS live scan frames may be sent to AI providers such as OpenAI or Google Gemini for food identification.
• Recipe-generation requests may include food-item names, quantities, categories, storage sections, expiry context, dietary restrictions, allergies, dislikes, household preferences, calorie targets, learned recipe signals, locale, and a random installation identifier.
• Depending on the feature and deployment, recipe or menu generation may use OpenAI, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Anthropic, or our own application server. We send the information needed for the requested feature and do not sell pantry content.
• Shared household pantries are stored on our servers: a pseudonymous installation identifier, the display names members provide, the invite code, and a text snapshot of each member's pantry (item names, quantities, emoji, storage section names, and expiry dates). Photos, spatial scan data, and location are never part of the shared pantry.
• Open Food Facts receives barcode numbers and may receive OCR-derived product search terms. Pexels receives recipe or food search terms for artwork. Instacart receives ingredient-list information only when you use its shopping integration.
• Feedback sent through the app may include the text you write, app version, device model, and an installation identifier.

Food-recognition research is currently disabled:

• No new food-recognition research crops are collected or uploaded while this feature is disabled.
• If you contributed research data in an earlier build, contact privacy@scanmypantry.app to request deletion.

Data we do not request directly:

• Your name, email, phone number, or any personal contact information
• GPS location
• Contacts or address book
• An account login

2. iCloud Sync

Some versions may include an iCloud or CloudKit capability. If that capability is enabled and used, Apple processes the synced data under Apple's Privacy Policy. Availability and behavior can vary by app version.

3. Shared Household Pantries

Household sharing lets you create a shared pantry that other members of your household can join with a short invite code. To provide the feature, we store on our servers a pseudonymous installation identifier, the display names you and members provide, the invite code, and a text snapshot of each member's pantry — item names, quantities, emoji, storage section names, and expiry dates. Photos, spatial scan data, precise location, and contact information are never part of the shared pantry.

Every member of the household can see the shared pantry's contents and member display names. Only create or join a shared pantry with people you trust, and only share the invite code with members of your own household. You can leave a shared pantry at any time, and the owner can delete it for everyone. Using Delete All Data removes your memberships and requests deletion of your snapshots and any household you own. Snapshots are also removed when a pantry is deleted or after prolonged inactivity under our retention rules.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• OpenAI — Food identification, recipe generation, and related AI requests. See OpenAI's Privacy Policy.
• Google Gemini — Live scan assistance and visual food identification. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• DeepSeek, Groq, and Anthropic — May process recipe or verification requests in features or deployments that use those providers. See each provider's current privacy terms before using the relevant feature.
• Meta and TikTok — Advertising attribution, campaign measurement, and event reporting. Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission controls personalized tracking and access to advertising identifiers. See Meta's Privacy Policy and TikTok's Privacy Policy.
• TelemetryDeck — Product-interaction, performance, and diagnostic analytics. See TelemetryDeck's Privacy Policy.
• Open Food Facts — Barcode lookup and OCR-derived product search. See Open Food Facts' Privacy Policy.
• Pexels — Recipe and food image search. See Pexels' Privacy Policy.
• Instacart — Ingredient-list processing when you use the shopping integration. See Instacart's Privacy Policy.
• Apple — App Store subscriptions, ATT permission, notifications, and any iCloud/CloudKit capability included in your version.

5. Analytics

TelemetryDeck receives product-interaction, performance, and diagnostic signals such as screens viewed, scans started or completed, recipe generation, subscription/paywall events, and error categories. Meta and TikTok receive advertising or attribution events. We do not sell pantry data.

6. Advertising

We may show or measure advertising through Meta and TikTok. If you authorize tracking through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt, the relevant SDKs may use advertising identifiers and event data for personalized advertising or campaign measurement. If you decline, the app must respect that choice and personalized tracking is limited according to Apple's rules. You can change the choice in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

7. Subscriptions

Pantry Pro subscriptions are processed through Apple's App Store. The current US listing is US$3.99/month or US$29.99/year; Apple displays the applicable local price and any introductory offer. Payment information is handled by Apple.

8. Data Storage & Security

• Working inventory, recipes, meal plans, and preferences are stored locally by the app using Apple's SwiftData framework unless a feature sends selected information to a service provider
• Some builds may offer iCloud/CloudKit; if enabled, Apple controls that service
• API communications use encrypted HTTPS/TLS connections
• Known installation-linked server records are stored only as needed for recipe jobs, subscription status, public sharing, feedback, rate limits, and service operation

9. Children's Privacy

The App Store age rating is shown on the store listing. Food-recognition research is currently disabled. The app can still process information through ordinary scanning, AI, advertising, analytics, subscriptions, and optional public sharing. Parents or guardians should supervise use by children and may contact privacy@scanmypantry.app with a deletion request. We do not knowingly request a child's name, email, phone number, or contacts.

10. Your Rights

• Delete all app data — Use Settings → Delete All Data. This removes local food, recipes, sections, preferences, identifiers, caches, notifications, known Kitchen Open access, and shared household memberships, and requests deletion of known installation-linked server records including shared pantry snapshots and any household you own. It does not cancel an Apple subscription.
• Leave or delete a shared pantry — Members can leave from the Household screen at any time; the owner can delete the shared pantry for everyone. Deletion requests are honored by the service automatically.
• Delete a public Kitchen Open menu — Use the owner controls while the menu session is available. Menus also expire automatically under the service's retention rules.
• Research contributions — New research collection is disabled. Contact privacy@scanmypantry.app if you contributed in an earlier build.
• Opt out of ad tracking — Decline the ATT prompt or change in iOS Settings → Privacy → Tracking
• Cancel subscription — Manage in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions

11. Regional Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, including Canada, the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, California, and mainland China, you may have additional privacy rights:

• Right to access — Request a copy of data we hold about you
• Right to erasure — Request deletion of any data associated with you
• Right to portability — Request your data in a portable format
• Right to object — Object to processing of your data for marketing purposes
• CCPA — California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, to delete it, and to opt out of its sale. We do not sell personal information.

Processing may occur in countries outside your own, including through AI, advertising, analytics, hosting, image, and shopping providers. We use the transfer mechanism applicable to the relevant jurisdiction and provider where required by law. Mainland China users should understand that selected feature data may be transferred outside China to overseas providers; additional local consent, transfer safeguards, or service restrictions may apply.

To exercise any rights, email privacy@scanmypantry.app. We will verify and respond within the period required by applicable law.

12. Data Retention

Recipe jobs and other temporary server records are retained only for the time needed to provide the requested feature and enforce security or usage limits. Subscription pings, feedback, analytics, advertising events, and public menus may be retained according to the applicable service and operational retention schedule. Kitchen Open menus expire after the service's stated lifetime unless deleted earlier. Shared household pantry snapshots are kept while the pantry is active, are removed when the pantry is deleted or a membership ends, and are pruned automatically after prolonged inactivity. Local data remains until you delete it, uninstall the app, or use Delete All Data. Third-party providers may retain data under their own policies and contracts.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. If a change materially broadens optional research collection or use, the app will request fresh consent before making further contributions under the new scope.

14. Contact

Questions about this privacy policy or a deletion request?
privacy@scanmypantry.app