Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 11, 2026

FitPanda ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use the FitPanda mobile application (the "App").

1. Interpretation and Definitions

Application refers to FitPanda, the iOS mobile application.

Personal Data means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the Application and all features provided through it.

You means the individual using the Service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information to provide and improve our Service:

Health and Fitness Information:

• Height, weight, age, and gender (provided during onboarding)
• Nutrition goals, calorie targets, and dietary preferences
• Food logs, meal entries, and water intake records
• Exercise and activity data
• Weight history and BMI tracking data
• Step count and active calories (from Apple Health, with your permission)

User-Generated Content:

• Photos of food (used for AI-based calorie estimation)
• Progress photos (stored on-device only)
• Scanned barcode data
• Nutrition label photos (processed for nutritional data extraction)

Device and Usage Data:

• Device type, operating system version
• App usage patterns and feature interactions
• Crash reports and performance data

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide personalized calorie and nutrition tracking
• Generate custom meal plans based on your goals
• Analyze food photos using AI to estimate nutritional content
• Read nutrition labels from photographs
• Track your progress over time (weight, BMI, streaks, badges)
• Sync with Apple Health for step and activity data
• Improve the accuracy and quality of our Service

4. AI-Powered Food Analysis

When you use the food scanning feature, photos of your food are sent to a third-party AI service (OpenAI) for analysis. These images are processed to identify food items and estimate nutritional values. We do not store your food images on our servers. The AI provider processes images according to their own privacy policy and does not use your images for model training.

Progress photos are never sent to any external service. They are stored exclusively on your device.

5. Data Storage

Your data is stored locally on your device. We do not operate centralized servers that store your personal health data. This means:

• Your food logs, weight history, and profile data remain on your device
• Progress photos are saved in your device's local storage
• If you delete the app, your data is permanently removed
• We cannot access, recover, or view your personal data

6. Third-Party Services

Our App integrates with the following third-party services:

• OpenAI: For AI-powered food photo analysis (food images only)
• Open Food Facts: For barcode-based food lookup (free, open-source database)
• USDA FoodData Central: For food nutrition search (U.S. government database)
• Apple HealthKit: For reading step count and active calories (with your explicit permission)
• RevenueCat: For subscription management and payment processing
• Apple App Store: For in-app purchase transactions

Each third-party service operates under its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their policies.

7. Apple HealthKit

FitPanda requests read-only access to HealthKit data including step count, active energy burned, and body mass. We never write data to HealthKit. HealthKit data is used solely within the App to display your daily activity. We do not share, sell, or transfer HealthKit data to any third party, including for advertising or marketing purposes, in compliance with Apple's HealthKit guidelines.

8. Subscription and Payment

Subscription purchases are processed through the Apple App Store and managed by RevenueCat. We do not collect or store your payment information (credit card numbers, billing addresses, etc.). All payment processing is handled by Apple and RevenueCat according to their respective privacy policies.

9. Data Retention

Since your data is stored on-device, you control its retention. Food logs older than 365 days may be automatically pruned to maintain app performance. You can delete all your data at any time by deleting the App or using the "Reset Onboarding" feature in Profile settings.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

11. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information. Since data is stored locally on your device, it benefits from iOS built-in security features including device encryption, Face ID/Touch ID protection, and app sandboxing. However, no method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

12. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data (visible within the App at all times)
• Delete your personal data (by deleting the App or resetting onboarding)
• Revoke HealthKit permissions (through iOS Settings > Privacy > Health)
• Cancel your subscription (through iOS Settings > Subscriptions)

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

• By email: support@fitpanda.app