In short: Glucarb collects nothing. It has no user accounts, no
analytics, no advertising, and no server. The app is built without the Android
INTERNET permission, so it is technically incapable of sending your
information anywhere.
What the app stores
Everything you enter stays in the app's private storage on your device:
your catalog of foods, their carbohydrate values, units and portion sizes;
any photos you attach to a catalog entry, or take for a one-off estimate;
your meal history: what you logged, how much, and when;
your app preferences.
No other app can read this data. Uninstalling Glucarb deletes all of it.
What the app sends
Nothing, on its own initiative. Glucarb has no network access.
There are exactly three ways information can leave the app, and you trigger all of them:
The AI estimate feature. When you choose to send a photo of a
plate for an estimate, Glucarb hands that single photo to another app that you
pick yourself, using the standard Android share mechanism. It also places the
accompanying question on the clipboard so you can paste it. What happens to the
photo after that is governed by the privacy policy of the app you chose, not by
this one. Glucarb receives nothing back except any number you copy across.
Export and backup. You can export your meal history as a CSV
file, or your whole data set as a backup archive, to a location you select. Those
files are yours; Glucarb does not read them afterwards.
Crash reports. If Glucarb closes because of an error, the technical
details (the error message, the app version, your phone model and Android version)
are saved on your phone. On the next launch you are asked whether to send them. Only
if you tap “Send report” and pick an app, typically your email app, do
they go to the developer. The report contains none of your meals, foods or photos.
Either answer deletes it from the phone.
Android system backup
If you have Android's automatic backup enabled in your device settings, the system
may copy the app's data to your own Google account, in the same way it does for your
other apps. This is a function of the operating system and your Google account
settings, and the developer of Glucarb has no access to it. You can turn it off in
your device's backup settings.
Permissions
Glucarb requests no Android permissions. Taking a photo is handled by your existing
camera app, and choosing an existing photo is handled by your gallery or file picker,
so the app never needs access to your camera or your photo library directly.
Advertising and analytics
There are none. Glucarb contains no advertising, no analytics or third-party
crash-reporting service, no tracking of any kind, and it does not read the Android advertising ID.
Children
Glucarb is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from
anyone. As stated above, it collects no information from any user of any age.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a
new date at the top.