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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 12, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how GourmetLens collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit our website, join our waitlist, contact us, or use our app and related services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, waitlist details, support messages, and any information you submit through forms linked from our website.

When you use GourmetLens features, you may choose to upload food photos, menu images, captions, restaurant details, preferences, saved dishes, or related content. We process this information to provide app functionality, including dish recognition, personal menu organization, caption generation, and sharing features.

We may automatically collect technical information such as device type, browser type, approximate location derived from IP address, pages viewed, referring URLs, interaction events, crash data, and analytics identifiers.

2. How We Use Information

We use information to operate, maintain, personalize, and improve GourmetLens; provide dish recognition and related AI-powered features; respond to support requests; manage waitlist or download interest; analyze product performance; protect the service; and comply with legal obligations.

We may use aggregated or de-identified information to understand trends, improve recognition quality, develop new features, and communicate product performance without identifying individual users.

3. Photos, AI Processing, and User Content

Photos and other content you submit may be processed by our systems and service providers to identify dishes, generate descriptions or captions, organize saved menus, and deliver related features.

AI-generated results may be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate for your circumstances. GourmetLens is not a source of medical, allergy, nutrition, or food safety advice. You are responsible for reviewing outputs before relying on or sharing them.

4. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies to remember preferences, measure traffic, understand user interactions, and improve the site.

We may use analytics and performance tools such as Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. These providers may collect usage information under their own policies and help us understand how visitors interact with GourmetLens.

5. Third-Party Services

We may rely on third-party providers for hosting, analytics, forms, communications, AI processing, security, app distribution, and other operational services. These providers may process information on our behalf only as needed to provide their services to us.

Our website may link to external services, including Google Forms, WPS forms, social platforms, app stores, or other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with service providers, business partners you choose to interact with, legal authorities when required, or another organization in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets.

We may share aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you.

7. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide GourmetLens, maintain business records, improve the service, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the feature used, and legal or operational requirements.

8. Your Choices and Rights

You may choose not to provide certain information, but some features may not work without it. You can also adjust browser settings to limit cookies or similar technologies.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information. To make a request, contact us at support@gourmetlens.net.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children’s Privacy

GourmetLens is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

11. International Use

GourmetLens may be operated from and processed in countries other than the country where you live. By using the service, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions with different data protection laws.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and provide additional notice where required by law.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at support@gourmetlens.net.