Privacy Policy for Biteclub

Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the App includes:

Personal Data

Information you provide, such as your name, username, profile photo, and phone number (required for SMS sign‑in). You may optionally provide an email address if you use email/password sign‑in. You also provide content you upload (for example, photos, videos, captions, comments). We do not request age, gender, or other demographic data.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the App, such as your native actions that are integral to the App, including liking, commenting, or replying to a post, as well as other interactions with the App and other users via server log files.

Financial Data

We do not collect any financial information.

Mobile Device Access

We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device's camera, contacts, and storage. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.

Mobile Device Data

If you sign in, we store your phone number with your profile. When you enable notifications, we store a push token and your device type (iOS or Android) to deliver notifications. We do not collect precise location data.

Push Notifications

We request permission to send you push notifications related to your account and app activity (for example, meal reminders). Some categories may be enabled by default after you grant permission. You can change these preferences in Settings at any time or disable notifications in your device settings.

Contacts Matching (optional)

If you choose to find friends, we will request access to your address book and upload phone numbers to our servers solely to check which of your contacts use Biteclub. We do not store your address book; the numbers are used for one-time matching and then discarded.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the App to:

1. Create and manage your account.
2. Contact you about your account or service updates.
3. Enable user-to-user communications.
4. Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the App more personalized.
5. Increase the efficiency and operation of the App.
6. Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the App.
7. Notify you of updates to the App.
8. Offer new features and recommendations to you.
9. Perform other service-related operations as needed.
10. Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
11. Request feedback and contact you about your use of the App.
12. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
13. Respond to product and customer service requests.
14. Solicit support for the App.

Disclosure of Your Information

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

• Supabase: We use Supabase for our backend, database, and authentication. You can review their privacy policy here.
• Cloudflare (Images & Stream): We host user-uploaded photos and videos with Cloudflare. See Cloudflare's privacy policy here.
• Expo Notifications: We use Expo's push notification service to deliver notifications. Their privacy policy is available here.
• Sentry (error reporting): Our media API uses Sentry to capture errors. Limited context (such as your user ID) may be sent to diagnose issues. See Sentry's privacy policy here.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the App, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including posting content, commenting, liking, or following.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the App, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the App in perpetuity.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

App Storage and Tracking

Local Storage

The mobile app does not use browser cookies. We store your authentication session on your device using local storage (AsyncStorage) so you stay signed in. We do not sell your personal information or use your data for third‑party advertising or cross‑app tracking.

Third-Party Websites

The App may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the App, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Data Retention and Deletion

• Content you upload (photos, videos, captions, comments) is kept until you delete it or delete your account.
• Push notification tokens are stored while notifications are enabled to deliver notifications. If you disable notifications or sign out, we stop using your token. You can request removal at any time using the contact information below.
• Backups and logs may retain limited data for a short period for security, backup, and troubleshooting purposes before automatic deletion.
• Account deletion: You will be able to delete your account from Settings. After deletion, your profile and content are removed from our active systems; residual copies may persist in backups for a limited time.