Privacy Policy - Smart Meal & Pantry

Contact

For support or privacy questions, contact us at support@vamit.net.

If you contact support, please use the subject support:. The app may add a local support ID to the email subject so we can recognize your request. This support ID is not an account and is not sent automatically.

Data Stored Locally

The app may store pantry items, quantities, categories, expiry dates, shopping lists, recipes, recipe photos, meal planner content, reminders, profiles, allergens, preferences, language choice, layout choice, premium status and a local support ID on your device.

This data stays on your device by default. We do not receive your local pantry, recipe, planner or photo data automatically.

Camera and Photos

The camera is used when you choose to scan a barcode, QR code, product or wine label, or receipt, add a photo, or import recipe text from a photo. Label and receipt text recognition is performed on your device. Images are not uploaded to the shared wine catalogue. Saved photos remain local unless you choose to export, email or share them through another app.

Internet Features

Some features use internet access when you choose to use them. Barcode lookup may use Open Food Facts, recipe search may open your browser or search app, recipe import may access a URL you provide, OCR may download language data, and Premium purchases are handled by Google Play Billing.

When you use an external website, browser, cloud storage app, email app or Google Play service, that service processes data under its own privacy policy.

Ads

The free version of Smart Meal & Pantry may display ads served by Google AdMob. Google may process advertising identifiers, device information, app activity, approximate location or other data according to Google's advertising and privacy policies.

Ad availability and personalization depend on Google settings, consent choices, region and device configuration. Premium may reduce or remove interruptions inside the app where supported.

Premium and Purchases

Premium purchases are handled through Google Play Billing. Google processes payment information under Google Play's policies. The app receives purchase status and product information needed to unlock Premium features.

Shared Premium Wine Catalogue

When you search the VAMIT wine catalogue, our server receives your search term or barcode, Firebase sign-in token and Google Play purchase proof. We use these to authenticate your account, check Premium eligibility with Google Play and return matching public wine profiles. Payment card details are not sent to us.

A separate Google Cloud Firestore database in Europe stores account identifiers, purchase tokens, purchase-to-account bindings, verification results and request-limit counters. Purchase proof is kept to recheck access, including access inherited from a paying household owner. Family membership checks read only membership metadata using the signed-in user's permissions, not household inventory.

Your inventory, bottle photographs, private notes and purchase prices are not copied into the shared catalogue. Other app users cannot read the private verification records. Search terms and purchase tokens are not intentionally written to application logs; Google Cloud may process technical request logs for operating the service.

Verification records are retained while needed to provide and protect catalogue access. You may request deletion of your account and associated verification data through support. Receipt-to-account bindings prevent one purchase being claimed by unrelated accounts; contact support if you need to transfer or recover your own access. Deleting local app data does not automatically delete cloud records.

Backup and Export

Premium users can export app data as JSON, CSV or text files. Backups and exports use the Android share menu or file picker. You choose whether to save or share files through Drive, OneDrive, email, Files or another app. We do not upload backups to our own server.

Optional Family Sharing

Family Sharing is optional. When you create or join a family space, you create a free account with an email address and password. Firebase Authentication processes your email address and technical account identifier to sign you in securely. Firebase Cloud Firestore stores the shared household data in Google Cloud's European region.

The household can share pantry stock, the quick shopping list, the shopping list, saved recipes and the meal planner. Calorie entries, household profiles, allergens, preferences, reminders and photos remain private on each device and are not included in Family Sharing.

Household members can leave the shared family space in the app at any time. The Premium owner controls invitation codes. Do not share an invitation code publicly.

Family Account Deletion

You can request deletion of your optional Family Sharing account and shared household data at any time. In the app, open More > Family Sharing and choose Request deletion, or email support@vamit.net with the subject Family account deletion request.

We may ask you to confirm the email address used for Family Sharing before completing the request. Deleting the family account removes the account and shared cloud data; local data and files on each device remain under that device owner's control.

Support Emails

If you email support, we receive the information you choose to include. This may include your email address, message, screenshots, local support ID or an attached backup file. We use this information only for support, bug follow-up and necessary administration.

Retention and Deletion

Local data remains on your device until you delete it. You can delete data in the app, use the reset option, clear app data in Android settings or uninstall the app. Backups shared to cloud or email services must be deleted in those services.

For optional Family Sharing, we keep account and shared household data only until the account is deleted or a verified deletion request is completed.

Support emails are kept as long as reasonably needed to handle the request and follow-up.

Sharing With Third Parties

The app does not automatically send your local pantry, recipes, photos, allergens or planner data to us. Data may be shared with third parties only when you use a related feature, such as Optional Family Sharing through Firebase, Open Food Facts barcode lookup, Google AdMob ads, Google Play Billing, browser search, cloud export or support email.

Security

The app uses local device storage and Android system features such as camera permission, file picker and share menu. External connections use HTTPS where supported by the selected service.

Children

Smart Meal & Pantry is not specifically directed at children. The app does not require an account and does not knowingly collect data from children.

Changes

This privacy policy may be updated when app features, ads, billing, backup options or third-party services change. The date at the top shows when this document was last updated.