cubies-privacy-policy

Privacy Policy for CUBIES

Last Updated: February 11, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to CUBIES (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the safety of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you use our mobile application (“App”).

CUBIES is a product safety scanner app designed to help parents check whether food and personal care products are safe for their children based on ingredients and age-specific guidelines.

Information We Collect

1. Information You Provide

• Account Information: Name and email address when you create an account
• Child Profile Data: Your child’s name, age group, and allergy information (stored locally on your device)
• Product Images: Photos of ingredient labels you scan (processed for text extraction only)

2. Automatically Collected Information

• Device Information: Device type, operating system version
• App Usage Data: Features used, scan history (stored locally on your device)

3. Information We Do NOT Collect

• We do NOT collect your location data
• We do NOT collect contact lists
• We do NOT collect payment information
• We do NOT sell your personal data to third parties

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

• Provide ingredient analysis and safety verdicts
• Store your child’s profile and allergy preferences locally
• Improve our ingredient database and app functionality
• Send you product expiry reminders (if enabled)

Data Storage and Security

Local Storage

• Child profiles, allergies, and scan history are stored locally on your device using encrypted storage
• This data is NOT uploaded to our servers
• Uninstalling the app will delete all local data

Server Processing

• Product images are sent to our secure servers for ingredient text extraction
• Images are processed in real-time and NOT stored on our servers
• We use industry-standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) for all data transmission

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• OpenAI: For ingredient text extraction from images (images are processed but not stored)
• Supabase: For our ingredient safety database (no personal data stored)

These services have their own privacy policies and data handling practices.

Children’s Privacy

CUBIES is designed for parents to use on behalf of their children. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. All child-related data (name, age, allergies) is:

• Provided by the parent/guardian
• Stored locally on the parent’s device
• Never uploaded to our servers

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access: View all data stored locally in the app
• Delete: Remove your account and all associated data
• Modify: Update your child’s profile and allergy information
• Opt-out: Disable notifications at any time

Data Retention and Deletion

How Long We Retain Your Data

Data Type	Where Stored	Retention Period
Account email address	Supabase (our authentication provider)	Until you delete your account
Child profiles, allergies, pantry items	Locally on your device only	Until you clear app data or uninstall the app
Product images	Transmitted to our backend for processing only	Not stored — deleted immediately after analysis
Scan session data (child age, allergies)	Transmitted to our backend for analysis only	Not stored permanently — used only for the duration of a single scan request

How to Delete Your Data

Clear all local data: In Settings, tap Clear All Data to immediately wipe all locally stored information from your device — including child profiles, allergies, pantry items, and scan history.

Delete your account (remove email from our servers): To permanently delete your account and have your email address removed from our servers, please email us at abhiramreddykalluru01@gmail.com with the subject line “Account Deletion Request.” We will process your request within 30 days.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by:

• Posting the new Privacy Policy in the app
• Updating the “Last Updated” date

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: abhiramreddykalluru01@gmail.com

Consent

By using CUBIES, you consent to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

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