Privacy Policy

Overview

Food Recall Checker is designed with your privacy in mind. We do not collect, store, or share any personal information.

Data Collection

This app does not collect any personal data. Specifically:

• No account or sign-up is required
• No personal information is requested or stored
• No analytics or tracking tools are used
• No advertising SDKs are included
• No data is sold to third parties

Data Stored on Your Device

Scanned product history, favorites, and notification preferences are stored locally on your device only. This data is never transmitted to us or any third party.

Network Requests

The app makes network requests solely to look up product and recall information:

• FDA openFDA API (api.fda.gov) — to retrieve food recall enforcement data
• Open Food Facts API (world.openfoodfacts.net) — to look up product information from barcodes

These are public APIs. Only barcode numbers and search terms are sent in these requests — no personal information is included.

Camera

The app uses your device camera solely to scan barcodes. Camera access is requested only when you use the scan feature. No images or video are stored or transmitted.

Notifications

If you enable notifications for a product, the app uses local notifications to alert you about recall status changes. Notification permissions are requested only when you first enable this feature. No push notification servers are used.

Children's Privacy

This app does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy is updated, the changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please open an issue on GitHub.