1. Information we process
Menu photos and results
When you photograph or import a menu, the app reads that selected image. Taking, importing, or previewing a photo does not itself send it for analysis. When you choose to translate, the app sends a resized, compressed image copy and your selected translation language for cloud processing. Embedded EXIF metadata is removed from that processed copy, but any information visible in the image is still included.
Processing produces menu text, translations, visible price information, and AI-generated explanations. Avoid photographing people, payment cards, receipts, or other personal or sensitive information.
Technical and service data
The app uses Firebase Anonymous Authentication to obtain a service identifier even though the current version does not offer account registration or sign-in. Firebase App Check helps verify app requests and protect the service from abuse. These services and our infrastructure may process authentication identifiers, app or device attestation information, IP addresses, and request metadata.
Our backend records request identifiers, a cryptographic fingerprint derived from the image and request options, processing status, timestamps, and operational measurements such as durations, image byte counts, and error codes. Our application-defined production logs do not intentionally include menu photos, prompt contents, or full AI responses. Provider and infrastructure logs are handled separately under their service settings.
Information you send by email
If you contact us, we receive the email address, message, and any attachments you choose to send. Please send only the information needed for your request.
2. How information is used
- To read and translate the menu you submit and generate dish explanations.
- To provide local scan history and remember app preferences, such as your selected language and processing-consent choice.
- To authenticate service requests, prevent duplicate or abusive requests, diagnose failures, and operate the backend.
- To respond to support and privacy requests.
The current app and this website do not include advertising trackers or a product-analytics SDK. Technical security and operational records are not the same as advertising or product analytics.
3. Service providers and cloud analysis
Google Firebase and Google Cloud provide backend hosting, authentication, app verification, database services, and operational logging. The current guest-only app does not automatically upload original photos to a cloud-history account.
Google Gemini receives the processed menu image and analysis instructions to generate the requested results. Information visible in the photo can therefore be processed by Google, not just by Menu AI.
Provider retention and data-use rules, including whether submitted content may be used to improve provider services, depend on the configured service, billing tier, and applicable terms. This policy does not promise that provider copies are immediately deleted or that content is never used for model improvement. Do not submit content you are not comfortable sending for cloud analysis.
You can review Firebase's privacy information, the Gemini API terms, and Google's Privacy Policy. Links to other websites are governed by their own policies.
4. Storage and retention
On your device
The current app stores up to 20 recent successful menus and their original photos in app-local history, removing older entries as newer ones are saved. You can delete a saved menu in History. This removes the app's saved copy, not an original photo you keep in your photo library.
Uninstalling the app generally removes its local data, but device backups and restoration are controlled by your operating system and settings. Removing local history does not automatically remove separate service records, email correspondence, or copies held by processing providers.
Backend and provider records
Guest menu results and original photos are not retained as personal cloud history by the current backend. This does not mean they never leave the device: the processed image is transmitted for analysis as described above.
Backend request-control records are marked with a seven-day expiry. An expiry marker does not guarantee deletion at that exact time; removal depends on the configured database lifecycle process. Anonymous authentication records, operational logs, and provider-held data have separate retention settings and may remain longer. Contact us if you need help with a deletion request.
Data from earlier account-enabled versions
If you previously used account features, your existing account identifiers and cloud-saved menus or original photos may still be stored. Disabling account features, signing out locally, or uninstalling the app does not by itself delete that server-side data. Contact us about access or deletion; we may need to verify that the data belongs to you.
5. Your choices and privacy rights
- Do not submit a photo if you do not want it processed in the cloud. You can cancel the review before starting a translation.
- Use your device settings to manage camera and photo-library permissions. The app only needs access to photos you choose for its functions.
- Delete saved menus from local History. Your device settings also control app storage and backups.
- Contact jacques09125715@gmail.com for questions about service records or earlier cloud-account data.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, a copy of your personal information, or restrictions on or objections to certain processing. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent for future processing. We may need information to verify your request and to distinguish your data from someone else's. You may also have the right to contact your local data-protection authority.
6. Privacy on this website
This website presents Menu AI and this policy. It does not run the mobile scanning application, initialize Firebase or Gemini, request camera or photo access, or provide account or payment forms. The site itself does not set cookies or use browser storage, advertising pixels, or analytics scripts.
Your browser still makes standard requests to the hosting provider to load pages and assets. That infrastructure may process IP addresses, browser information, requested URLs, and access times for delivery, security, and logs under its configuration and policies. Clicking an email link opens your chosen email application; clicking an external link takes you to that provider's website.
7. Security and international processing
The app uses encrypted HTTPS connections for backend requests, service authentication, and app verification. No method of transmission or storage can guarantee absolute security. Do not include sensitive information in menu photos or support messages.
The menu-analysis backend is configured in Google's us-central1 region in the United States. Google and other service infrastructure may process information in additional locations, which may have different privacy laws from where you live. Provider terms and any applicable transfer safeguards govern their processing.
8. Children's information
Menu AI is a menu translation and explanation tool. Please do not submit photos or messages containing children's personal information. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the service, contact us so the situation and any applicable deletion request can be reviewed.
9. Changes and contact
This policy may be updated as the app, website, or service configuration changes. The date at the top identifies the latest update. New account, payment, analytics, or other material data-processing features require a corresponding policy review.
For questions about this policy or your information, contact Menu AI at jacques09125715@gmail.com.
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