Your meal diary is private by default.

Information We Collect

• Account information such as email address, display name, profile bio, avatar, and session tokens.
• Meal journal content you add, including meal photos, captions, meal type, timestamps, and time zones.
• Photo upload metadata such as file type, file size, upload state, and storage object identifiers.
• Service-region, entitlement, subscription, purchase-verification, and feature-usage information needed to run account features.
• App and service diagnostics such as device type, IP address, request timing, and error logs.

Camera, Photos, and Device Permissions

Mealyn requests camera access so you can take meal photos, and photo library access so you can choose existing meal photos. We use these permissions only after you grant them and only to support the meal-capture features you choose to use. You can change these permissions in iOS Settings.

How We Use Information

• To create and secure your account.
• To save, display, sync, and restore your private meal journal.
• To process uploaded meal photos and generate optional AI-assisted descriptions.
• To let another signed-in user find your profile after entering your complete verified Mealyn login email address. Mealyn does not return or display your email in social search results and does not support partial email matching.
• To provide service-region routing, account entitlements, App Store subscription verification, and purchase restoration.
• To troubleshoot support requests, prevent abuse, and improve app reliability.

Sharing and Sale

We do not sell your personal information. When another signed-in user enters your complete verified Mealyn login email, we may show that user your display profile, including your display name, avatar, and profile bio, subject to account and block rules. We do not show your email address in the result.

We also share information with service providers needed to operate Mealyn, such as hosting, storage, email delivery, analytics, diagnostics, payment verification, and AI processing providers.

These providers are allowed to process information only as needed to provide their services to Mealyn. App Store subscription purchases are processed by Apple under Apple's own terms and privacy practices.

We may disclose information if required by law, to protect Mealyn and its users, or to investigate abuse or security issues.

Storage and Security

Mealyn uses authenticated access controls for account data and private media. No system can guarantee perfect security, but we design the product so meal photos are not intentionally published as public content.

Service Regions and AI Processing

Mealyn may route accounts and requests to a regional service environment based on the App Store storefront, device locale, or the service region selected during registration. Meal photos and related journal data may be processed by storage, hosting, and AI providers that support the selected region and the features you use.

Retention and Deletion

We keep account, journal, media, entitlement, and diagnostic information for as long as needed to provide Mealyn, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and operate backups. When you delete meals or request account deletion, we begin deletion or deactivation work for active service data and may retain limited records where required for security, billing, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.

Your Choices

• You can choose what meal photos and profile information you add.
• You can delete meals in the app when deletion is available for that record.
• You can manage camera and photo library permissions in iOS Settings.
• You can manage App Store subscriptions through your Apple ID subscription settings.
• You can request account deletion or privacy support by emailing support@mealyn.net.

Children

Mealyn is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate.