Junk Scan Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 10, 2026

This policy explains what information the Junk Scan app ("Junk Scan", "the app") collects, how it is used, and the choices you have. Junk Scan is published by Berry Frozen Yogurt LLC, doing business as Pumjil, Chantilly, Virginia, USA ("we", "us"). Questions: [email protected].

The short version

• No account or sign-up. We don't ask for your name, email, phone number or location.
• We don't sell your information, show ads, or track you across other apps or websites.
• Label photos are used only to read the label and are not kept by us.
• Your scan history and favorites stay on your phone.

Information the app uses

1. Camera and label photos

The app uses your camera to scan barcodes and ingredient or Nutrition Facts labels. Barcodes are read on your phone. When a product isn't found by barcode and you tap Take picture, the photo is sent over an encrypted connection to our server, which passes it to our AI provider, Anthropic (the maker of Claude), to read the ingredient list and Nutrition Facts. The text is sent back to your phone. We do not store your photos on our server. Anthropic processes them under its commercial terms, which state that this content is not used to train its models. Please point the camera only at food labels.

2. Barcodes and product lookups

When you scan a barcode, the barcode number is sent to public food databases, Open Food Facts and the USDA FoodData Central, to find the product's ingredients. These services may see your device's IP address, as with any internet request. We don't send them anything that identifies you.

3. A random app ID and scan counts

To manage free scans and subscriptions, the app creates a random, anonymous ID through our subscription provider, RevenueCat. It isn't linked to your name, email or Apple/Google account details. Our server stores this ID with a simple count of how many label scans were used each month, so it can apply the free-scan and fair-use limits.

4. Purchases

Subscriptions are paid through the Apple App Store or Google Play. We never see or store your card or payment details. Apple or Google, together with RevenueCat, tell the app whether your subscription is active, along with basic purchase information such as the product, purchase date, renewal status and the country of your store account.

4b. Saved label numbers

If you photograph the Nutrition Facts of a product you scanned by barcode, the numbers read from the label (calories, sugars, sodium and so on) are saved with that product's barcode, so the next person who scans the same product sees the exact label. Only the product's numbers and barcode are saved. The photo and anything that identifies you are not.

5. Information stored only on your phone

Your My scans list (up to your last 100 barcode scans), favorites and free-scan count are saved on your device. They are not uploaded to us. Deleting the app deletes them.

6. Saving pictures

If you tap Save picture, the app asks permission to add the colored ingredient picture to your Photos. It only adds pictures. It never reads your photo library.

7. Feedback emails

If you tap Send feedback, your email app opens a message to us with the product name, barcode, ingredient text and your phone's operating system version filled in. Nothing is sent unless you choose to send that email. We use what you send only to answer you and improve the app.

8. Technical logs

Like most online services, our server and service providers keep short-term technical logs (such as request time, error messages and IP address) to keep the service secure and working. These are not used to identify or profile you.

What we don't do

• We don't sell or rent personal information, and we don't "share" it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
• We don't show ads or use advertising or tracking tools in the app.
• We don't collect your precise location, contacts, microphone or health records.

Service providers

We use these companies to run Junk Scan, and they process information only to provide their service to us:

• Supabase: hosts our server and the scan counts.
• Anthropic: AI reading of label photos.
• RevenueCat: manages subscriptions and the anonymous app ID.
• Apple and Google: app distribution and payment.
• Open Food Facts and USDA FoodData Central: public product databases (barcode number only).

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect our rights and users' safety.

How long we keep information

Label photos are not stored by us after the label is read. Scan counts linked to the anonymous ID are kept only as long as needed to apply monthly limits and prevent abuse, and no longer than 24 months. Purchase records are kept by Apple, Google and RevenueCat as required for billing and tax.

Your choices and rights

• You can turn off camera or Photos access anytime in your phone's Settings.
• Deleting the app removes everything stored on your phone.
• You can cancel a subscription anytime in your Apple ID or Google Play account settings.
• Depending on where you live (for example, the EU, UK or California), you may have the right to access, correct or delete your information, or to object to its use. Because we don't collect names or emails, the easiest way to make a request is to email [email protected]. We will respond within the time the law requires and won't treat you differently for using your rights.

International users

Junk Scan is available worldwide. Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, for these transfers.

Children

Junk Scan is a general-audience app and is not directed to children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Security

Information sent between the app and our server is encrypted (HTTPS), and our AI key is kept on the server, never in the app. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect the information we handle.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above, and for important changes we will give notice in the app or on this page.

Contact

Berry Frozen Yogurt LLC (Pumjil), Chantilly, VA 20151, USA
Email: [email protected]