Fridgeon for iOS — Privacy Policy
Effective date: 2026-10-21
The iOS app "Fridgeon" ("the app") is offered on the App Store by 준아디자인 (sole proprietorship of CHUN A IM, "the seller", "we"). Under a contract with the seller, TanzSoft (유한회사 TanzSoft) develops the app and operates its server.
1. Who is responsible
| Role | Details |
|---|---|
| Controller (seller) | 준아디자인, owner CHUN A IM (임준아) · Korean business registration no. 223-10-18494 · 7-3, Gagyeongju-ro 24beon-gil, Seohae-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea · windyz90@kakao.com |
| Processor (developer and server operator) | TanzSoft (유한회사 TanzSoft) · business registration no. 739-88-03141 · 525 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea · tanzsoftkor@gmail.com |
2. What we process and why
The app has no account or sign-in. It does not collect your name, email address, phone number, location or contacts. It contains no advertising and no analytics or tracking SDKs.
| Data | When | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photos you choose (groceries, receipts, order screenshots, meals; downscaled on your device) | Only when you ask the app to recognise a photo ("Add from photo", "Meal photo") | To estimate the foods, quantities, use-by dates and nutrition in the picture | Not stored on our server; discarded as soon as the request finishes. The AI providers in section 3 may retain data under their own terms |
| Text you type (ingredient names, food search terms, AI chat messages) and, with a request, a summary of your fridge list, days left and diet profile (calorie goal etc., no name) | Only when you run item lookup, shopping-list fill-in, recipe suggestions, food search or AI chat | To produce storage tips, nutrition, recipes and diet advice | Same as above (not stored on our server) |
| Barcode number | Only when you scan a barcode in the diet log | To look up product nutrition in the public Open Food Facts database | Sent directly from your device to Open Food Facts; not through our server; not stored |
| A device identifier (a random string the app creates on first launch — not the advertising identifier, not your Apple ID) | Sent with each request to our server | To count the per-device daily usage limits | Kept on our server with the daily counts for 30 days, then deleted automatically |
| Server access logs (IP address, time of request) | Created automatically for each request | Security and troubleshooting | Up to 100 days, then deleted |
- Your fridge inventory, use-by dates, shopping list, saved recipes, meal log, weight, profile and settings are stored only on your device and are never sent to our server. "Delete all data" in Settings, or deleting the app, removes them. The backup feature writes a file to a location you choose; it is not sent to us.
- Use-by reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device; no push server is used.
- Use-by dates, storage tips, nutrition and recipes generated by AI are estimates. Check the product label for exact information.
3. Service providers and international transfer
To recognise food and generate recipes and diet advice, uploaded photos and text are sent to the AI services below. The device identifier is not sent to them. The app asks for your consent before the first upload, and you can withdraw it at any time in Settings.
| Recipient | Country | Data | Purpose | How | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic, PBC (Claude API) | United States | Uploaded photos, typed text, ingredient list | Food recognition, recipes, diet advice (primary) | Over encrypted connections (HTTPS) each time you make a request | Under the provider's terms (not used to train models) |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Workers AI) | United States and other countries where Cloudflare operates data centers | Same as above | Fallback when the primary service fails (secondary) | Same as above | Under the provider's terms (not used to train models) |
| Google LLC (Gemini API) | United States | Same as above | Fallback when both services above fail (tertiary) | Same as above | Under the provider's terms |
| Open Food Facts (non-profit association) | France | Barcode number | Product nutrition lookup | Directly from your device when you scan a barcode | Under the association's terms |
Under Google's free-tier terms, Google may use submitted photos, text and results to improve its products, and they may be reviewed by humans. Please cover personal information on receipts before taking a photo.
You can avoid any transfer by adding items by hand instead of using photo recognition and AI features. The fridge list, use-by reminders, shopping list and meal log keep working.
4. Please note
If a receipt or order screenshot shows personal information such as a name, card number, address or phone number, please cover it before taking the photo. The app is designed to read only items and quantities, but the whole image is transmitted as described in section 3. Please keep faces out of meal photos.
5. Permissions
| Permission | Used for | If you decline |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | Photographing groceries, receipts or meals; scanning barcodes | Photo library and manual entry still work |
| Photos | Picking photos from your library (only the photos you select are read) | Camera and manual entry still work |
| Notifications | A morning reminder for items that are about to expire (local notification) | You see the D-day inside the app instead |
You can change permissions at any time in iOS Settings > Fridgeon.
6. Deletion
- Uploaded photos and text: discarded by our server as soon as the request finishes (temporary data created during processing is deleted automatically; nothing is kept).
- Device identifier and daily counts: deleted automatically after 30 days.
- Access logs: deleted after 100 days.
- Data on your device: removed with "Delete all data" in Settings or by deleting the app.
7. Your rights
You may ask to access, correct, delete or stop the processing of your personal information. Because our server holds nothing that identifies you by name, we may be unable to locate your data unless the device identifier can be confirmed. Contact us as described in section 9.
8. Children
The app does not ask for age and does not collect information that identifies users. Children under 14 should use the app with a parent or guardian.
9. Contact
- Privacy officer: CHUN A IM (임준아), owner of 준아디자인 · windyz90@kakao.com
- Technical contact (processor): TanzSoft · tanzsoftkor@gmail.com
10. Changes
We will post any change to this policy on this page at least 7 days before it takes effect.
- Posted: 2026-10-21 / Effective: 2026-10-21