privacy policy

Account info. When you sign in with Apple or Google we receive your name, email address, and a provider identifier. If you set a profile photo or username, we store those too. We use this to create and manage your account.

Dietary profile. Your goal (for example lose weight, build muscle, maintain) and dietary restrictions, which you enter during onboarding. We use them to curate restaurants and menu items for you. We do not store your weight or other body measurements on our servers.

Location. With your permission, your device location while you use the app, to show spots near you and improve search relevance. We never collect location in the background. Location sent to our analytics is rounded to roughly 1 kilometer and is never precise.

Health data.With your permission, we read activity and nutrition data from Apple Health to personalize your experience. Health data is used only to provide these features. We never use Apple Health data for advertising or marketing and never share it with third parties for their purposes, in line with Apple's HealthKit requirements.

Content you create. Saved spots, lists, notes, and photos you upload. Photos are stored with our storage provider (Cloudflare). If you share a link into the app (for example from TikTok or Instagram), we process that link to import the place it points to.

Usage and device data.We use PostHog (servers in the United States) to understand how the app is used: screens viewed, features used, device model, OS version. We strip authentication tokens and similar secrets before any event leaves your device. We do not use advertising identifiers and we do not track you across other companies' apps or websites.

Purchases. Subscriptions are processed by Apple and managed through RevenueCat. We receive your subscription status, never your payment details.

Link-click attribution. When you open a macrospots link someone shared with you, we briefly process a truncated version of your IP address, your language, timezone, and OS version into an anonymous short-lived code (kept for about an hour). If you install the app and sign up shortly after, we use it to credit the person who shared with you. It is not used to track your browsing.

Referrals and invites. Your personal referral code, and email addresses you invite to shared lists (we store them and send the invitation through our email provider, Resend).

We use AI providers (Anthropic, Google Gemini, Perplexity, OpenAI) to extract and analyze restaurant menus and estimate nutrition. What we send them is restaurant and menu content from public sources — not your personal account data.

• We don't sell your data.
• We don't show third-party ads or share data with ad networks.
• We don't use your Apple Health data for anything except the features described above.

We rely on a small set of providers to run macrospots. Each receives only what it needs to do its job:

Your data is stored and processed by the providers above, primarily in the United States and the European Union. Where data is transferred internationally, our providers rely on recognized safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

For as long as you have an account. Delete your account in the app (Profile → Delete Account) and we permanently delete your account and associated data — including your profile, dietary preferences, lists, and uploaded photos — immediately, with no grace period. You can also email us to request deletion.

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your data, to object to or restrict processing, and to withdraw consent. Email us at support@macrospots.com and we'll handle it. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

macrospots is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region), and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we'll delete it.

If we materially change this policy we'll update this page and the date above, and notify you in the app when appropriate. The operator of the service may change (for example if the business becomes a company); if so, we'll update this page.