Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
This page describes the consumer health data the Orakcal app collects, as required by Washington's My Health My Data Act and similar laws. Orakcal is run by Hunter Levesque ("we", "us"). It adds to our Privacy Policy, which covers everything else. The short version: your health data stays on your phone and is used there to run the app for you. It is never uploaded to us, and we do not sell it, use it for advertising, or share it with anyone.
The health data the app collects, and why
Everything below is collected only to provide the app you asked for: logging, targets and progress.
- Body measurements and goals: age, sex, height, current and goal weight, activity level and the pace you choose. Used to calculate your calorie and nutrient targets.
- Diet: the foods, meals, recipes and drinks you log or save, with their nutrition values, serving sizes and times, and your water totals. Used to show your day and your week against your targets.
- Weight: your weigh-ins and any notes you add. Used to show your progress and to suggest target changes in your weekly review.
- Activity: your step count, only if you connect Apple Health or Health Connect, or turn on Steps From Google, which reads it from your Google account (Google Health API). Shown next to your logs, on your phone. Orakcal only reads it; it never writes to your health data.
- Information derived from the above: your targets, daily totals, weekly averages and suggested adjustments. Used the same way as the data they come from.
We do not use health data for anything else. If we ever want to, we will update this page and ask for your consent first.
Where it comes from
- You, when you set up the app, log food, water or weight, or save foods.
- Your phone's health app (Apple Health or Health Connect), only if you connect it.
- Food databases: nutrition values for foods you look up or scan come from Open Food Facts, the USDA's FoodData Central and our own catalog. They become health data when you log them.
Where it is kept
All of the health data above is kept on your phone and processed there. It is never uploaded to us, so we cannot see it. On Android, your phone's own backup can include the app's data, under your Google account's backup settings; that backup is between you and Google, and we never receive it.
Who we share it with
Nobody. We do not sell consumer health data, share it with third parties, or receive it ourselves. Apple and Google distribute the app and, if you connect them, provide your step count to the app on your phone. With Steps From Google on, your phone reads it from your Google account directly; it does not pass through us.
Crash reports (Sentry) and usage analytics (PostHog) never contain what you ate, nutrition values, your weight or your step count. Barcode lookups send only the barcode number. See the Privacy Policy for the details of each.
We may also disclose information if required by law.
Your rights, and how to use them
You have the right to:
- know whether we collect your consumer health data, and see it;
- get a list of every third party and affiliate we have shared it with, and how to contact them;
- withdraw your consent, where we relied on it;
- have your consumer health data deleted.
Your health data is on your phone, where you can see, correct and delete it yourself. To delete everything at once, use Settings → Account & Data → Delete All Data in the app, or see Delete your account. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone. For any other request, email support@orakcal.com. We will respond within 45 days, and may ask you to confirm the request comes from you. If we decline a request, you can appeal by replying to our answer; if the appeal is denied, you can contact the Washington State Attorney General.
Contact
Questions about your health data: support@orakcal.com.