🔒 Privacy Policy

📌 Quick Summary (The Short Version)

This privacy policy explains how CaloriesCounter.net ("we," "us," or "our") handles information when you use our website. The short version: we don't collect anything. Keep reading for the complete legal details.

📋 1. Information We Collect

CaloriesCounter.net is designed to be completely anonymous. Unlike most websites and apps, we deliberately do NOT collect:

• ❌ Names or email addresses
• ❌ IP addresses (we use privacy-focused hosting that anonymizes IPs)
• ❌ Location data
• ❌ Device fingerprints or browser fingerprints
• ❌ Calorie calculation history or results
• ❌ Payment information (we have no payments)
• ❌ Social media profiles or connections

What we DO collect (anonymously):

• ✅ Basic, anonymized server log data (cannot identify you)
• ✅ Aggregated, anonymous usage statistics (e.g., "1000 people used the Chipotle calculator today")

All calorie calculations are performed entirely on your device (client-side JavaScript). Nothing you enter is ever sent to our servers.

⚙️ 2. How We Use Information

Since we don't collect personal information, we use data only for:

• Website Security: Anonymized server logs help us detect and prevent attacks.
• Performance Monitoring: We monitor basic site usage to ensure our tools load quickly for everyone.
• Content Improvement: Anonymous analytics tell us which tools are most popular so we can improve them.

We NEVER: Sell data, share data with advertisers, build user profiles, or track you across websites.

🍪 3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We don't use tracking cookies. Period.

Our website uses only strictly necessary cookies that are essential for basic functionality:

• Session Cookie: Temporarily remembers that you're using the website (deleted when you close your browser).
• No analytics cookies: Google Analytics? No. Facebook Pixel? No. Third-party trackers? No.
• No advertising cookies: We don't run ads, so we don't use ad tracking.

You can block all cookies in your browser settings, and all our tools will still work perfectly.

🔗 4. Third-Party Services

We use minimal third-party services, all chosen for their privacy-respecting practices:

Important: Our calorie calculators never send data to any third party. All calculations happen locally in your browser.

🔐 5. Data Storage & Security

We don't store your data. Because we don't collect personal information, there's nothing to store or secure on our end.

• ✅ All calorie calculations stay on your device
• ✅ No databases of user information
• ✅ No cloud storage of your activity
• ✅ No export of your data (because we don't have it)

Your browser may locally cache some website files (like images and CSS) for faster loading, but this is standard browser behavior and contains no personal information.

🛡️ 6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR, CCPA, CalOPPA)

🇪🇺 GDPR Rights (For EU Residents)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:

• Right to Access: Request a copy of your data → We have none to provide.
• Right to Deletion: Request deletion of your data → Nothing to delete.
• Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate data → Not applicable.
• Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we use data → We don't process personal data.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format → No data exists.
• Right to Object: Object to data processing → Not applicable.

🇺🇸 CCPA Rights (For California Residents)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have the right to:

• Know what personal information is collected: None.
• Know if personal information is sold or shared: Never.
• Request deletion of personal information: Nothing to delete.
• Opt-out of data selling: Not applicable (we don't sell anything).
• Non-discrimination for exercising rights: All users treated equally.

📋 CalOPPA Compliance (California Online Privacy Protection Act)

CalOPPA requires commercial websites to post a privacy policy. We comply by:

• ✅ Posting this clearly visible privacy policy
• ✅ Naming our policy "Privacy Policy"
• ✅ Providing contact information (see below)
• ✅ Updating policy with effective and last modified dates

🧒 7. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

CaloriesCounter.net is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children. Since we collect no personal information from anyone, COPPA compliance is inherent in our design.

If you believe a child under 13 has used our website, no action is needed because we have no data to delete. Parents and guardians are encouraged to monitor their children's internet usage.

🌍 8. International Data Transfers

Our servers are located in the United States and the European Union (via Vercel's global network). Because we don't collect personal information, international data transfer regulations (like GDPR's Chapter V) do not apply to us. Your cookie-free, anonymous browsing is the same regardless of your location.

⚠️ 9. Data Breach Notification

Since we store no personal information, a "data breach" would be impossible in the traditional sense. If any security incident occurred affecting our servers, we would:

• Investigate immediately and fix the vulnerability
• Post a notice on our website for transparency
• Notify authorities if required by law (though no personal data exists to report)

We maintain industry-standard security practices including HTTPS, regular updates, and secure server configurations.

🚫 10. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Many browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. Since we don't track users at all, we respect all DNT signals by default. Our website's behavior doesn't change whether DNT is enabled or not — we simply don't track anyone.

📝 11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy occasionally to reflect legal requirements or operational changes. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

We will never change our core commitment: No tracking, no data collection, no selling. If we ever needed to collect data (for example, to enable user accounts if users request them), we would:

• Update this policy with clear notice
• Obtain explicit consent before collecting anything
• Provide opt-out options
• Remain 100% transparent about what we collect and why

We encourage you to review this policy periodically. The "Last Updated" date at the top will show when changes were made.

📧 12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our privacy practices, or anything else privacy-related, please contact us:

For privacy-related requests (like GDPR or CCPA inquiries), please use privacy@caloriescounter.net to ensure your message reaches the right person.

📜 13. Additional Legal Disclosures

Legal Disclosures Required by Law

We do not voluntarily disclose any information. If required by law (e.g., valid court order, subpoena, or legal process), we would comply. However, since we don't collect personal information, there would be nothing to disclose.

Business Transfers

If CaloriesCounter.net is ever acquired, merged, or sold, we will notify users via our website. Since we have no user data, no transfer of personal information would occur. The new owner would be bound by this privacy policy until they update it.