# ZotEats Privacy Policy

_Last updated: July 2026_

ZotEats is an unofficial student project for the UC Irvine community. The short
version: **the app collects no personal data at all.**

## What we collect

Nothing.

- No accounts or sign-in. The app has no login of any kind.
- No analytics, no crash reporting SDKs, no advertising, no tracking of any kind.
- No personal information is collected, stored, or transmitted by us.

## What stays on your device

Your preferences — favorited dishes and your dietary filter — are stored locally on
your device using Apple's UserDefaults. They never leave your device, and we have no
way to see them. Deleting the app deletes them.

## Network requests

The app fetches public campus data (dining menus, gym hours, facility busyness) from
exactly two services:

- `anteaterapi.com` — public UCI dining/menu data (Anteater API)
- `waitz.io` — public live occupancy data for UCI facilities

These are standard, read-only HTTPS requests with no account identifiers or personal
data attached. Like any web request, the operators of those services may see your IP
address as part of serving the request; ZotEats sends nothing else. We do not operate
those services — see their own policies for details.

## App Store Connect "App Privacy" answers

For the App Privacy section in App Store Connect, ZotEats qualifies for
**"Data Not Collected"**: the app does not collect any data from this app, for any
purpose, in any category (no contact info, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics,
location, or anything else).

## Changes

If the app's privacy practices ever change, this document will be updated in the
repository and the App Store listing will reflect it.

## Contact

Questions or concerns? Open an issue on GitHub:
https://github.com/atharvgups/zoteats/issues