MileplatePrivacy Policy
Mileplate is a food and nutrition tracker. This policy explains what it stores, why, and the control you have. The short version:
- Your data is yours. We use it only to run Mileplate for you. We never sell it, rent it, or use it for advertising.
- It starts on your phone. Without an account, your diary stays on your device only. With an account, it is also backed up to our cloud database so you can use it on another phone.
- AI features send only what's needed. When you use one, the food details or photo you provide are sent to our AI provider to produce an answer. Your name and email are not included.
- You can delete everything. Goals > Account > Delete my account permanently erases your account and all its saved data.
- Mileplate is for adults (18+) and is not medical advice.
Who we are
Mileplate is published by Corey Cutler, based in Massachusetts, United States ("Mileplate", "we", "us"). This policy covers the Mileplate app for iPhone and Android and this website, getmileplate.com.
Questions, requests, or concerns about your privacy: email support.platewell@gmail.com. We aim to reply within 30 days.
What Mileplate collects
We collect only what you enter or allow, plus the minimum needed to run accounts. Some of it is health-related, so we treat all of it as sensitive.
| What | Examples | Where it's kept |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Email address; password (stored only in scrambled, hashed form by our database provider) | Cloud, only if you create an account |
| Food diary | Foods, servings, meals, water, exercise, notes | Your phone; cloud too if signed in |
| Body and goals | Sex, age, height, weight entries, activity level, calorie and nutrient goals, units | Your phone; cloud too if signed in |
| GLP-1 tracking (optional) | Medication name, dose, dose days, injection sites, side effects, appetite, notes, maintenance target | Your phone; cloud too if signed in |
| Saved items | My foods, recent foods, saved recipes, recent restaurants, grocery lists, your setup (truck cab, dorm, office and equipment) | Your phone; cloud too if signed in |
| Settings | Hide calories, reminder times, meal names | Your phone; cloud too if signed in |
| AI usage count | How many AI requests you made each day, to apply a daily limit | Cloud |
| Technical data | IP address and basic request details that servers record when the app or this website connects to them | Our service providers' logs (see below) |
Camera. Used only when you scan a barcode, snap a nutrition label, or photograph your food. Barcode scans are read on your phone. Label and food photos are sent once to our AI provider to be read, and Mileplate does not save them.
Notifications. Reminders are scheduled on your phone itself. Nothing about them is sent to us.
What we don't collect. No location, contacts, or advertising IDs. No analytics or advertising tools are built into the app, and this website uses no cookies, analytics, or ad trackers.
How we use it
We use your information only to provide Mileplate to you:
- Show your diary, goals, progress charts, and GLP-1 tracking.
- Back up and sync your data across your phones when you're signed in.
- Work out calorie and nutrient targets from the body details you enter.
- Answer AI requests you start, such as estimating a meal or suggesting recipes.
- Send sign-in and account emails, apply daily AI limits, prevent abuse, and fix problems.
- Reply when you contact us.
We never: sell or rent your information; share it for advertising; use it to build ad profiles; or let our AI provider use it to train their models (see AI features).
AI features
AI features run only when you tap them, and only while you're signed in. They are powered by Claude, an AI model from Anthropic, PBC. Requests go through Mileplate's own server, which sends Anthropic only what that request needs.
| Feature | What is sent to Anthropic |
|---|---|
| Describe it | The words you type about a food or meal |
| Snap a label | The photo you take of a nutrition label |
| Fill in empty boxes | The food's name, serving size, and calories |
| Eat out | The restaurant you name, the meal, what's left of today's goals, your focus, anything to avoid, your setup type, and whether you're on, tapering, or stopped a GLP-1 medication |
| What can I make? | The ingredients you type or the photo you take, plus the same kind of preferences as Eat out, your cooking equipment, time, and servings |
| Stock up | Your setup type and equipment, daily calorie and protein goals, number of days, focus, anything to avoid, and your GLP-1 status if you use GLP-1 mode |
Your name, email, and account ID are not included. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, Anthropic does not use these requests to train its models and keeps them only for a limited time. See Anthropic's privacy policy.
AI answers are estimates. Check them against labels and your own judgment.
Food lookups
Food search and barcode scanning use two free public food databases. They receive only what's needed to find the food, plus the technical details any website receives (such as your IP address). They don't receive your account details or diary.
- USDA FoodData Central (U.S. Department of Agriculture) receives the words you search for.
- Open Food Facts (a nonprofit food database) receives the barcode number you scan or type.
Food data from these sources is used under their own terms. Open Food Facts data is shared under the Open Database License, and Mileplate credits it where shown.
Where it's stored and who handles it
We use a small number of service providers. Each may process your information only to provide its service to Mileplate, under its own security and privacy commitments.
| Provider | What they do for Mileplate | Data they handle |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Cloud database, accounts and sign-in, and the server that runs AI requests | Your account and everything you back up; technical logs |
| Google (Gmail) | Delivers sign-in and password reset emails | Your email address and the one-time code in the email |
| Anthropic | AI model (Claude) behind the AI features | Only the request details listed under AI features |
| Cloudflare | Hosts this website | Technical logs when you visit this website |
| Apple and Google | App stores that deliver Mileplate and its updates | What their own policies cover; Mileplate doesn't send them your diary |
Cloud data is stored in the United States, in Oregon (Supabase's US West region).
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect someone's safety, or to protect Mileplate's rights. If Mileplate is ever sold or merged, your information would move only under this policy's promises, and we'd tell you first.
Keeping and deleting your data
We keep your data until you delete it or delete your account.
- Delete your account in the app: Goals > Account > Delete my account. This permanently erases your account and everything backed up in it, right away, and clears Mileplate's copy on that phone.
- Sign out: your data stays in your account, and the copy on that phone is cleared.
- Delete single items: remove any food, exercise, weight, dose, or saved recipe in the app, and the change syncs to your account.
- No account: your data lives only on your phone. Deleting the app deletes it.
- By email: you can also ask us at support.platewell@gmail.com to delete your account.
Service providers' technical logs are deleted on their own schedules, usually within a few weeks.
Your choices and rights
Wherever you live in the US, you can:
- See and correct your data: it's all shown and editable in the app.
- Get a copy of your account data: email support.platewell@gmail.com.
- Delete your data or account (see above).
- Use Mileplate without an account, and without AI features, camera, or reminders, which are all optional.
- Turn off permissions (camera, notifications) at any time in your phone's Settings.
We won't treat you differently for using these rights.
Health information under state law. Some states, including Washington and Nevada, have laws for consumer health data, and California gives residents privacy rights too. Mileplate collects health-related information only to provide the features you choose. It does not sell or share it for advertising, and it honors requests to access, delete, or stop processing it. To make a request, email support.platewell@gmail.com. If we deny a request, you can appeal by replying to our answer.
Security
Data travels to and from Mileplate's servers encrypted (HTTPS). Database rules let each account read and change only its own data. AI keys stay on our server, never in the app. No system is perfectly secure, so use a password you don't use elsewhere. If a breach ever affects your information, we'll notify you as the law requires.
Adults only
Mileplate is for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe someone under 18 has an account, email support.platewell@gmail.com and we'll delete it.
Not medical advice
Mileplate helps you keep track and spot patterns. It is not medical advice and doesn't replace your doctor or prescriber. Talk with them about doses, side effects, weight goals, or anything that worries you. If food, weight, or tracking starts to feel stressful or all-consuming, the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline is free: (866) 662-1235. If you're in crisis, call or text 988. In an emergency, call 911.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the effective date above. For important changes, we'll tell you in the app before they take effect.