Real Food Budget

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 15 August 2025

1. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data to help users track and understand their household spending. This includes:

  • Scanned shopping receipts (processed as text only)
  • Transaction amounts and dates

Important: We do not keep or store any images of your receipts. Only the extracted text data (such as items and prices) is used for processing.

2. How We Use Your Data

Your data is used only to provide our services, including:

  • Generating personalised spending insights
  • Price comparisons for groceries and household items (using anonymised shopping data)
  • Showing alerts for the latest deals

We do not sell your personal data. Your receipts are used only to show your expenditures and, in anonymised form, to generate price comparisons.

3. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and analytics tools (including Google Analytics) to improve our website experience and understand how users interact with our service. No personally identifiable information is sold or shared. You can opt out of analytics tracking through your browser settings.

4. Third-Party Services

We use secure cloud-based services to store your data. Any third-party services we use comply with GDPR and our privacy standards.

5. Data Storage and Security

All data is securely stored using GDPR-compliant cloud infrastructure. We use strong access controls, authentication, and encryption to protect your personal information.

For clarity: we never store or retain receipt images. Only the extracted data (such as items and prices) is saved for analysis and insights.

6. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our services. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time through your account settings.

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Union, you have the right to:

  • Access or correct your data
  • Delete any data you've added
  • Object to the processing of your data
  • Withdraw consent (if consent was the basis for processing)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify users of any material changes by email or through our website. The effective date at the top of this policy will be updated accordingly.