Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 21, 2026 · Last updated: August 21, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how GUS collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you use the GUS mobile application, website, and related services.

GUS is operated by Dmitrii Tsariabin, an independent individual developer (“GUS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

For privacy questions or requests, contact hello@gus.quest.

1. What GUS does

GUS helps users decide what to cook using the ingredients they already have. When you photograph ingredients, groceries, pantry items, or fridge contents, GUS may process the image and information contained in it to identify visible ingredients and generate dish ideas, meal suggestions, and recipe recommendations.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Photos and ingredient images

When you scan ingredients or upload a kitchen photo, GUS receives the photograph captured through the app. A scan may include food items, packaged ingredients, labels, product names, kitchens, utensils, counters, or other objects visible in the image.

Ingredient photos may be stored in our cloud systems after processing is complete.

Please avoid intentionally including payment cards, identification documents, private correspondence, or other sensitive or unnecessary personal information in uploaded images.

2.2 Information extracted from scans

GUS may extract or generate data such as ingredient names, product names, quantities or estimated quantities, food categories, OCR text, detected labels, dish suggestions, recipe suggestions, generated instructions, and AI-generated analysis.

2.3 Anonymous identifiers

GUS may use anonymous or pseudonymous identifiers to associate scans with an app installation or anonymous user, enforce usage limits, restore application state, prevent abuse, manage subscriptions or entitlements, and secure the service.

2.4 Device and technical information

We and our service providers may collect technical information such as device type, operating system and version, app version, language or locale, device or application identifiers, IP address, network information, timestamps, request metadata, performance information, and app interactions.

2.5 Analytics, attribution and diagnostics

We may collect app launches, install and attribution information, feature usage, scan activity, screen views, interaction events, session information, usage patterns, crash logs, stack traces, app state, device information, operating-system information, and performance data.

Where permitted by platform settings, applicable law, and our configuration, attribution and analytics services may also process advertising or device identifiers, IP address, AppsFlyer identifiers, campaign or referral information, and in-app event data for purposes such as measuring installs, understanding marketing performance, fraud prevention, and analytics.

2.6 Subscription and purchase information

If GUS offers paid subscriptions or purchases, we may receive subscription status, product purchased, entitlement status, renewal state, transaction identifiers, and purchase timestamps. Payments made through Apple App Store or Google Play are processed by the applicable platform. GUS does not receive your full payment-card number from Apple or Google.

3. Camera access

GUS requests camera access so you can photograph ingredients and kitchen items. GUS does not continuously record through your camera in the background. You can disable camera access in device settings, although doing so may prevent the core scanning feature from working.

4. Location

The current version of GUS does not intentionally request or use precise GPS location for the core ingredient-scanning feature. Technical service providers may nevertheless infer an approximate geographic area from information such as an IP address as part of normal internet and security operations.

5. How we use information

We may use information to provide ingredient scanning, process images, identify foods and ingredients, perform OCR, generate dish and recipe suggestions, maintain application functionality, operate subscriptions and entitlements, prevent abuse, diagnose technical problems, monitor performance, measure marketing attribution and campaign effectiveness, analyze how users discover and interact with GUS, improve recognition accuracy, improve product functionality and user experience, develop and test features, respond to support requests, comply with legal obligations, and protect GUS and its users.

6. Artificial intelligence and automated processing

GUS uses artificial-intelligence systems to help interpret images and produce dish ideas, recipes, and meal suggestions. Information submitted to these systems may include information extracted from a scan and, where required for functionality, the scan itself or portions of it.

AI-generated outputs may contain errors. GUS suggestions are informational only and are not guarantees that a dish is appropriate for your dietary needs, allergies, medical conditions, or cooking skill level.

7. Service providers

GUS relies on third-party infrastructure and service providers to operate the application.

Google Firebase and Google Cloud

We may use Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Firebase App Check, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, Google Cloud Vision, Vertex AI, Gemini models, and related Google Cloud services. These services may process application identifiers, scan information, images, diagnostics, usage data, and other information necessary to provide their respective functions.

AppsFlyer

GUS may use AppsFlyer and its mobile software development kit (SDK) and related services for mobile attribution, marketing measurement, analytics, deep linking, and fraud prevention.

Depending on the device, platform permissions, consent choices, and our SDK configuration, AppsFlyer may process information such as app install and launch events, in-app events, campaign or referral information, IP address, device and application information, AppsFlyer-generated identifiers, and certain advertising or device identifiers where available and permitted.

RevenueCat

GUS may use RevenueCat to manage subscriptions, purchases, and entitlements. RevenueCat may process transaction identifiers, app-user identifiers, subscription status, and related information necessary to determine access to paid features.

Apple and Google

Apple and Google may process information in connection with app distribution, purchases and subscriptions, device services, operating-system functionality, and store analytics. Their processing is governed by their respective privacy policies.

8. Sharing of information

We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose information to service providers acting on our behalf, including cloud, analytics, attribution, subscription, AI, and fraud-prevention providers; when required to operate a feature you request; to measure marketing performance; to detect or prevent security incidents, fraud, or abuse; when required by law or legal process; to establish or defend legal claims; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of GUS, our users, or others.

9. Data storage

GUS uses cloud-based systems to process and store information. Photographs submitted for scans may be stored in cloud storage after the scan has been completed. Information derived from photographs, generated recipe suggestions, anonymous identifiers, usage information, and other application data may also be stored. Data may be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which you reside.

10. Data retention

We do not currently apply a fixed automatic deletion period to scan images.

Scan images and related data may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve GUS, including improving ingredient recognition and recipe suggestions, preventing abuse, resolving technical issues, maintaining necessary records, and complying with legal obligations.

You may request deletion of information associated with your use of GUS by contacting hello@gus.quest. We may need limited information to identify the relevant anonymous installation, transaction, or records associated with your request. Certain information may be retained where required by law or reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or backup integrity.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information processed through GUS, including encrypted network connections, controlled cloud access, authentication mechanisms, application integrity protections, infrastructure access controls, and security monitoring. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Your privacy choices

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection to certain processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To submit a privacy request, contact hello@gus.quest.

13. Children’s privacy

GUS is not designed or directed specifically to children under the age at which parental consent is required under applicable law. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to GUS in a manner that requires deletion, contact hello@gus.quest.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as GUS changes. When we make changes, we may update the “Last updated” date above and provide additional notice when required by law.

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