Privacy policy
Last updated: October 17, 2026
Let Me Scan That (the website at letmescanthat.com and the iOS app, which shows the same web app) does not have accounts and does not ask for your name, email address or other personal details.
Anonymous usage analytics (PostHog)
We use PostHog for anonymous usage analytics, so we can see how the app is used and make it better. We record page views and a few app events: a scan was started, a product was found or not found, a result was shown (the product barcode, its 0–100 score, the verdict and how many ingredients were flagged), and a community share was started.
- No session recordings. Session recording is turned off.
- No names or emails, and nothing you type (barcodes you search are recorded only as the product barcode; ingredient text, product names and photos are not sent to PostHog).
- No profiles. Events are anonymous and are not linked to an identified person. PostHog keeps a random ID in your browser's storage so repeat visits can be counted.
- Do Not Track is respected. If your browser sends Do Not Track (or Global Privacy Control), analytics are not loaded at all.
Analytics data is processed by PostHog, Inc. on servers in the United States.
What stays on your phone
Your scan history is stored only on your device and you can clear it at any time with Clear history. The camera is used only to read barcodes and label photos on your device; camera frames and label photos used for text recognition (OCR) are not uploaded.
Community sharing (only if you choose to)
If a product isn't in our database and you add it, the barcode, the optional product name and brand, the ingredient text and an optional front photo are sent to the Let Me Scan That community database and shown publicly to anyone who scans that barcode. Location and camera data (EXIF/GPS) are removed from photos on your phone before upload. You can turn sharing off before you tap Check. A Cloudflare Turnstile check runs to block spam.
Product lookups and hosting
To look up a barcode, the app sends it to our API (api.letmescanthat.com) and, if needed, to Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts and Open Products Facts. The site is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes standard request data (such as IP address) to deliver and protect the site.
Contact
Questions or requests about your privacy: [email protected]
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.