Oli ("Oli", "we", "us") makes a nutrition-tracking app for iOS, and is operated from Australia. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. We collect only what's needed to run the app and we don't sell your data. For any privacy question you can reach us at support@olieat.com.
Information we collect
- Account. Your email address, and, if you use Sign in with Apple, the identifier Apple provides and, on first sign-in, your name and email (which may be an Apple private-relay address).
- Food logs. The meal text and photos you submit, and the calorie and macronutrient estimates generated from them.
- Voice input. If you choose to speak a meal instead of typing it, your device converts the speech to text on the device itself. Only the resulting text reaches us, exactly as if you had typed it. The recording is never uploaded to Oli, never sent to our AI provider, and is not stored. Oli asks for microphone and speech-recognition access the first time you use it, and you can decline or revoke it in iOS Settings and keep typing.
- Cycle & health data. If you enable it, menstrual-cycle information (and related biometrics) used to tailor your nutrition targets, entered manually or read from Apple Health (HealthKit). If you enable it, Oli can also write the nutrition of meals you log back to Apple Health.
- Settings. Your nutrition targets and time zone.
- Usage. Which features you use and when, plus timing, error and AI processing-cost information, linked to your account. See "Usage analytics" below.
Apple Health (HealthKit)
If you connect Apple Health, Oli reads cycle data, and related biometrics such as active energy burned, body measurements, biological sex and age, only with your permission. This data is used to personalize your nutrition targets and, when you use the AI coach, is included as context so its advice reflects your body and activity. When used for the AI coach, this context is processed by our AI provider (OpenAI) as a service provider solely to generate your response, and is not used to train its models. If you turn on “Write meals to Health”, Oli also saves the calories, protein, carbohydrates and fat of the meals you log back to Apple Health. This is off by default, is set per device, and can be turned off in Oli's settings or revoked in the Health app. HealthKit data is never used for advertising or sold, and is never shared with third parties for their own purposes. If you choose to connect Oli to an outside AI client, cycle information can be read through that connection at your own request; see “Connecting Oli to an AI client” below. You can revoke access at any time in the iOS Health app.
Sign in with Apple
When you sign in with Apple, we receive a stable user identifier and (on first sign-in) your name and email, which may be a private-relay address that forwards to your real inbox. We use these to create and identify your account. If you delete your account, we revoke Oli's Apple authorization (see "Deleting your data").
AI estimates
To estimate calories and macros, the meal text and photos you submit are sent to our AI provider (OpenAI) for processing and returned to the app. These estimates are approximate and are not medical or dietary advice. Do not rely on them for medical decisions.
Connecting Oli to an AI client
Oli can be connected to an outside AI client, such as Claude, by adding Oli's server address in that client. This is off unless you set it up yourself. The client then sends you to Oli to sign in, so it never receives your password or an Oli credential of its own, and nothing is shared until you approve the connection.
When you approve it you choose what the client may do: read the meals you have logged, your daily targets, and your cycle phase and per-phase targets if you use cycle tracking, and separately whether it may add new meals to your diary. Approving only the first means the client can answer questions about your eating but cannot write to it. Meal photos are never shared through a connection.
A connection can also be authorised with a connection token you generate in the app under Settings → Connections, for clients that cannot sign you in. A token is full access to your Oli account, the same as being signed in, and is not limited to what you approved, so only enter one into an app you trust.
Anything an AI client reads through the connection leaves Oli and is held by whoever runs that client. From that point it is covered by their privacy policy and terms rather than ours, and we cannot see it or delete it. We do not push your data to those services ourselves: the client asks for it when you ask it a question.
You can disconnect a client at any time under Settings → Connections, where approved connections and any tokens you created are both listed, and it stops working immediately. Disconnecting prevents any further access, but it cannot recall what has already been read.
How we share information
We share data only with service providers that help us operate Oli, and only as needed to provide the service:
- OpenAI: AI nutrition estimation.
- Resend: sending sign-in emails.
- Our hosting and database providers: storing your account and logs.
Separately from these providers, you can choose to connect Oli to an outside AI client yourself. That connection is under your control rather than ours, and is described in “Connecting Oli to an AI client” above.
We do not sell your personal data or use it for third-party advertising.
Usage analytics
We measure how Oli is used so we can improve it. This is first-party analytics: the data goes to our own servers, and the app contains no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs.
In the app, we record which features you use and when, along with timing and error information. Examples include when a meal is logged, whether it was entered as text, a photo or dictation, how long an estimate took, and how many AI tokens it consumed. This information is linked to your account so we can understand how the product works for real users and what it costs to run. We do not record the content of your meals or your messages to the coach in our analytics, only facts about them such as how long the text was.
On our website (olieat.com) we record page views, the site that referred you, and any campaign parameters in the link you followed. This uses no cookies and no advertising identifiers. A random identifier is held in your browser for the duration of a single visit so we can count one visit rather than several page views, and it is discarded when you close the tab. It is never reused and cannot identify you.
We do not track you across other websites or apps, we do not build advertising profiles, and we do not sell this data. Usage records are kept for as long as your account is active and are removed when you delete your account, the same as the rest of your data.
Our website also uses Vercel Web Analytics, a cookieless service that reports aggregate traffic to us.
International data transfers
We operate from Australia and some of our service providers (such as OpenAI and our hosting and email providers) are based in the United States or other countries. If you connect an outside AI client, that service may be based elsewhere as well. This means your data may be processed outside the country where you live. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers, and we only share what's needed to provide the service.
Data retention & deleting your data
We keep your data while your account is active. You can permanently delete your account at any time from Settings → Account → Delete account in the app. Deletion removes your account, food logs, targets, cycle settings, usage records, and sessions, and revokes Oli's Sign in with Apple authorization. Some records may persist briefly in backups before being overwritten. To request deletion another way, email us at support@olieat.com.
Security
We use industry-standard measures to protect your data in transit and at rest. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to safeguard your information.
Children
Oli is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country) and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data. You can exercise most of these in-app, or contact us at support@olieat.com.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email support@olieat.com.