Privacy Policy
Epitope · Effective October 15, 2026
The short version
- Everything you enter is stored on your device. There are no accounts, and we do not operate a database of user health information.
- Information leaves your device only in the four situations listed below, two of which are off until you turn them on.
- The app contains no advertising, no analytics, and no tracking, and we do not sell or share personal information.
- You can export or erase everything at any time from the Me tab.
What the app stores on your device
Allergen profiles and watch lists for you and any family members you add; clinical details you choose to enter (for example date of birth, medications, emergency contacts); interpreted lab results; your reaction journal; appointment, oral food challenge, immunotherapy, growth, and auto-injector records; your conversation with the assistant; and your settings. This information is kept in the app's local storage on your device. It is not uploaded, synced, or backed up by us. Deleting the app, or choosing "Erase everything on this device", removes it.
When information leaves your device
| When | What is sent | To whom |
|---|---|---|
| You scan or enter a barcode | The barcode number. As with any internet request, the receiving server also sees your IP address. | Open Food Facts, a public food-product database. When Open Food Facts has no ingredient list for the product, the same barcode number is also sent to USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's public food database. |
| You use an AI feature: Lab Lens, Ask, menu or recipe scan, "Explain this result", journal pattern analysis. These are not included in the current release; when they are added, they stay off until you agree. | The photo or text you submit, together with your allergen list, watch list, related sensitizations, severity and age band. Ask and pattern analysis also include a summary of your latest lab and journal entries. Your name, date of birth and contacts are not included, unless they are visible in a photo you upload. | Our AI service, hosted on Cloudflare, which forwards the request to Anthropic to generate the response. Our service does not store your submission. Anthropic handles it under its API data policies. |
| You turn on pollen alerts (off by default) | Your location rounded to about one kilometer | Open-Meteo, a weather and air-quality data service |
| You use voice dictation in Ask (not in the current release) | Audio of your dictation | Your device's speech recognition service, provided by your device or browser maker |
The camera is used to read barcodes, to read ingredient labels you photograph, and to take photos you choose to submit. Barcode reading and ingredient-label reading happen on your device; those photos and camera frames are not uploaded.
Your choices
- AI features: you are asked before the first use, and you can switch them off in Me, under Privacy and data. Scanning, cards, the journal and all trackers work without them.
- Pollen alerts: switch on or off in Me, under Privacy and data. Switching off deletes the stored location.
- Export: "Export all my data" in Me saves a copy of everything the app holds as a file.
- Erase: "Erase everything on this device" in Me permanently deletes all profiles and records. You can also delete a single family member's profile or a single lab.
Children
The app is intended for adults, including parents and caregivers managing a child's allergies. A child's profile is created and controlled by the adult using the device. The app is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Health information and medical advice
Epitope is an educational and record-keeping tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and it is not a substitute for your allergist. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Security
Your records are protected by your device's own security (passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and device encryption). Requests to the services listed above are sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS).
Changes to this policy
If the way the app handles information changes materially, the policy will be updated and the app will ask you to review the change before you continue.
Contact
Epitope is published by Strategix AI Partners LLC. Questions or requests: support@strategixpartners.ai.