Last Updated: October 2026
Welcome to Sprout Count. We are fully committed to protecting the privacy of the families, children, and caregivers who use our application to track carbohydrates.
Sprout Count is built using Privacy-by-Design principles. This means we choose to store your personal and health-related data directly on your own device rather than on an external server.
1. Information We Do Not Collect (No Server Storage)
Unlike traditional applications, Sprout Count does not collect, harvest, or store your personal or medical data on any centralized servers or databases.
- We do not require you to create an account to use the main calculation tools.
- We do not have access to, nor do we store, the names or carbohydrate logs you input.
2. Information Handled Locally On Your Device
All data you input into Sprout Count is stored entirely within your device’s local browser memory using industry-standard features called LocalStorage and SessionStorage. A copy of the App itself (its pages, code and pictures, not your data) is also kept on your device so it works offline.
The App saves the following data locally to ensure a seamless experience across browser refreshes:
- Mascot & Styling Settings: Your chosen theme (e.g., Night, Rainbow, High Contrast) and Sprout’s customized color.
- Profile Customization: The name entered in the "Who's eating?" panel.
- The Active Meal Log: The current list of food and drink items you are combining on your plate.
- Meal History: A complete record of every meal you log, kept on this device until you delete it. It is never uploaded anywhere.
⚠️ Important Note: Because this data lives exclusively in your local browser storage, clearing your browser cache, deleting browser data, or switching to an Incognito/Private browsing tab will permanently erase your profile name, meal logs, and history. We cannot recover this data for you.
Backup files: if you save a backup, the file contains the child’s name and the whole meal history, and it is not encrypted. Keep it somewhere private, and delete it when you no longer need it.
3. How the "Share with Caregiver" Feature Works
When you choose to use the "Edit & Share with Caregiver" feature, the App generates a custom hyperlink so you can send your child's meal logs to a parent, teacher, or nurse.
- On-Device Encoding: The App packs the child’s name, event context, and current meal items into an encoded string of text at the end of the web link, after a # (e.g.,
#caregiverShare=...). The part of a link after the # stays in the browser and is not sent to our server when the link is opened. It is encoded, not encrypted: anyone who has the link can read it.
- Data Transmission: This data is not uploaded to our servers to generate the link. The text string is generated completely offline by your browser and placed into your clipboard.
- Your Control: You choose exactly who to send this link to (via WhatsApp, SMS, Email, etc.). Anyone with access to that link can view the shared meal log.
4. Third-Party Services
Sprout Count is self-contained. We do not use third-party trackers, data brokers, advertising networks, or analytics platforms. No scripts are running in the background monitoring your behavior or sharing your information with tech corporations.
Two things reach an outside service, and only when you choose them. Barcode scans: if you scan a barcode, the App looks that barcode number up on Open Food Facts (a free, open food database), which means your device makes a direct request to their servers. That request contains the barcode number plus the standard technical information your browser automatically sends with any web request (such as your IP address and browser type) — never your name, your child's data, meal logs, or anything else you've entered into the App. If Open Food Facts had no name yet for a product you scanned, the App looks that barcode number up again when it opens (a few at a time), so the name can be filled in once someone adds it; those requests carry only the barcode number too. The App's typefaces (fonts) are bundled with the App itself, so loading the App does not contact Google or any other third party. The App itself contacts no other third party.
Clinician review form (optional): if you are a clinician and choose “Review Sprout Count” in the menu, a separate form on Tally (tally.so) opens in a new tab. Tally collects what you type there: your name and job title (required), your answers and, only if you choose, your email address. Nothing from the App, and no family’s data, is sent to it. The answers come to the developer of Sprout Count, are used only to improve the App, and are not shared. To have your answers deleted, email us at the address in section 8. Tally’s own privacy policy also applies to that form.
Feedback and sharing: “Send feedback” opens your own email app with a message to us that includes the App version, browser type, screen size and language. You can read and change it before sending, and the App sends nothing itself. The share buttons (WhatsApp, Facebook, email) open those services with a fixed invitation message and no data from the App.
5. Children's Privacy
Sprout Count is designed to assist children managing health conditions under the supervision of their parents, legal guardians, or professional medical teams. Because we do not transmit, collect, or store any personal information on servers, we do not knowingly track or process data from children under the age of 13 in violation of privacy regulations like COPPA or GDPR.
6. Your Rights
Because all data remains on your device, you maintain absolute control over it. You can review, alter, or permanently delete your information at any time by:
- Clearing the Active Meal Log or individual history items directly in the App interface.
- Opening the settings menu and changing the profile name.
- Clearing your browser's site cookies and local storage cache for Sprout Count.
7. Changes to this Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect app updates or legal requirements. Any updates will be posted directly on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
8. Contact Us
If you have a question about this policy, a privacy concern, or a request about data, you can reach us by email at (loading…). Because we hold no data on our servers, we cannot look up or delete information for you — but we are happy to help with any question about how the app works.
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