Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2025

At Vintellect, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our AI-powered wine pairing mobile application and website.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information

Account Information:

  • • Email address
  • • Name (if provided)
  • • Profile preferences
  • • Account credentials and authentication data

Usage Data:

  • • Wine pairing requests and preferences
  • • Menu photos uploaded for analysis (processed temporarily)
  • • Restaurant visits and favorite pairings
  • • App interactions and feature usage
  • • Search queries and browsing patterns

Device and Technical Information:

  • • Device type, model, and operating system
  • • Mobile device identifiers
  • • IP address and location data (if permitted)
  • • App crash reports and diagnostic information
  • • Network connection information

2. How We Use Your Information

Core Service Delivery

  • • Analyze uploaded menu photos to provide wine recommendations
  • • Personalize wine pairing suggestions based on your preferences
  • • Maintain your account and subscription status
  • • Process and fulfill premium feature requests

Service Improvement

  • • Improve our AI algorithms and recommendation accuracy
  • • Develop new features and enhance user experience
  • • Conduct analytics to understand usage patterns
  • • Fix bugs and optimize app performance

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

Service Providers

We work with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in:

  • • Cloud hosting and data storage
  • • Analytics and performance monitoring
  • • Customer support systems
  • • Payment processing (through app stores)

4. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

  • Account Information: Until you delete your account or request deletion
  • Usage Data: Up to 2 years for service improvement
  • Menu Photos: Processed temporarily and not permanently stored
  • Technical Data: Up to 1 year for debugging and optimization

5. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

Access and Control

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
  • Correction: Update or correct inaccurate information
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
  • Portability: Request your data in a portable format

Account Deletion

You can delete your account by:

  • • Using the in-app account deletion feature
  • • Emailing us at privacy@vintellect.io
  • • Following instructions in our support documentation

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information:

  • • Encryption of data in transit and at rest
  • • Secure cloud infrastructure with access controls
  • • Regular security audits and monitoring
  • • Secure coding practices and vulnerability testing

Important: No system is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Children's Privacy

Vintellect is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Privacy Officer: privacy@vintellect.io

Website: vintellect.io/privacy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date last updated above.

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