FoodTrck Privacy Policy

What is FoodTrck?

FoodTrck is an app developed by the HABits Lab, a research group based in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University. Participants of HABits Lab eating studies use FoodTrck to record their meals.

Privacy information

• FoodTrck sends all data entered by the user to the HABits Lab's research database, which is hosted on the Northwestern School of Medicine's secure server.
• FoodTrck collects photo and text data.
• Users may choose whether FoodTrck can collect their location data. Location data is only collected when surveys are submitted, and only with the user's permission.
• Camera permissions are needed to use FoodTrck.
• Data sent to the server can only be accessed by members of the HABits Lab study team.
• Data will not be shared outside the study team without the express permission of the user.