Welcome to AgeWell Companion ("we," "us," or "our"). Your privacy is our top priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our application to receive personalized health, diet, and exercise plans.

Our goal is to be your trusted partner on your wellness journey. We are committed to being transparent about our data practices and ensuring your information is handled with the utmost care and security.

1. Information We Collect

To provide you with a truly personalized wellness plan, we need to collect some information about you. This information is provided by you voluntarily during the onboarding process after you create an account.

The personal information we collect includes:

• Account Information: Your name, email address, and authentication data to create and manage your account.
• Profile & Health Details: Your age, gender, profession, marital status, pregnancy status, dietary preferences (e.g., vegetarian/non-vegetarian), and your chosen plan start date.
• Interaction Data: When you use features like the "Skin Problem Solver," we process the problem description you provide to generate a solution. This data is not stored long-term against your profile.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for one primary purpose: to create and deliver your personalized daily wellness plans.

Specifically, we use it to:

• Generate Personalized Plans: Your profile details are processed by our technology to create diet and exercise recommendations tailored to you.
• Facilitate Account Creation and Management: To secure your account and allow you to sign in.
• Improve Your Experience: To ensure the application runs smoothly and to offer you relevant features.
• Communicate with You: To send important administrative information related to your account.

3. How We Keep Your Information Safe

Your trust is essential to us, and we take the security of your personal data very seriously.

• We Do Not Sell Your Data: We will never sell your personal information to third parties.
• Secure Storage: Your profile information is securely stored using trusted and robust cloud platforms.
• Secure Processing: When we process data for plan generation, it is done over secure, encrypted connections. Our service providers are not permitted to use this data for their own purposes, such as training their systems.
• Limited Data Sharing: We only share your data with essential and trusted service providers who are bound by strict confidentiality and security obligations to help us operate our application.

While no electronic transmission can be 100% secure, we use industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

4. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep your personal information for as long as your account is active with us. If you choose to delete your account, your personal data will be removed in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable laws.

5. Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information at any time. You can manage most of your information directly from the "Profile" page within the application. For any requests you cannot fulfill yourself, or for any questions, please contact us.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.

7. How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at privacy@agewellcompanion.example.com (this is a placeholder email).