Makan Liao privacy policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

Makan Liao is run by LETSJUAN PTE. LTD., a company registered in Singapore ("we"). This policy says what the app collects, why, who else handles it, and what you can do about it. It follows Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

What we collect

• Your account. You sign in with Apple. We receive an identifier from Apple that tells us it's you. We don't ask Apple for your name or email, and we don't store them. You choose a username, which other people can see.
• Photos you take in the app. The app has its own camera and never opens your photo library. Before a photo leaves your phone, the phone blurs any faces it finds. It can miss some, so point the camera at your food.
• Where and when you took each photo. With each photo we store your location at that moment, how accurate it was, whether your phone reported it as simulated or from an accessory, and the time. We use these only to confirm you were at that food place.
• What you add. Ratings, tips, likes, the cards you save, reports you send and people you block.
• How the app is used. Three events, tied to your account: opening the app, viewing a card, and starting a photo. They tell us whether the app works for people. We use no third-party analytics and no advertising trackers.

We don't collect your contacts, your photo library, or your location when you aren't using the camera or the map.

What other people can see

• Your username appears on photos you took, on tips you wrote, and on a card you were first to discover. Each appears a day after you took the photo, so nobody can tell you're at a place right now.
• Your photo of a dish is shown only to people who have unlocked that same dish.
• Nobody else is ever shown when you took a photo, where you were standing, or a list of where you've eaten. There is no feed and no public profile beyond your totals.

Who else handles your data

• Our hosting provider stores the app's database and photos, in Singapore.
• Google (Gemini API) checks each photo to confirm it's a real photo of food. The app asks for your agreement before your first photo. Google processes photos on its own servers, which can be in any country where Google has facilities, so outside Singapore. Under the paid service we use, Google doesn't use your photos or its answers to improve its products. It keeps them for a limited time, only to detect misuse of its service.
• Apple provides Sign in with Apple and distributes the app.

We require each of them to protect your data at least as well as this policy does. We don't sell your data, and we don't share it with advertisers.

How long we keep it

• The copy of a photo made for the AI check is deleted after 30 days.
• A photo that was rejected is deleted after 7 days.
• A photo you discard is deleted straight away.
• Everything else is kept until you delete your account.
• After deletion, copies can remain in our hosting provider's backups and logs for up to 7 days.

Your choices

• Delete your account in the app: Profile → Settings → Delete account. This removes your photos, locations, ratings, tips and account. Cards you discovered stay in the app without your name.
• Withdraw consent for the AI check by not taking photos. The rest of the app still works.
• Ask for a copy of your data, or ask us to correct it, by writing to support@makanliao.com.
• Block or report another person from any photo or tip of theirs.

Children

Makan Liao isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.

Contact

Data Protection Officer, LETSJUAN PTE. LTD.: support@makanliao.com

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll say so in the app before the change takes effect.