Privacy Policy

HealthCompare

Purpose: read-only comparison of health and fitness metrics from multiple sources via Android Health Connect.

3.1 Data sources

• Android Health Connect — steps, heart rate, HRV, sleep, blood oxygen (SpO₂), body temperature, calories, distance, activities and similar metrics that other companion apps share into Health Connect.
• HealthCompare reads only the record types you have explicitly approved in Health Connect.

3.2 Storage and processing

• Read-only — HealthCompare never modifies or writes to your Health Connect records.
• Aggregated values used to render the comparison are kept locally on your device.
• Analysis is generated on-device by default.

3.3 Optional custom AI endpoint

HealthCompare contains an optional feature that lets you point the app at an OpenAI-compatible HTTPS endpoint for richer analysis. This feature is off by default. If you enable it and supply your own endpoint URL, model name and (optional) API key, the relevant comparison data is sent directly from your device to that endpoint of your choosing only when you tap "Run AI analysis". The data is not routed through ALKENS DEVELOPMENT servers — we operate no such servers. The third party's own privacy policy then applies.

3.4 Network

No background network calls. Network use is limited to optional, user-initiated AI endpoint requests if you enable them.

3.5 Medical disclaimer

HealthCompare is not a medical device and is not intended for diagnosis or treatment.

THE MI-RATIO

Purpose: 100% on-device face analysis. Capture a single selfie, receive a beauty score (1–10) and an eight-section character reading inspired by published face-perception research.

3.6 Camera access

The app asks for permission to access your device's front camera to capture a single photo for analysis.

• The captured image is processed entirely on your device using Google ML Kit (the bundled, on-device face-detection model).
• The photo is never stored on disk. It is held in volatile memory only for the duration of the analysis (typically under one second) and is then explicitly recycled.
• The photo is never transmitted. The app makes no network requests as part of its analysis pipeline and declares no INTERNET permission.

3.7 Face geometry / biometric data note (GDPR Art. 9, BIPA, CUBI)

The on-device ML Kit model computes geometric landmarks (eye positions, contour points, nose-base coordinates, etc.) and a small set of categorical "bands" (eye distance, lip fullness, jawline shape, and similar) from the captured photo.

These values are biometric-adjacent data and we treat them with the same care as biometric data. Specifically:

• They never leave your device.
• They are never used to uniquely identify you (no template matching, no face-recognition database, no comparison to any other face).
• They are not stored on disk. They exist only in volatile memory during the analysis pass and are released when the analysis completes.
• They are not sold, leased, traded, or otherwise monetised.
• We do not run an ID-verification, age-estimation, or surveillance feature against them.

In jurisdictions where face-geometry data is treated as a regulated biometric identifier — notably Illinois BIPA (740 ILCS 14), Texas CUBI (Bus. & Com. § 503.001), and Washington (HB 1493) — our retention period for any such data is the duration of the in-memory analysis pass, typically under one second. We will permanently destroy any biometric-adjacent data when the app is closed, the analysis completes, or the user re-runs a scan, whichever first occurs.

By tapping Accept on the consent screen on first launch, you provide informed written consent (under 740 ILCS 14/15(b) and analogous statutes) to the on-device processing described above.

3.8 Beauty score and character reading

The numerical score (1–10) and the eight-section character reading shown on the result screen are derived on-device from the geometric landmarks and the categorical bands. No image, no landmarks, no score, no text is ever transmitted.

The character reading describes statistical impressions reported in published face-perception research (Todorov, Penton-Voak, Zebrowitz, Rhodes, Kramer & Ward, and others), not factual personality traits. Different observers form different impressions of the same face, and those impressions are shaped by culture and bias more than by anatomy. THE MI-RATIO is intended for entertainment.

3.9 Score widget

If you add the home-screen widget, the app stores your most recent score (1–10) and verdict text in local SharedPreferences. This data never leaves your device and is overwritten on every new scan.

3.10 Shared images

When you tap a share button, a score-card image (containing only your score, verdict and a short text excerpt — not the original photo) is saved locally and handed to the Android share intent for the app you choose. THE MI-RATIO does not upload this image. Once shared, the receiving app's privacy policy applies.

3.11 Consent record

We store a boolean flag and a timestamp in local SharedPreferences to remember that you accepted this policy. It is excluded from Auto Backup and from device-to-device transfer.

Future ALKENS DEVELOPMENT apps

Apps released by ALKENS DEVELOPMENT in the Entertainment, Health, or Productivity categories will follow the same principles documented here. If a future app introduces a materially different data practice (for example optional cloud sync), an updated app-specific section will be added to this page before that app is published, and the in-app onboarding will explain the change.