Privacy Policy

Car Drive Tracker is a drive-recording and social community app that lets you record GPS-based car drives, manage a garage of vehicles, connect with friends, and view distance-based leaderboards.

Questions about privacy: privacy@cardrivetracker.app.

2.1 Account & profile

• Authentication data via Firebase Authentication (for example, Sign in with Google), which may include your name, email address, and provider account identifiers.
• Profile details you choose to provide: display name, username, country, and profile photo.

2.2 Location & drive data

• Precise location data from your device while you are recording a drive (and in the background if you grant Always / background location permission), used to compute distance, duration, speed, and route.
• Derived drive metadata: start/end times, distance, duration, average and max speed, encoded route polyline, optional raw GPS track points, and a country code inferred from the drive start location.
• We do not continuously track your location when you are not recording a drive.

2.3 Garage & media

• Car details you add (brand, model, year) and optional car photos.
• Photos are uploaded to Firebase Storage under paths tied to your account.

2.4 Social

• Friend relationships and friend requests (sender/receiver, status, timestamps).
• Public profile fields visible to other authenticated users (e.g. username, name, photo, country, aggregate stats).

2.5 Usage & technical data

• Standard technical logs needed to operate the API (e.g. request timing, error diagnostics). We may use rate limiting to prevent abuse.
• Optional analytics events (if enabled in a given app version), such as sign-in success or drive completed — without selling personal data.

• Provide, maintain, and improve drive recording, history, garage, and stats.
• Power social features (username search, friends, leaderboards) and anti-abuse checks (e.g. distance verification against submitted routes).
• Authenticate you and secure the service.
• Comply with law and respond to lawful requests.
• Communicate about service issues or material policy changes when needed.

We do not sell your personal information.

• Other users: public profile fields, friend status, and leaderboard entries (username + distance) as described in the App.
• Service providers: infrastructure processors such as Firebase (Google) for auth, database, and storage; hosting (e.g. Vercel); and optional Redis rate-limiting providers. They process data on our instructions.
• Legal: if required by law, regulation, or to protect rights, safety, or the integrity of the service.

In v1, your individual drive routes are intended for your account (and future features we announce). Do not assume drive maps are private from anyone with account access on a shared device.

Recording drives requires location access. You can use While Using for foreground-only recording, or Always if you want recording to continue when the App is backgrounded. You can revoke permission in system Settings at any time; doing so will limit or stop recording.

Background location is used solely for continuous drive recording while a drive session is active — not for advertising or unrelated tracking.

We retain account, drive, garage, and social data while your account is active. You may delete individual drives or cars in the App, or delete your entire account in Settings. Account deletion removes your profile, garage, drives, friendships, uploaded files, and authentication account, except where we must retain data for legal, security, or backup purposes for a limited period. You can also contact us at privacy@cardrivetracker.app.

We use industry-standard measures such as encrypted transport (HTTPS), token-based API authentication, and access-controlled cloud storage. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

The App is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have, contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

Your data may be processed in the United States or other countries where our providers operate. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers.

Depending on your location (e.g. EEA/UK/California), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export personal data, or object to certain processing. Contact privacy@cardrivetracker.app to exercise these rights. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will post the revised version with a new effective date. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated Policy, except where additional consent is required by law.

Privacy requests: privacy@cardrivetracker.app