Privacy Policy

1. The short version

Road Trippin' Buddy ("the app") is designed to be used without an account and without tracking you. You can install it and plan a trip without signing up, logging in, or handing over any personal information. Your trips, ratings, fuel logs, and travel passport live on your device. The only piece of personal information we ever store is an email address — and only if you choose to turn on cross-device sync.

2. Who we are

Road Trippin' Buddy is a mobile application developed and operated by KansTex ("we," "us," or "our"). You can learn more about us at kanstex.com. This policy explains what information the app and its supporting servers handle, and how.

3. Information we collect

Information stored on your device

By default, the content you create — planned and past trips, stop ratings and comments, fuel entries, and your travel passport (town stamps, states, and badges) — is stored locally on your device. It does not require an account and is not associated with your identity.

An anonymous device identifier

To back up your data and let features work across app reinstalls, the app generates a random, anonymous device identifier (a UUID) stored securely in your device keychain. This identifier is not your name, email, phone number, or advertising ID, and it is not shared with third parties for tracking. Data that backs up to our servers — such as trip backups, your travel passport, stop ratings, and app feedback — is keyed to this anonymous identifier.

Your email address (only if you opt in)

If you choose to enable Cross-Device Sync, you may provide an email address. We send a one-time verification code to confirm it, then use it solely to group your devices so your trips and passport can follow you to a new phone. If you contact support or submit feedback, you may optionally include an email so we can reply. Your email address is the only personal identifier we store, and only because you asked us to.

4. How we use information

• To provide core features — planning routes, discovering stops, ratings, weather, fun facts, telemetry, and your travel passport.
• To back up and restore your trips and passport, and to sync them across your devices if you opt in.
• To respond to feedback or support requests you send us.
• To operate, maintain, and improve the app's reliability and safety.

We do not build advertising profiles, and we do not use your information to track you across other apps or websites.

5. Location data

Navigation requires your device location. Location is used primarily on your device to show your position, guide turn-by-turn, and measure distances to upcoming stops. To provide certain features, the app sends location coordinates to our servers or trusted providers — for example, to fetch traffic-aware routing, look up the posted speed limit, retrieve weather along your route, or generate a fact about the town you're entering. These requests are used to answer the immediate query and are not used to build a profile of you. If you grant "Always" location permission, the app can alert you when you approach a favorite stop, even in the background; you can change or revoke location access at any time in your device settings.

6. Third-party services

To deliver certain features, we rely on reputable third-party services acting as our processors. Depending on the feature, limited data such as coordinates or a place query may be shared with:

• Apple — maps, location, notifications, and Live Activities (built-in iOS services).
• Google — traffic-aware directions and routing.
• OpenStreetMap / Overpass — posted speed-limit data.
• Open-Meteo — weather forecasts along your route.
• Anthropic — generating short informational facts about towns you pass through.
• Our email delivery provider — to send the one-time verification code if you enable sync.

These providers handle data under their own terms and privacy policies. We share only what is needed for the feature to work.

7. What we never do

• We do not sell your personal information.
• We do not require an account, password, or login to use the app.
• We do not embed third-party advertising or cross-app tracking SDKs.
• We do not associate your trips or ratings with your identity unless you opt into sync with an email.

8. Data retention & your choices

Data stored on your device remains until you delete it or uninstall the app. Backups and synced data are retained while your device or linked account is active. You can:

• Unlink your email at any time in the app to stop cross-device sync and narrow access back to a single device.
• Revoke location or notification permissions in your device settings.
• Request deletion of your backed-up data or linked email by contacting us (see below).

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights over your personal information (such as access, correction, or deletion). We honor applicable requests — just reach out.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the limited information we handle, including transport encryption for data sent to our servers and secure keychain storage for your device identifier. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we work to protect your information and limit what we collect in the first place.

10. Children's privacy

The app is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the app after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data? Contact KansTex at privacy@kanstex.com or via kanstex.com.