Privacy policy

Summary

BlueDrop saves the location of your vehicle when your phone disconnects from its Bluetooth. Everything the app records is kept on your device. BlueDrop has no servers of its own, no user accounts, no advertising and no analytics.

What the app stores on your device

For each parking spot: GPS coordinates and their accuracy, the street address, date and time, the name and hardware address of the Bluetooth device that disconnected and, if you add them, a note and a photo. When you reconnect or close the session by hand, it also stores the arrival time and how long you were parked.

The app also keeps your settings: the Bluetooth devices you chose, language, theme and whether detection is on.

Services that receive data

BlueDrop doesn’t send your records anywhere, but some features rely on services run by others:

• Location: your position is obtained through Google Play services (fused location provider), which may process location data under Google’s privacy policy.
• Street address: the coordinates of the spot are sent to Android’s geocoding service to get the street name. On most phones this service is provided by Google.
• Map: map tiles are downloaded from OpenStreetMap servers, which see your IP address and the area of the map being shown (openstreetmap.org/privacy).
• Navigation and sharing: when you tap Navigate or Share, the coordinates are handed to the app you choose (for example Google Maps or a messaging app).
• Ratings: the in-app review prompt is provided by Google Play.

Permissions

• Precise and background location: to save where you parked even with the screen off.
• Bluetooth: to list paired devices and detect when the selected one disconnects.
• Notifications: to tell you a spot was saved and when you return to the car.
• Camera (optional): to take a photo of the spot. Photos stay in the app’s private storage.

Your control over the data

You can edit or delete any record from the History screen. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in Android settings, deletes everything. Because there are no servers, there is no copy of your data held by the developer.

Children

BlueDrop is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top will be updated and the new version published on this page.

Contact

Questions about privacy: info@abdell.dev