Privacy policy

1. In short

Your data stays on your phone. There is no account and no Car Memo server: we receive neither your vehicles, nor your services, nor your invoices.

Only third-party services communicate, for what is strictly necessary: Google Play and RevenueCat for the Premium purchase, and Google AdMob for the free version's banner, after your consent.

No usage analytics, no crash reports, no access to your contacts, SMS, microphone or location.

2. What the app keeps on your phone

Your vehicles (name, powertrain, mileage and, if you enter them, make, model, plate and VIN), services, readings, costs, notes, reminder rules and settings are stored on your device only, in the app's private storage. Your receipts (photos and PDFs) are copied there.

This data is removed when you uninstall the app, or via “Settings > Erase my data”. Android's automatic backup is turned off for the app: nothing is copied to Google Drive or to a new phone unless you do it yourself with a backup.

3. Backups, exports and the resale file

The backup (.automemo file), the CSV or JSON exports and the PDF resale file are files you create and share yourself, with the app of your choice: they do not go through any of our servers.

The backup is not encrypted and contains your invoices: keep it somewhere safe. In the resale file, the plate, VIN, garage and notes are hidden by default; your invoices may however contain personal details, which no automatic anonymisation removes.

4. Photos, files and reminders

To add a receipt, the app uses the camera or Android's file pickers: it only accesses what you choose, never your gallery or your files in general. A file shared from another app (Gmail, a PDF viewer, the gallery) to Car Memo is copied into the app's private storage.

Reminders are local notifications, scheduled on your device: no server is involved. Android asks your permission to show notifications; the app reschedules itself when the phone restarts.

5. The Premium purchase

Premium is a one-time purchase handled by Google Play and RevenueCat. There is no account: RevenueCat uses an anonymous ID and your purchase status, with the technical information needed to manage it, to recognise your purchase and restore it (“Restore my purchases”).

We never receive your payment method or banking identity. Erasing your data does not refund or revoke the purchase.

6. Advertising in the free version

The free version may show a banner ad provided by Google AdMob. It only appears if you do not have Premium, and only after your consent, collected through Google's form (UMP) where it is required. Until consent is given, no ad is requested.

To show and measure ads, Google AdMob may process, depending on your choices, an advertising ID, your IP address and information about your device and your interaction with the ad. Car Memo sends AdMob no vehicle, service or invoice data. See Google's advertising policy.

You can change your choice at any time in “Settings > Ad privacy”, and remove all ads with Premium.

7. The in-app review

The app may offer you to rate Car Memo with Google Play's review dialog. This dialog is handled by Google Play; the rating you give is processed by Google.

8. What we do not collect

We collect neither your name, nor your e-mail, nor your location, nor your contacts, nor your photos beyond what you add as a receipt on your device. The app uses no audience measurement or crash reporting tool, and sends no invoice, plate or vehicle data.

9. Why this processing takes place

To provide the service you ask for (maintenance log, reminders, Premium purchase), and, for advertising, on the basis of your consent. We do not sell your data.

10. How long we keep it

On your phone: until you erase your data or uninstall the app. With us: we have no server and keep no personal data about you. Purchase and advertising: under the rules of Google Play, RevenueCat and Google AdMob.

11. Your rights

Since your data does not leave your phone, you control it directly: view it in the app, export it (CSV, JSON, backup), erase it with “Erase my data” or by uninstalling the app. You can withdraw your advertising consent at any time (see section 6).

For processing carried out by Google or RevenueCat, you can exercise your rights with them. For any question, write to us at [email protected]. You may also contact the data protection authority of your country.

12. Transfers outside the European Union

Google and RevenueCat may process data outside the European Union, in particular in the United States, with the safeguards provided by the GDPR (standard contractual clauses or an equivalent mechanism).

13. Children

The app is not directed to children under 13.

14. Changes

We will post any material change to this policy here, with its update date.