Privacy policy

Effective 10 November 2026

MichiTrace is a drive logger for Android, published by peckingflapper. This policy explains what the app does with your information. The short version: your drives stay on your phone and we do not collect them.

Location

MichiTrace uses your device’s precise location (the GPS and other satellite receivers) only while you are recording a drive, which starts when you press Start and ends when you press Stop. While recording it shows a notification and runs as a foreground service so the recording continues with the screen off. It does not collect location in the background when no drive is being recorded, and it does not request background location access.

Each recorded point (time, latitude, longitude, speed, altitude, accuracy and bearing) is saved in a database in the app’s private storage on your phone. It is not sent to us or to anyone else. The app has no internet permission, so it cannot send data off your phone.

What we collect

Nothing. MichiTrace has no account or sign-in, no advertising, no analytics and no crash-reporting service.

Exports you choose to make

The Share picture, GPX and CSV buttons create a file and open your phone’s share menu. You decide where that file goes. Once you share it, it is handled by the app you chose, under that app’s privacy policy. Exported files include the route you recorded, so check before posting them publicly, since they can show where you start and finish.

Android may also include app data in your phone’s own device backup if you have that turned on. MichiTrace turns app backup off, so recorded drives are not included.

Sharing

We do not sell, share or disclose your information, because we do not have it.

Deleting your data

You can delete any drive inside the app, or clear the app’s storage or uninstall the app in Android settings to remove everything. Because we hold no copy, nothing remains with us.

Children

MichiTrace is not directed at children and collects no information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions: support@michitrace.com