MyRides: Service, Fuel & Costs ("the app") is made by Made by Waleed. This policy explains what the app does with information.
Summary
The app does not sell your personal information. It has no ads and no analytics, and you do not need an account to use it. Everything you enter stays on your phone, or in your own Google Drive if you choose to sync, unless you choose to share a car with another person (described under "Sharing a car" below). The optional VIN lookup described below is started by you, or finishes automatically when you have entered a VIN while offline.
Information you enter
You can enter vehicle details (name, make, model, year, plate number, VIN), odometer readings, fuel fill-ups, service records and notes, and optionally a photo of a vehicle. This information is saved in the app's private storage on your phone. It is never sent to the developer or to anyone else.
Permissions
- Notifications: used only to remind you when a service is due or coming up. The app asks before sending any. You can turn them off in your phone's settings, and reminders still show inside the app.
- Internet: used only for the VIN lookup, Google Drive sync and car sharing described in this policy.
- Camera: the app does not request camera access. The VIN scanner is Google's code scanner provided by Google Play services, which shows its own camera screen; the app receives only the scanned text.
- The app does not request location, contacts or microphone access.
Photos, receipts and documents
If you choose to add a vehicle photo, you pick it with Android's photo picker. The app receives only the photo you pick, and saves a resized copy in its private storage. It cannot see the rest of your photos.
You can attach photos (vehicle, receipts) and documents (photos or PDFs) to your records. You pick them with Android's photo or file picker, or take them with your phone's camera app, so MyRides needs no camera or storage permission. Saved copies are kept in the app's private storage on your phone. Text on receipts, documents and number plates is read on your phone by Google Play services (ML Kit text recognition); the photo is not sent to the developer or to anyone else by the app.
Bluetooth (Diagnostics)
If you use the Diagnostics screen, the app asks for Bluetooth permission to talk to an OBD-II adapter you have paired. Readings stay on your phone and are shown on screen. A diagnostic report leaves your phone only if you choose to share it.
Backup and restore
When you tap "Back up", the app creates a file with your data and attached files and asks you where to save it (for example your phone, a memory card or Google Drive). If you turn on automatic backup, the app saves that file on a schedule into a folder you choose. The app itself does not upload anything to a server. If the folder belongs to a cloud service such as Google Drive, that service's own app uploads it and its privacy policy applies. "Restore" and "Import from CSV" read only the file you choose.
Google Drive sync (optional)
If you choose "Sync with my Google Drive", the app asks Google for permission to use the app's hidden data folder in your own Google Drive (the drive.appdata permission). Only MyRides can open that folder; the app cannot see your other Drive files. Your records, photos, receipts and documents are copied there, and other phones where you sign in with the same Google account download them. The data goes directly between your phone and your own Google Drive; it is never sent to the developer. Google's privacy policy applies to Google Drive. You can stop syncing in Settings, and you can delete the synced copy by removing MyRides' hidden data in your Google account's Drive settings.
Sharing a car (optional)
Sharing is off until you turn it on for a car in Settings > Share a car. To use it you sign in with your Google account. The app then keeps a copy of that one car's records (fuel, service and expenses, with the car's name and details) in a cloud database run by Google (Firebase Cloud Firestore), so that the people you invite can see it, and add to it if you give them that role. Photos, receipts and documents are not shared. What is stored in the cloud for a shared car: the car's records; for each record, the name of the person who added it; and for each member, their Google account name, an internal user ID and their role (owner, driver or viewer). Invite codes are stored until they expire (7 days) or are used. The developer does not use this data for anything else, does not sell it and does not show it to anyone who is not a member of that car. Only members of a car can read its data; the owner can remove members or stop sharing at any time, which deletes the car's shared copy. A member can leave a shared car at any time. Cars you do not share are never uploaded. The app signs you in through Google; your Google password is never seen by the app. Google's privacy policy applies to Google sign-in and Firebase.
VIN lookup (network use)
If you enter or scan a vehicle's VIN, the app can look up the make, model, year and basic specifications. It sends the VIN (a vehicle identifier, not a personal one) to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) vPIC service, a public government database. No account, name or device identifier is sent, though the server sees your IP address like any internet connection. NHTSA's own privacy policy applies. If you enter a VIN while offline, the lookup waits and runs automatically once you are online. Apart from Google Drive sync and car sharing, the app sends nothing else over the internet.
Background activity
Once a day the app checks your saved service reminders on your phone, so a reminder based on a date can alert you even if you have not opened the app. This check uses only data stored on your phone.
Data stored on your phone
By default all data is saved on your phone only, and uninstalling the app deletes it. If you turn on Google Drive sync or make a backup, a copy also exists where you saved it. If you share a car, that car's records also exist in the Firebase database described above. The developer never receives your other data and does not read your records.
Children
The app is not directed at children. It does not ask for anyone's age and collects personal information only from people who choose to sign in to share a car.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.
Contact
Made by Waleed
Email: support@madebywaleed.com
Support: https://madebywaleed.com/apps/myrides/support