Effective 5 October 2026
This policy explains what personal data the Rally Tripmeter app for Android and iOS, and its live map at racelivemap.com, collect, why, who processes it, how long it is kept and what rights you have.
Rally Tripmeter is published by AppHero OÜ, a company registered in Estonia, which is the data controller for the data described here. Contact us about privacy at siim@apphero.ee.
The app creates an anonymous account the first time it starts, so your data can be stored before you sign in. If you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive your email address and, if your provider shares it, your name. Each account has a user ID. We use these to keep your data in your account and to link your purchases to it.
Rally Tripmeter is a trip meter: it needs your phone's precise location (GPS) while a drive is measured, including in the background while the screen is off. Location is stored in your account when you:
Live tracking is off by default. When you turn it on, your current position, speed, heading and altitude, with the optional tag you choose, are sent while you drive and shown to anyone viewing the live map at racelivemap.com. Only your last position is kept; it is replaced as you move.
When you record a recce, the app records GPS together with the phone's motion sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer) to work out corners and crests. The recording, the pacenotes made from it and the name you give it are backed up to your account.
If you choose to film the recce, the camera and microphone record a video that is saved to your phone's photo library. Videos are not uploaded to us.
Names of stages, routes and recordings, and your edits to pacenotes, are stored in your account. When you share a route or a stage, anyone who has its share code can view it until you stop sharing it.
Subscriptions and licences are bought through Google Play or the App Store; we never see your payment card. We receive the purchase history of your account (what you bought and when) through RevenueCat, together with your user ID and email address, to unlock what you paid for on every device.
We collect usage statistics (which screens and features are used) with Google Analytics for Firebase, and crash reports and diagnostics (device model, OS version, app version, the state of the app when it crashed) with Firebase Crashlytics, to find and fix problems. These use an app-installation identifier and, on Android, the device's advertising ID. They are not used for advertising and are not linked to your name or email address.
To pair a Rally Tripmeter Bluetooth button the app scans for nearby Bluetooth devices. The scan does not determine your location, and nothing about other devices is stored or sent.
We do not collect your contacts, messages, photos, files, browsing history or health data. Spoken pacenote calls are produced on the phone by its text-to-speech engine.
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR art. 6(1)) |
|---|---|
| Measuring drives, storing your stages, routes and recordings, syncing them between devices | Performance of our contract with you (b) |
| Live tracking and sharing | Your consent, given by turning the feature on (a); you can turn it off at any time |
| Purchases and licences | Contract (b) and legal obligations for accounting (c) |
| Crash reports, usage statistics, security | Our legitimate interest in a working, secure app (f) |
| Location, camera, microphone and Bluetooth access on the phone | Granted by you through the system permission prompts |
We use these service providers, which process data on our behalf:
| Provider | Service | Data | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google (Firebase) | Authentication, Realtime Database, Cloud Storage, Hosting, Remote Config | Account, location data, recordings, things you create | United States |
| Google (Firebase) | Google Analytics for Firebase, Crashlytics | Usage statistics, crash reports, device identifiers | United States |
| Google Maps | Map areas you view, your position on the map | United States | |
| Google, Apple | Sign-in, app stores, payments | Sign-in details, purchases | United States / EU |
| RevenueCat, Inc. | Purchase management | User ID, email address, purchase history | United States |
Transfers outside the European Economic Area rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. All data is sent encrypted (HTTPS).
You can ask us for a copy of your data, to correct it, to delete it, to restrict or object to its processing, and to receive it in a portable format. Where processing relies on your consent you can withdraw it at any time, for example by turning Live tracking off. To delete your account, follow these steps; for anything else, email siim@apphero.ee. We answer within one month.
You may also complain to the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) or the data protection authority where you live.
Rally Tripmeter is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
If this policy changes, we update it here with a new effective date.