Privacy policy

• Document wallet: RC, PUC, licence and insurance numbers, dates and photos are stored encrypted on your device only. We never receive them.
• Location: used only while you run a practice drive or search for driving schools. Your route is shown on the map and summarised in your drive report; the route itself is not uploaded.
• Motion sensors: used during practice drives to detect harsh braking, acceleration and sharp turns. Sensor readings are not stored or uploaded. If crash detection is on, they are also used to spot a likely crash during a drive.
• Emergency contacts: the names and numbers you add for SOS alerts stay on your phone. An alert opens Messages with your location filled in; nothing is sent unless you tap Send.
• Fuel and service log, and saved maps: kept on your phone only.

• Account: your name, email address and a user ID from Sign in with Apple or Google (Apple may give us a private relay email instead of your real one).
• Learning progress: topics read, mock test scores, the days you practised, and drive summaries (date, distance, duration, top speed, score and alert counts). It also includes your quiz practice (which questions are due for review and your recent answers per topic), daily quiz days, weekly goals, hazard-perception results, whether you are learning on a car or a two-wheeler, and your readiness score. These are synced so your progress is safe across phones.
• Sharing with a parent or instructor (optional): if you make a sharing code and someone enters it, a link is stored with both your names, and that person can read your learning progress until either of you removes the link. They never see your documents, challans, emergency contacts or where you drove. Sharing codes expire after 23 hours.

This data is stored in Google Firebase (Authentication and Cloud Firestore) in the asia-south1 (Mumbai) region. Only you, and anyone you choose to share with, can read it. If you use the app without an account, nothing is sent to us.

• Map tiles are loaded from OpenStreetMap. Driving school search sends your approximate location to the OpenStreetMap Overpass service. If you turn on "Use real road limits" for a practice drive, your position is sent to the Overpass service about every 150 m to look up the speed limit.
• Crash reports (on by default, can be turned off in Profile > Privacy): if the app crashes, Google Firebase Crashlytics receives the technical details: the error, device model and iOS version. No name, email, location or documents.
• Usage analytics (off unless you turn it on in Profile > Privacy): Google Analytics for Firebase receives which features are used. No advertising identifier is collected and ad personalisation is disabled.
• Buttons for reviews, challans and document status open Google Maps or government Parivahan websites, which have their own privacy policies.
• We do not show ads, we do not track you across apps or websites, and we never sell data.

You can use DriveBuddy without an account, sign out at any time, and delete your account in Profile > Delete account, which permanently removes your account and synced progress. Deleting the app removes the wallet from your phone. For any request email arjusingh1564@gmail.com.

DriveBuddy is meant for learner drivers. A learner's licence in India is available from age 16 for gearless two-wheelers up to 50 cc with a guardian's consent, and from 18 for cars.