Car Care Privacy Policy
Car Care (the “App”) is provided by Jensen (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This policy explains how the App accesses, uses, stores, and processes user data.
1. Privacy Principles
The App uses a local-first design. It does not require account registration or sign-in, and we do not operate a proprietary cloud server for the App. Based on the features and configuration of the current version, we do not upload vehicle information, maintenance records, photos, or OCR content to a developer-operated server. We do not sell or rent user data. The App does not use advertising or developer-operated usage analytics services. Google ML Kit may still collect SDK diagnostics and usage information as described in Section 5.
Data may leave the current device when a user chooses to export or share it, or when Android system backup is enabled. These situations are described below.
2. Data Processed by the App
To provide vehicle maintenance and repair record features, the App processes and stores the following data on the user's device:
- Vehicle data: vehicle nickname, car or motorcycle type, powertrain type, make, model, year, license plate number, mileage, notes, and vehicle photos.
- Maintenance and repair data: date, mileage, shop name, maintenance or repair items, part names, costs, reminder intervals, and notes.
- Photos and documents: work orders, receipts, repair attachments, and vehicle photos captured or selected by the user.
- OCR content: text recognized from images selected by the user, and records confirmed or edited by the user.
- App settings: reminder switches, reminder days, reminder mileage, font size, language, and notification status.
This data is entered, captured, or selected by the user. The App does not proactively access contacts, location, text messages, call logs, microphone content, advertising IDs, or lists of other installed apps.
3. How Data Is Used
The App uses the data above only to:
- Create, display, search, edit, and delete vehicle and maintenance records.
- Calculate current mileage, maintenance summaries, and items that are upcoming or overdue.
- Display maintenance reminders on the device after the user permits notifications.
- Recognize text in images to assist with entering maintenance or repair records.
- Create, export, share, or restore ZIP/CSV backups at the user's direction.
We do not use vehicle information, maintenance records, photos, or OCR content entered by users for advertising, marketing, cross-service tracking, user profiling, or data sales. As described in Section 5, Google uses ML Kit technical metrics for diagnostics, usage analytics, maintenance, and improvement of the SDK.
4. Permissions and Device Features
Notifications
On supported Android versions, the App requests notification permission to display maintenance reminders configured by the user. Users may deny this permission or disable notifications at any time in system settings. Other primary features remain available without notifications.
Camera, Photos, and Documents
The App uses the Android system camera, photo picker, and document picker to access only the content the user chooses to capture or select at that time. The App does not request broad access to all photos or files.
Background Reminders
The App uses Android system scheduling to periodically check reminder conditions on the device. These checks use local data and do not transmit vehicle or maintenance data to a developer-operated server.
5. OCR and Third-Party Components
The App uses Google ML Kit Chinese text recognition for on-device OCR. According to Google's published information, images submitted for recognition, text within those images, and recognition results are processed on the device. ML Kit does not send those inputs or results to Google servers.
However, the ML Kit Android SDK collects or transmits the following technical information to Google:
- Device manufacturer, model, operating system version, build information, and available machine-learning hardware.
- App package name and version.
- A per-installation identifier that is not intended to directly identify a user or physical device.
- Performance information, such as processing latency.
- API configuration, such as image format and resolution.
- Feature input and output sizes, feature version, event types such as initialization, recognition, and resource release, and error codes.
Google states that this information is used for diagnostics, usage analytics, maintenance, improving ML Kit, and abuse detection. It is encrypted in transit using HTTPS, and ML Kit does not provide it to additional third parties. We do not receive images submitted for recognition, recognized text, or ML Kit data that lets us directly view an individual user's records.
Related policies and information:
Android, Google Play services, the system camera, document picker, backup services, or sharing destinations selected by the user may also process necessary information under their own terms and privacy policies.
6. Data Storage and Security
Vehicle information, maintenance records, settings, photos, and OCR text are stored by default in the App's private storage and local database, protected by the Android application sandbox and device security mechanisms.
The App does not apply additional app-level encryption to the local database or to ZIP/CSV files manually exported by the user. Exported files may contain license plate numbers, photos, repair costs, shop information, and notes. Users should protect these files and share them only with trusted people or services.
No storage method can guarantee absolute security. Users should enable a device screen lock, keep the system updated, and use other available device security measures.
7. Backup, Export, and Sharing
User-Initiated Actions
Users can create ZIP/CSV files, choose where to save them, send backups through Android sharing, or select a backup file to restore. Data is sent to a user-selected location or third-party app only when the user performs one of these actions. Subsequent processing is governed by the privacy policy of that storage location or third-party service, which we cannot access or control.
Android System Backup
The App currently permits Android system backup. Depending on the device version, manufacturer, Google account, and system backup settings, Android may back up some App data to the user's Google Drive, another system backup service, or use it for device-to-device transfer. The operating system or backup service manages this process. We do not receive or access the backup contents. Users can manage or disable this feature in device system backup settings.
8. Data Retention and Deletion
- Local data is retained until the user deletes the related vehicle, record, or photo in the App, clears App data, or uninstalls the App.
- Uninstalling usually removes the App's private data from the current device. If a system backup still exists, Android may restore data after reinstallation or on another device.
- Users can manage system backups through Android or backup service settings.
- ZIP/CSV files or photos exported or shared by the user are not automatically deleted when App data is deleted. Users must remove them from the saved location or receiving service.
- The App does not provide an account system, so we do not hold server-side accounts or account data for deletion requests.
- Google retains and processes ML Kit diagnostics and usage information under its privacy policy. We do not maintain our own server database for this information.
9. Changes to This Policy
If the App later adds network services, accounts, cloud synchronization, analytics, advertising, or otherwise changes its data processing, we will update this policy and the Google Play Data safety disclosure and, when required, provide an in-app notice or obtain consent.
10. Contact
For questions about this policy or the App's data practices, contact:
- Developer/publisher: Jensen
- Privacy contact email: jensen0915@gmail.com
- Privacy policy URL: https://jensen-app-web-hosting.web.app/car-care.html