Privacy Policy for Backmarker

Data Collected

Telemetry: the app receives UDP telemetry packets broadcast by Gran Turismo 7 on your local network. This data includes vehicle speed, RPM, gear, brake/throttle position, G-forces, wheel speeds, tyre temperatures, fuel, lap times, and 3D position coordinates within the game. No personally identifiable information is contained in or derived from this data.

Diagnostics and usage statistics: in release builds, the app sends crash reports and anonymous usage statistics to Google Firebase, as described under Third-Party Services.

The app has no user accounts and does not ask for your name, email address, location, contacts or any other personal information.

Data Storage

Telemetry, sessions and laps are stored locally on your device in a SQLite database. Your settings (such as the console IP address) and your dashboard layouts are also stored locally. This data is never uploaded to any server, cloud service, or third party. It is also excluded from Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer.

Network Access

The app uses the local network to talk to your PlayStation: it sends small "heartbeat" packets to the console and receives the telemetry the game broadcasts back. Telemetry never leaves your local network.

The app also connects to the internet only for the Google services listed below: Firebase (crash reports and usage statistics), Google Play Billing (optional donation) and Google Play In-App Updates (update checks).

Third-Party Services

The following services are provided by Google, which processes the data on our behalf:

Firebase Crashlytics: when the app crashes or hits certain errors (for example a lost connection to the console), it sends a report containing the stack trace, device model, operating system version, app version, a Firebase installation identifier, and a short diagnostic log of recent app events. This log can include the local network IP address of your console (for example 192.168.x.x), which is not reachable from the internet.

Firebase Analytics: the app sends anonymous usage events, such as which screens are opened and which dashboard widgets are added, removed or in use. Firebase Analytics uses an app instance identifier generated by Firebase. The app does not set a user ID and does not collect the Android advertising ID (the advertising ID permission is removed from the app).

Crash reporting and analytics are disabled in debug (development) builds. There is no in-app opt-out in release builds.

Data collected by Firebase is retained according to Google's Firebase data retention policies. Google documents that Crashlytics keeps crash stack traces and related data for 90 days.

Google Play Billing: the app offers an optional one-time donation. Payments are processed entirely by Google Play. The app does not receive or store your payment details.

Google Play In-App Updates: the app checks Google Play for newer versions of the app and can offer to install them.

More information:

• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Privacy and Security in Firebase (including data retention): https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

Advertising and Data Sharing

The app shows no ads, does not use the advertising ID, and does not sell or share your data for advertising. Data is shared only with Google for the purposes described above.

Permissions

The app requests only these Android permissions:

• INTERNET: to communicate with the console on your local network and with the Google services above.
• ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: to check whether a network connection is available.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Data Deletion

You can delete individual sessions in the app at any time, and you can set the app to auto-delete sessions older than 30 or 90 days. All locally stored data can be deleted by uninstalling the app or clearing app data in Android settings.

Contact

Questions: support@planetmobileapps.com