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Privacy Policy

Effective and last updated: October 20, 2026

This policy explains how DriveFX: Car Engine Sounds ("DriveFX," "the app," "we," or "us"), published by Phillip Starkovich with support provided as Claim727 Support, handles information when you use our iPhone or Android app, website, or contact support. Contact: phil@claim727.com.

1. Information processed on your device

• Motion: with permission, the accelerometer and gyroscope provide acceleration, gravity, and rotation signals to generate sound effects. This is not health or fitness tracking.
• Location: with permission, your device's location services (iOS Location Services or Android location) provide GPS fixes. The app uses speed, heading/course, timing, and accuracy to estimate movement. Our app does not store latitude/longitude coordinates, construct a route history, or transmit location or driving signals to us or RevenueCat.
• Background operation: when you explicitly start a live session, audio and motion processing may continue while the screen is locked or the app is in the background. Location is used only while the app is open on screen; GPS pauses in the background. Stop the session in the app when safely parked or close the app to end it. On Android, the system may show that DriveFX is running while a session continues in the background. Location permissions remain controllable in iOS or Android Settings.
• Optional drive recordings: only when you enable Record, the app saves sensor-event times, acceleration, gravity, rotation, speed, speed accuracy, horizontal accuracy, and course in a local file. The file name includes the recording date/time. These are sensor logs, not microphone recordings. We do not request microphone access. Files remain on-device unless you share them or your device backup settings copy them.
• Settings and acknowledgement: the app stores theme, sound preferences, units, and the date and version of your terms/privacy acknowledgement locally. The warning is shown again on each fresh launch.

Demo uses a scripted drive and does not start live motion or location collection. Optional recordings can be viewed and deleted under Drives (and, on iPhone, in the Files app). Deleting the app removes its local app data, subject to device backup and shared-copy behavior. The Android app excludes its settings and recordings from Android cloud backup.

2. Purchases and RevenueCat

The app uses Apple's In-App Purchase system on iPhone, Google Play Billing on Android, and RevenueCat to sell, verify, restore, and maintain the all-themes unlock. RevenueCat assigns an anonymous app user identifier; we do not supply a name, email, phone number, advertising identifier, or custom account identity. RevenueCat processes purchase receipts or signed transactions, product identifiers, transaction and purchase dates, store/currency information, refund or revocation status, entitlement status, and technical app/SDK/device platform information needed to operate its service. Requests may expose an IP address to the service provider as part of internet communication. Paywall displays and purchase-related interactions may also be processed to operate and measure the purchase experience.

We use this purchase information for app functionality, fraud prevention, restoration, troubleshooting, and purchase analytics in RevenueCat's dashboard. We do not use it for cross-app advertising tracking. Apple or Google processes your payment details; we and RevenueCat do not receive your full payment-card details. DriveFX does not ask you to create an account or provide your Apple Account or Google account credentials to us.

Review RevenueCat's Privacy Policy Apple's Privacy Policy, and Google's Privacy Policy for their respective practices. RevenueCat is configured only after you continue past the launch acknowledgement. An internet connection is needed for purchases, restoration, and some entitlement checks. Verified purchase information may be cached on your device for offline access.

3. Support communications

If you email support, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to include, such as issue descriptions or screenshots. We use this to respond, troubleshoot, and keep an appropriate support record. Please avoid sending private location data, passwords, or payment-card information. Any purchase identifier you voluntarily provide to resolve a support issue may allow us to associate that particular purchase with your support correspondence.

4. This website and external links

This site is hosted by GitHub Pages. We do not add advertising pixels, analytics scripts, or tracking cookies. GitHub may process request information, including IP addresses and technical logs, to host and secure the site under the GitHub Privacy Statement. Links open third-party sites governed by their own policies. Email links open your email app; they do not automatically send a message.

5. How and why information is shared

We use service providers such as Apple, Google, RevenueCat, GitHub, and email providers to deliver purchases, hosting, and support. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we do not integrate an advertising SDK. We may disclose information we actually hold when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law or valid legal process, protect rights and security, investigate fraud, or complete a lawful business transfer with appropriate safeguards. We cannot disclose drive files or motion/location streams that we never receive.

6. Retention and deletion

Local settings and recordings remain until you reset settings, delete individual recordings, or remove the app. Resetting sound settings does not erase recordings or your purchase. Purchase records may need to be retained by us and our providers for the life of a permanent entitlement and for legitimate accounting, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, or legal requirements. Support correspondence is kept only as long as reasonably needed for its purpose and applicable obligations; it is reviewed for deletion when no longer needed. We do not promise deletion of transaction records Apple or Google is legally required to retain.

Email support to request access, correction, or deletion of information we hold. We may need proportionate verification, such as your original correspondence or transaction details; never send your password. Deleting purchase records may interfere with restoration, so we will explain relevant consequences before doing so. Deleting app data does not automatically delete copies in backups, email, Files, or other recipients' devices.

7. Your choices and rights

You can deny or revoke location/motion access in iOS or Android Settings, stop a live session, use Demo without live sensors, avoid making a purchase, delete saved files, or uninstall the app. Live functionality may be limited without required permissions. No marketing consent is required to use DriveFX.

Depending on where you live, applicable law may give you rights to know/access information, correct inaccuracies, request deletion or a portable copy, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority. We will honor applicable rights and deadlines and will not unlawfully discriminate for exercising them. We do not sell/share data for advertising, so there is no advertising-sale opt-out to enable. Contact us to exercise a right; we may ask only for information needed to identify the relevant records.

8. Legal bases and international processing

Where a legal basis is required, processing is based on providing the app/purchase you request, legitimate interests in security and support, legal obligations, and consent where applicable (including device permission choices). Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Applicable contractual and legal transfer safeguards apply where required; you may contact us for information about the providers and safeguards relevant to your request.

9. Children

DriveFX is a general-audience entertainment app and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13. A parent or guardian should supervise minors and approve purchases and terms when required by law. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact support so we can investigate and delete it where appropriate.

10. Security

We use reasonable safeguards appropriate to the information processed, including platform security and encrypted connections used by purchase services. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. Protect your device, Apple Account or Google account, and any drive files you choose to export. DriveFX does not provide emergency monitoring or safety supervision.

11. Changes and contact

We may update this policy to reflect actual app or service changes. The effective date above identifies this version. Material changes will be communicated in the app or through another appropriate notice, and additional consent will be requested when required. Contact Claim727 Support at phil@claim727.com for privacy questions.