This Privacy Policy explains how Liquid App Labs, Inc. ("Liquid App Labs", "we", "us") handles information in connection with the TrafficSkipper mobile application and website.

The Short Version

TrafficSkipper does not collect your name, email address, phone number, or contacts, and there are no user accounts. To tell you when to leave, our server has to know where your commute starts and ends, when you need to arrive, and how to reach your phone with a notification. So it stores your home location, the destinations and times you set, your time zone, and your device's push notification token. It does not track where you go: the app never reports your location in the background. Drive times come from a traffic service that receives the start and end points of your commute, and notifications are delivered through Apple and Google. We do not sell your information or use it for advertising.

Who We Are

TrafficSkipper is a commute-planning app published by Liquid App Labs, Inc. At a time you choose, it checks the drive from your home to your destination with live traffic, tells you the latest time you can leave and still arrive on time, and keeps that estimate current until you leave. TrafficSkipper is a planning tool. It is not a navigation or safety service, and it must not be used while driving.

Information We Collect

We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, contacts, or a history of where you have been. TrafficSkipper works without an account. The information below is what the app needs to work.

Your Commute Settings

When you set up the app, you choose a home location (your Origin) and one or more commute Profiles. Each Profile has a destination, an arrival time, a notification time, and the days of the week it applies. We store these on our server, together with your time zone, because our server runs the traffic checks and sends the notifications. Locations are stored as the address or place name you picked and its latitude and longitude. A copy is also kept on your device.

Push Notification Token

To send you notifications, the app registers with Apple Push Notification service (on iOS) or Firebase Cloud Messaging (on Android), which gives your installation a push token. The app sends that token to our server. We use it to deliver your notifications and as the anonymous credential that identifies your installation to our server. It does not identify you personally.

Daily Commute Records

On each commute day, our server keeps a short record of that day's commute: the latest drive time, the Leave-By time, when it last checked, and whether you chose Work from home or Traffic snooze. The app shows this record when you open a notification. These records are deleted automatically after 48 hours.

Location

If you tap "Use my location" while choosing a place, the app asks for your current location once, sends the coordinates to our server to look up the nearest address, and lets you pick it. The app does not collect your location in the background and does not record where you go. You can decline location permission and search for places by name instead.

Place Searches

When you search for a place, the text you type is sent to our server and passed on to our search providers to find matching places. We do not store your searches.

How We Use Information

To check the drive between your home and your destinations with live traffic at the times you choose
To send and update your commute notifications, and to record your Work from home or Traffic snooze choice
To find places when you search or use your current location
To keep the service running, secure, and free of abuse

We do not use your information for advertising, we do not sell it, and the app does not track you across other companies' apps or websites.

Subscriptions and Payments

TrafficSkipper is offered as a subscription with a free trial. Purchases, billing, and subscription management are handled by RevenueCat together with the Apple App Store and Google Play. Your business relationship for the storage of subscription and payment data is with those providers, and that data is subject to their respective privacy policies and terms, not ours.

RevenueCat: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy
Apple: https://www.apple.com/privacy
Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Data Storage and Retention

Our server runs on Cloudflare. Your commute settings and push token are kept while you use the app. When you uninstall it, Apple or Google reports that the push token is no longer valid the next time we try to send you a notification, and our server then deletes your commute settings and token. Daily commute records are deleted after 48 hours. Information on your device is removed when you delete the app. To have your information deleted from our server right away, contact us at the address below.

Third-Party Services

We rely on a small number of third parties to operate the app:

Cloudflare (hosting)

What they handle: Runs our server and stores your commute settings; processes network information such as IP addresses to deliver requests
Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

Mapbox (traffic, place search, and maps)

What they handle: The start and end points of each drive-time check, place searches, address lookups for "Use my location", and the coordinates of the small map shown for a chosen place
Privacy Policy: https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy

U.S. Census Bureau (street address lookup)

What they handle: Searches that start with a house number, to place U.S. street addresses accurately
Privacy Policy: https://www.census.gov/about/policies/privacy.html

Apple / Google (notifications, payments, and app distribution)

What they handle: Delivering notifications (Apple Push Notification service and Firebase Cloud Messaging), app distribution, and payment processing
Privacy Policies: https://www.apple.com/privacy / https://policies.google.com/privacy

RevenueCat (subscription management)

What they handle: Subscription purchases and entitlements
Privacy Policy: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy

When you tap Get Directions, the app opens your phone's maps app (such as Apple Maps or Google Maps) with your destination. What that app does with it is governed by its own privacy policy.

Your Choices

Edit or delete your commute Profiles and home location in the app at any time
Turn notifications or location permission off in your device's system settings
Manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple App Store or Google Play account
Delete the app, and ask us to delete your information from our server right away

Children's Privacy

TrafficSkipper is intended for adults who commute and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date above and, where appropriate, provide additional notice in the app.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or want your information deleted, contact us at:

Email: support@trafficskipper.com
Website: https://trafficskipper.com/privacy