AutoKeep Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Overview

AutoKeep ("the App") is a vehicle maintenance and mileage tracking application that helps you log services, track costs, set maintenance reminders, and stay on top of your vehicle upkeep. Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what data the App stores, what leaves your device, and who receives it. We do not operate any servers or cloud services for this app.

Data Collection

We do not collect your personal data. AutoKeep does not send your vehicle or service records to us or to any other server.

• No accounts — No sign-up or login is required.
• No analytics or crash reporting — We run no analytics or crash-reporting service. The free version shows ads through Google AdMob, and the AdMob SDK collects its own data (see Third-Party Services).
• No cloud sync — Your records are kept on your device.

Data Stored on Your Device

The App stores the following data locally on your device, in the app's local storage:

• Vehicle information — Year, make, model, trim, color, VIN, license plate, current mileage, purchase date, purchase price and notes you enter. A VIN and a license plate identify a vehicle, so treat the stored copy and any export of it accordingly.
• Service records — Service category, title, description, date, mileage, cost, shop name and notes for each service you log.
• Maintenance reminders — The reminder rules you set (service, mileage and month intervals, last service date).
• App preferences — Distance unit (miles/km), currency, theme and haptic feedback.
• Pro unlock — A local record that the Pro upgrade is active, with the store's transaction ID and the date.

The App does not use your camera, photos, contacts or location, and it does not look up a VIN or anything else online. This data leaves your device only when you export it (see below).

Export and Backup

Settings has an export that puts all of your vehicles, services, reminders and preferences into one block of text and opens your device's share sheet. The data goes only where you choose to send it (for example Notes, Messages, email or a cloud drive), and from then on that app's own privacy policy applies. Import reads a backup you have copied to your clipboard and replaces the data in the App.

Network Communication

AutoKeep makes no network requests of its own. The only internet traffic is the Google AdMob SDK loading and reporting ads in the free version (see Third-Party Services) and, if you buy the upgrade, Google Play Billing on Android or the Apple App Store on iPhone and iPad. The "More Apps from GriswoldLabs" link in Settings opens Google Play in your browser, only when you tap it.

Permissions

AutoKeep asks for one device permission:

• Notifications — Used to show maintenance reminders at the time a service is due. Reminders are scheduled on your device and shown by your device's notification system; their text names the vehicle and the service. The permission is requested (Android 13 and later, and on iPhone and iPad) when you save a reminder. You can turn notifications off at any time in your device settings.

Third-Party Services

The free version shows ads through Google AdMob. To serve ads, the AdMob SDK collects information from your device — typically your advertising identifier, device and app information, coarse location inferred from your IP address, and interactions with the ads shown. That data is handled by Google under Google's Privacy Policy. We do not send your vehicle or service records to AdMob or to any advertiser. Once the Pro upgrade is active, the App does not request or show ads. Apart from Google AdMob and Google Play Billing (the Apple App Store on iPhone and iPad), no other third-party service, SDK or API is integrated.

Ads on iPhone and iPad. On iOS the ads are also served by Google AdMob, under Google's privacy policy. iOS gives an app your device's advertising identifier (IDFA) only if you have allowed tracking for it; you can review that choice at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

In-app purchases. Any purchase inside the app (such as the upgrade that removes ads) is handled by Google Play Billing on Android and by the Apple App Store on iPhone and iPad. Google or Apple processes the payment and keeps the record (Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy); the app only learns whether the purchase is active. We never see your payment details. Restoring a purchase checks your Google Play or App Store account.

Data Security

Your data is stored in your device's local storage, protected by your device's built-in security. On Android, if you have Android's device backup turned on, Android may include a copy of the App's data in your Google backup or in a device-to-device transfer; that copy is handled by Google and your device, not by us.

Children's Privacy

AutoKeep is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children, and we collect nothing about you ourselves. The AdMob SDK in the free version does collect device and advertising information, as described under Third-Party Services.

Data Deletion

All of your records are stored locally on your device. To delete them:

• Use the "Clear All Data" option in the App's Settings screen, or
• Clear the App data in your device's application settings, or
• Uninstall the App.

A copy you exported or shared is outside the App; delete it where you sent it.

Changes to This Policy

If we update this privacy policy, the changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact us at:

Griswold Labs
7965 State Road 50, Suite 1000-166
Groveland, FL 34736
Email: [email protected]