PRIVACY POLICY

Effective date: March 22, 2026

Redline ("the app") is a free, independently built Android tool that helps rideshare drivers avoid areas they consider unsafe. This policy explains what data the app collects, how it's stored, and what control you have over it.

1. Information We Collect

Account information. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email address via Firebase Authentication. Sign-in is optional and is only used to enable cloud backup of your data.

Zones you create. When you draw avoidance zones on the map, we store the zone name, polygon coordinates, zone type (freehand, box, or city boundary), and creation timestamp.

Ride offer data. When a ride offer appears in the Lyft Driver app, Redline uses Android's Accessibility Service to read the offer details. This includes:

• Offer pricing (base fare, bonus, estimated hourly rate)
• Pickup and dropoff addresses, distances, and estimated times
• Rider first name and rating as displayed by Lyft
• Ride type (Lyft, Lyft XL, etc.)
• Whether you accepted, declined, or let the offer time out

Location data. Pickup and dropoff addresses are geocoded (converted to latitude/longitude coordinates) so they can be checked against your zones. The app does not track your GPS location in the background.

2. How We Use Your Data

• Zone matching. Ride offer locations are compared against your zones to generate go/no-go alerts in real time.
• Dashboard metrics. Offer history is used to compute session stats you see in the app — acceptance rate, earnings, dead-mile ratio, offers per hour, etc.
• Cloud backup. If you sign in, your zones and offer history are synced to Google Cloud Firestore so you can restore them on a new device.

We do not use your data for advertising, profiling, or any purpose beyond app functionality.

3. How Data Is Stored

On your device. Zones are saved as a local JSON file. Ride offer captures are stored as daily log files in the app's private storage, accessible only to Redline.

In the cloud (optional). If you sign in, zones and ride offers are stored in Google Cloud Firestore under your unique user ID. Data is transmitted over HTTPS and stored using Firebase's default encryption. Only you can access your data — there is no shared database, admin dashboard, or backend that aggregates user data across accounts.

Geocode cache. A local cache of address-to-coordinate lookups is kept on device to reduce redundant network requests. This cache stays on your device and is not synced.

4. Third-Party Services

The app interacts with the following external services:

• Google Firebase (Authentication and Firestore) — for optional sign-in and cloud sync. Governed by Google's privacy policy.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim — for city boundary lookups when you add a city-level zone. Only the city name or coordinates are sent. Governed by OSM Foundation's privacy policy.
• Android Geocoder — the device's built-in geocoding service, used to convert addresses to coordinates.

There are no analytics SDKs, crash reporting tools, ad networks, or data brokers in the app.

5. Accessibility Service

Redline uses Android's Accessibility Service to read ride offer information from the Lyft Driver app. This is the core mechanism that powers the app.

• The service only monitors the Lyft Driver app (com.lyft.android.driver). It does not read content from any other app.
• It reads the text content of ride offer screens to extract offer details.
• It does not interact with, modify, or control the Lyft app in any way.
• It does not capture screenshots, keystrokes, passwords, or personal messages.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, license, or share your data with any third party. Period.

Your data may pass through the third-party services listed in Section 4 as part of normal app operation (e.g., syncing to Firestore), but it is not shared with those providers for their independent use.

7. Data Retention

• Local data remains on your device until you uninstall the app or clear its storage.
• Cloud data is retained in Firestore indefinitely while your account is active. When restoring to a new device, offers older than 90 days are not pulled down but remain in cloud storage.

8. Your Rights and Choices

• Use without sign-in. The app works fully offline. You are never required to create an account or sign in.
• Delete local data. Uninstalling the app or clearing its storage removes all local data.
• Delete cloud data. To request deletion of your Firestore data, contact us at the email below. We will delete all data associated with your user ID.
• Revoke accessibility access. You can disable the Accessibility Service at any time in Android Settings. The app will no longer capture ride offers but will retain previously captured data.

9. Children's Privacy

Redline is not intended for use by anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

10. Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

Questions or data deletion requests:

Email: privacy@redlineapp.com