Privacy Policy — Track the Track

Short version: Track the Track does not collect, store, or share any personal information. No account is required. No tracking. No ads (yet). Your preferences stay on your device.

1. Information We Collect

Track the Track does not collect personal information. The app does not require an account, email address, name, or any identifying information to use.

The following preferences are saved locally on your device only using standard device storage. They are never transmitted to any server:

Your home station selection
Favorite stations
Display settings (Basic / Advanced mode, feature toggles)

The app does not request access to your device's location.

2. How the App Works

When you open a station or view train arrivals, the app makes requests to our backend server (hosted on Cloudflare Workers at api.vibecodigital.com) to retrieve real-time WMATA train data, weather conditions, and service alerts. These requests include:

The station code you are viewing (e.g. "A01" for Metro Center)
Standard HTTP request metadata (IP address, device type, request timestamp) — logged automatically by Cloudflare per their standard infrastructure practices

No personally identifiable information is attached to these requests. The station code is not linked to your identity.

3. Third-Party Services

Track the Track retrieves data from the following third-party services. We do not control their privacy practices.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) — provides real-time train predictions, service alerts, and elevator/escalator status. See WMATA's Privacy Policy.
Open-Meteo — provides current weather conditions based on station coordinates. No personal data is sent. See Open-Meteo's Terms.
Cloudflare — hosts our backend infrastructure. Cloudflare may process request metadata per their standard practices. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

4. Data Retention

Our backend database retains anonymized transit data (train arrival patterns, incident history, elevator outage history) for analytical purposes. This data contains only WMATA-provided transit information — no user identifiers, no device IDs, no IP addresses are stored in the database.

Raw request logs are retained by Cloudflare per their standard log retention policies.

5. Children's Privacy

Track the Track does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. The app contains no mechanisms to collect personal information from any user, regardless of age.

6. Analytics and Advertising

The app currently contains no analytics SDKs and no advertising. If advertising is introduced in a future version, this policy will be updated prior to release.

7. Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy changes materially, we will update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Contact

Questions or concerns about this privacy policy? Contact us at hello@vibecodigital.com.