Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to GPSme package names app.gpsme and app.smsgpsme. GPSme provides family location sharing, places, alerts, notifications, and account features. This policy explains what data the app collects, how it is used, how it is shared, and how users can request account and data deletion.
How We Collect Information
GPSme collects information that you provide directly, information generated when you use app features, information collected from your device with your permission, and information received from service providers such as sign-in, maps, push notification, analytics, crash reporting, hosting, and payment services.
Information We Collect
Account and Profile Information
GPSme may collect your name, email address, account identifiers, profile details, avatar, sign-in method, family circle membership, invite records, role in a circle, and support messages. This information is used to create and manage your account, let you join or create circles, identify authorized family members, and provide support.
Location Information
With your permission, GPSme collects precise location and background location. Location data is used to show location updates to authorized family circle members, provide location history, support places and geofence alerts, and send safety notifications. GPSme may also process motion or activity status, speed, heading, accuracy, altitude, timestamp, battery level, device status, network status, app version, and diagnostic data that helps provide reliable location service and reduce unnecessary battery use.
Places and Family Circles
GPSme may collect places, geofence settings, circle membership, invite codes, roles, and notification preferences. This data is used to send arrival and departure alerts and to control who can see location information.
Device, App, Analytics, and Diagnostics
GPSme may collect device identifiers, push notification tokens, app interactions, app version, crash logs, diagnostics, performance data, and network or device status. This information is used for app functionality, notifications, analytics, crash reporting, troubleshooting, security, fraud prevention, service reliability, and product improvement.
Purchases and Subscriptions
GPSme may receive purchase or subscription status from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or relevant payment processors to enable premium features, manage entitlements, and provide support. Payment processing is handled by Apple, Google Play, or the relevant payment provider. GPSme does not receive your full payment card details from Apple or Google Play.
Photos and Media
If you choose to select an avatar from your photo library, GPSme may collect that image or an avatar reference. This is optional and used for profile display inside the app.
Children and Family Accounts
GPSme is a family location sharing app and may be used by a parent or guardian to set up or manage a family member's device. If GPSme is used for a child, setup must be completed with parent or guardian consent. Child account and location data is used only to provide family location sharing, places, alerts, notifications, account security, and support. GPSme does not sell children's personal information and does not use child data for third-party advertising.
How We Use Information
We use collected information to:
- provide account sign-in and family circle features;
- show location, location history, and place alerts to authorized circle members;
- send service notifications, safety alerts, diagnostics, and support messages;
- process subscriptions and premium access;
- secure, troubleshoot, monitor, and improve the app and backend service;
- analyze app performance and usage;
- comply with law, respond to legal requests, prevent abuse, and protect users.
Sharing
GPSme shares location and profile information with family circle members that you invite or join. GPSme may also share data with service providers that help operate the app, including hosting providers, map providers, push notification services, analytics services, crash reporting services, sign-in providers, payment processing services, and measurement services. These providers may include Apple, Google, Firebase, Google Maps, and hosting infrastructure providers. We require service providers that receive personal information from GPSme to protect it consistently with this Privacy Policy and to use it only to provide services to GPSme. We may disclose information when required by law, to protect users, to prevent fraud or abuse, to enforce our terms, or to respond to urgent safety or support situations.
We may share aggregated or de-identified information that does not directly identify you.
No Tracking or Sale of Personal Information
GPSme does not sell personal information and does not share precise location, email addresses, or family circle data with data brokers. GPSme does not use third-party advertising in the app. If GPSme ever uses data in a way that requires App Tracking Transparency permission, we will request that permission before tracking.
Security
Data sent between the app and the GPSme service is transmitted over encrypted connections. We use technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
Retention
Location history is retained only as needed to provide the service. Standard-visible users retain up to 24 hours of location history, and premium-visible users retain up to 14 days. Other account data is retained while your account is active or as needed to provide the service, comply with law, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, enforce agreements, and maintain security.
Your Choices
You can update profile details and places in the app. You can revoke or change consent by changing location, background location, motion, photo library, and notification permissions in your device settings. You can leave circles, delete places, delete your account, or contact us at help@gpsmesms.com to request help with privacy choices. Some GPSme features may not work if required permissions are disabled.
Account and Data Deletion
You can delete your GPSme account in the app:
- Open the GPSme app and sign in to the account you want to delete.
- Open your profile screen.
- Tap Delete account.
- Confirm the deletion dialog.
When the request succeeds, the app signs you out and the account is removed from the active GPSme service. If a deletion request requires additional processing, we will provide confirmation when it is complete.
Account deletion removes personal data associated with the GPSme account from the active service, including profile information, name, email address, account identifiers, avatar references, location history, last known location records, circles you own, your membership in other circles, invite records you created, places, geofence settings, push notification tokens, and notification history associated with the account.
Some records may be retained only when needed for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, tax or accounting obligations, or backup recovery. Backup copies and server logs are deleted or overwritten according to normal retention cycles and no later than 90 days unless a longer period is required by law. Subscription and payment records are handled by Apple, Google Play, and payment processors according to their policies. Deleting your GPSme account does not automatically cancel an active App Store or Google Play subscription; you can manage subscriptions in your store account settings.
Aggregated or de-identified analytics that no longer identify a user may be retained.
Partial Data Deletion
GPSme supports full account deletion. You can also update profile details and delete places inside the app.