privacy
What the ExplorInk app does with your data
Grounded in the code, not boilerplate: the permission list below is read line by line from the app's manifest, and the "no analytics, no crash reports" claim was checked by grepping the app for any upload or telemetry code and finding none.
What this covers
This page is about the ExplorInk Android app (package org.explorink.gpsbridge),
the companion app that pairs with an ExplorInk reader over Bluetooth. The reader itself
keeps no account and sends nothing over the internet on its own; everything below is about
the phone.
What the app reads from your phone
- Location. Your GPS position, sent to the reader over Bluetooth so the map can show where you are. Background location is asked for only so the app can reconnect to the reader on its own when it comes back into range; the app works without granting it, you just reconnect by hand.
- Bluetooth. Used to find and stay connected to your own reader. Nothing is broadcast to other phones or devices.
Where data goes
- To the reader, over Bluetooth. Your position, and nothing else, over a direct radio link with no internet in the path.
- To our own map server, over HTTPS. The app fetches map tiles for the area the reader needs. The request is for a map square, not for you: no account, no device ID tied to a person.
- To brouter.de, a public routing server, only when you ask for a route. If you plan a route in the app, the stops you picked are sent to brouter.de, an open-source routing service we do not run, to compute the path. That request carries the route's coordinates and nothing that identifies you.
- To Google, only when you share a Google Maps link. Pasting a shortened Google Maps link into the app makes one request to resolve it to real coordinates, the same as tapping that link in a browser would.
That is the whole list. Nothing goes to an ad network, an analytics service or a crash reporting service, because the app has none built in.
What the app stores, and where
Ride and trip recordings live on your phone, in the app's own storage. We do not run a server that collects them, and we cannot see them. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its storage from Android's app settings, removes them.
Every permission the app asks for, and why
- Bluetooth. Finds and stays connected to your device.
- Location, while using the app. Sends your GPS position to the device.
- Location, background. Only for reconnecting automatically when the device comes into range. The app works without it.
- Notifications. Shows connection status while position sending runs in the background.
- Internet. Fetches map tiles from our own content delivery network, computes a shared route through brouter.de, and expands a Google Maps short link when you share one. Granted automatically at install, not something you are asked for.
No account, no sign-in
The app has no login and no account system. There is nothing tied to your identity on any server we run.
Who runs this
ExplorInk is built by Comsultia, s.r.o., a company registered in Slovakia. Questions about this page go to info@explorink.com.
Changes to this page
If what the app sends or stores changes, this page changes with it, in the same pass as the code. There is no separate legal review process to wait on.