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Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 2026
MotoStar is a voice-first motorcycle navigation app with a conversational AI companion. Riding hands-free means trusting the app with sensitive signals — where you are and what you say. This policy explains, in plain terms, what we collect, why, who we share it with, and the lines we will not cross.
What we collect
- Location data. While you are navigating, the app uses your device's GPS to calculate routes, give turn-by-turn guidance, detect off-route situations, find points of interest near you, and provide weather and traffic relevant to your ride. Location is processed for the duration of the ride; we do not build or sell a long-term profile of your movements.
- Voice and audio. When you speak to MotoStar, your microphone audio is captured and converted to text so the app can understand your request (for example, a destination or a question). Audio is used to fulfill that request and is not retained to build an advertising profile.
- Conversation content. The things you ask and the answers given are processed to run the companion and to improve guidance quality. We aim to keep only what is needed to operate and debug the service.
- Diagnostic data. Basic technical logs (errors, performance, app version) help us keep the app working and fix bugs.
Third-party services
To deliver navigation and the companion, MotoStar sends the minimum data necessary to a small set of trusted providers, each governed by its own privacy policy:
- OpenAI — speech-to-text and text-to-speech for the voice interface.
- Google Maps Platform — routing, geocoding, and place search.
- OpenWeather — weather and rain forecasts along your route.
- Anthropic (Claude) — the conversational AI companion that powers natural-language understanding and responses.
We share only what a given feature requires — for example, a destination or your current coordinates for routing, or your spoken words for transcription — and we do not authorize these providers to use your data to advertise to you.
What we never do
- We do not sell your personal data. Not your location, not your voice, not your conversations.
- We do not share your data with advertisers or data brokers.
- We do not track your location when you are not actively using the app for navigation.
Data retention and security
We keep personal data only as long as needed to provide the service and meet legal obligations, then delete or anonymize it. We use reasonable technical and organizational measures — including encrypted transport and access controls — to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, but we work to keep the data we hold to a minimum.
Your choices
You can control location and microphone access at any time through your device's system permissions. Revoking microphone or location access will disable the features that depend on them. You may also contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data.
Children
MotoStar is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the app evolves. Material changes will be reflected here with a new “last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at ajosephjohnson@gmail.com.