ODO Privacy Policy
The short version
- We don't collect your data. ODO has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
- Your trips stay with you, on your iPhone and, if you turn on backup, in your own private iCloud. We can't see them.
- Location is used only while a drive is being logged, to measure it and, unless you turn drive maps off, to map it. Maps stay on your iPhone.
- Payments are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details.
Who we are
ODO is made by Budtik Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “Budtik” mean Budtik Ltd. You can contact us at hello@budtik.co.
Location
ODO uses your iPhone's location to measure how far you drive. It turns location on when a drive starts (for example when your iPhone connects to CarPlay) and off when the drive ends. Your location is used on your iPhone to add up the distance, and ODO saves the distance and the start and end times of each trip.
Drive maps. Unless you turn off Save drive maps in ODO's Settings, ODO also saves the route of each drive it logs, so you can see the drive on a map. Routes are kept on your iPhone. ODO doesn't sync them to iCloud and never sends them to us, though like the rest of ODO's data they're included if you back up your iPhone itself. You can delete all of them at any time in ODO's Settings.
To draw a map and name the areas a drive started and ended in (such as "Hammersmith"), ODO uses Apple Maps. Like any app that shows a map, this sends the area being shown, and the start and end points of the drive being named, to Apple, which handles them under its own privacy policy. ODO keeps the area names with the trip. Your location is never sent to us.
ODO asks for “Always” access so it can log a drive when CarPlay connects even if the app is closed. You can change this at any time in the Settings app under Privacy & Security → Location Services → ODO.
Your trips and settings
ODO stores your trips, your PCP agreement details (such as your start date, allowance and odometer readings), the name of your car, your preferences and, unless you turn them off, your drive maps on your iPhone.
If you leave Sync with iCloud on, ODO also keeps a copy in your private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit, so your trips and agreement survive reinstalling the app and appear on your other devices. Each trip's details are included, with the names of the areas it started and ended in; drive maps aren't. This copy is held by Apple in your iCloud account and is only accessible to you. Budtik cannot access it. You can turn sync off in ODO's Settings at any time.
CarPlay and your car
ODO reads the name and identifier your car reports through CarPlay so it only logs drives in your car. These stay on your iPhone and in your private iCloud.
Notifications
ODO's notifications (milestone alerts, the monthly summary and reminders) are created on your iPhone. No information is sent to us to deliver them.
Purchases
ODO Plus subscriptions and the one-off purchase are processed by Apple through the App Store, under Apple's terms and privacy policy. We don't receive your name, email address or payment details. Apple provides us with anonymous, aggregated sales reports.
Contacting support
If you email us using “Email support” in the app, your email opens with some details that help us look into a problem: the app version, your iOS version, a few settings (such as your location permission and tracking period) and a short log of what ODO did around recent drives. You can read, edit or delete any of this before you send it. We use what you send only to help you, and we delete support emails when they're no longer needed or when you ask us to.
What we don't do
- We don't sell or share personal data.
- We don't use advertising, analytics or tracking tools, and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
- We don't have servers that store your data.
Children
ODO is intended for drivers and isn't directed at children under 16.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR) you have rights over your personal data, including to access and delete it. Because your ODO data is held on your devices and in your own iCloud, you control it directly:
- Delete individual trips in ODO, delete all drive maps in ODO's Settings, or delete the app to remove its data from your iPhone.
- Remove the iCloud copy in the Settings app: [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage → ODO.
For anything else, including data in a support email, contact hello@budtik.co. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes to this policy
If we change how ODO handles data, we'll update this page and the date above, and mention significant changes in the app's release notes.