Car Dashboard Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Car Dashboard ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use the Car Dashboard application (the "App"). It covers existing dashboard features, AI Create and its consent and reporting controls, Car TV, casting, and screen mirroring. By using the App, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy.

Our commitments for AI Create: We do not sell your personal information, including uploaded photos, prompts, or generated widgets. We do not use your photos or other submitted content to train our own AI models. Photos you choose to upload, including photos of people or cars, are used by us only to create and deliver the AI result you request, and are not used by us for advertising or profiling. Google's separate safety retention is explained in Sections 1.6 and 5.

1. Information We Collect and Process

1.1 No Account Required

You do not need to register an account or provide login credentials to use the App. We do not require your name, email address, or similar identifying information to use core features. If you contact support, we process the information you send us so we can respond.

1.2 Device and Technical Data

To operate and secure the App, we or our service providers may process device model, operating system and version, language and region settings, IP address (which may indicate approximate location), App version, performance metrics, and crash diagnostic data.

1.3 Location Data (Navigation, Weather, and Parking Location)

With your permission, the App may use your device or vehicle location to provide navigation and route suggestions; display nearby routes, points of interest, or map content; show local and route-based weather; and record, display, or let you share a parking location. You can manage location access in your device or vehicle settings. Disabling it may limit these features. Sharing a parking location with another person sends the location to the destination you choose.

1.4 Contacts and Calling Data

With your permission, the App may access contacts to display them in the App and let you initiate calls from the numpad or contacts interface. We do not upload contacts to unrelated third parties for marketing. Calls are handled by your device or vehicle system; we do not listen to or record them.

1.5 Media Integration (Apple Music)

When you connect Apple Music or a similar service, the App may process playback status, basic track metadata such as title, artist, and album, and session or integration tokens needed for playback controls. Your use of the connected service is also subject to its own terms and privacy policy.

1.6 AI Create and Widget Content

AI Create lets you make content for a personalized widget. When you choose to generate or edit a widget, the App processes the prompt, instructions, style or other options you enter, and any photo or other media you choose to submit. These inputs may include information about you or another person if it appears in the material you select. The generated image and related settings are returned to the App so you can preview, edit, and save the widget.

Purpose of uploaded photos. We use only the photos you select for the AI request, including photos of your car or people, to create and return the requested widget result. We do not use uploaded photos or information contained in them for advertising, profiling, sale to others, or training our own AI models. We do not authorize Google to use them to improve or train its general-purpose AI models. We do not give advertisers or data brokers access to those photos. Google's separate safety and abuse-monitoring practices are described below.

Choice before using AI Create. Before you use the feature, the App shows an AI processing notice explaining what may be shared and how the content is used. Selecting Allow & Continue authorizes the App to process your prompt, selected images, widget settings, and technical request information through our App servers and Google for the generation you request. Contacts, precise location, and unselected photo-library items are not sent as part of that request. Selecting Not Now does not upload the selected content or start that AI request. You can continue using other App features without AI Create. Stopping future use does not undo a request already submitted.

AI Create uses Google's Gemini API and its Nano Banana 2.1 image model. A generation request sends the selected input and the information needed to complete the request to Google. The App does not send your entire photo library; only material you select for a request is included. You can use the App without using AI Create. Do not submit confidential or sensitive material, or another person's image, unless you have the right to do so.

We use a paid Gemini API project. Under Google's terms for paid services, Google does not use prompts, submitted files, or responses to improve its products or train its general AI models. Google may keep limited request and response records for safety, abuse prevention, security, or legal compliance; see Section 5. We do not use your original photos, prompts, or generated widgets to train our own models.

1.7 Reports About AI-Generated Results

The AI result page lets you report a generated widget that you believe is inappropriate, unsafe, misleading, or infringes someone's privacy or rights. If you submit a report, we receive the reason you select, any additional details you choose to enter, and your email address if you choose to provide one for follow-up. The report form does not send the generated image or an image ID. We use the submitted information to review and respond to the concern, improve safety processes, and address misuse where appropriate. Reports are private and are not shown to the content creator.

1.8 Car TV and Casting

Car TV lets you select videos on your phone and display them on a compatible car screen or television. When you start casting, the App processes the video and audio needed for playback, playback controls, and connection information such as the receiving device's name, local network address, and connection status. The selected media is transmitted to the receiver you choose for that session. People who can see or hear that receiver may also see or hear what you cast.

Car TV casting does not upload the video or audio to our servers, and we do not record the cast video or audio. If you play media from a third-party source, your device may separately connect to that source to obtain the media; that source may receive your IP address and playback requests under its own privacy policy.

1.9 Screen Mirroring and Local Network Access

If you choose screen mirroring, content visible or audible on your phone during the session may appear on the receiving car screen or television. This can include notifications or personal information displayed by other apps. The App processes the screen and audio stream only to deliver the mirroring session to the receiver you select. We do not upload or record the mirrored screen or audio on our servers.

To discover and connect to compatible receivers, the App may use local network access and process nearby device names, local IP addresses, and connection information. Your device's operating system may ask for permission. You can stop the session in the App or revoke local network or screen-sharing permission in system settings; those choices may disable casting or mirroring.

1.10 Audio and Saved Content

The App may process information generated when you browse, preview, select, or customize sound effects, including text-to-speech and local audio import. Content you save in My Widgets, My Sounds, or My Car is kept on your device until you delete it or uninstall the App, subject to your device backup settings. A widget made with AI Create may include a copy of the generated result saved on your device.

1.11 Usage and Analytics Data

We may collect anonymized or pseudonymized data about feature use, interaction paths, crashes, performance, and permission-related issues. For Car TV and casting, this may include whether a session started, succeeded, failed, or ended, and diagnostic connection information. Third-party analytics providers may process some of this data on our behalf. Casting and mirroring analytics are separate from the video, audio, or screen stream, which we do not upload or record.

2. How We Use Information

• Provide and maintain widgets, sound effects, navigation, weather, parking location, contacts, calling, and media controls.
• Generate and edit widget content when you request AI Create.
• Review reports about AI-generated results, respond when you provide a follow-up email, and address safety or misuse concerns.
• Discover receiving devices and deliver Car TV, casting, and screen mirroring sessions that you start.
• Monitor performance, fix crashes and connection problems, improve onboarding, and optimize the App across devices.
• Detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, abuse, or unauthorized access, and comply with legal obligations.

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, these activities may rely on providing the service you request, your consent for optional permissions or processing, our legitimate interests in maintaining and securing the App, or legal obligations. You may decline an optional permission, but the feature needing it may not work.

3. Third-Party Services

The following services may receive information as described above. Their handling of data is also governed by their own terms and policies:

• Google Gemini API (Nano Banana 2.1): Processes the prompts, selected media, and generated results needed for AI Create. See the Gemini API terms and Google Privacy Policy.
• AppsFlyer: Provides install attribution and marketing analytics and may process device identifiers, such as IDFA or IDFV where available, and install or in-App events. See AppsFlyer's privacy policy.
• Meta (Facebook): Provides advertising measurement and attribution and may process device information and App events. See Meta's privacy policy.
• Firebase (Google): Provides crash reporting, performance monitoring, and usage analytics and may process device data, crash logs, and usage events. See Firebase privacy information.
• Apple Music: Processes information needed for its media integration under Apple's privacy policy.
• Media sources and receiving devices you choose: A streaming source may receive the requests needed to supply media. A car screen, television, or its platform receives the video, audio, or screen content you choose to cast or mirror and may process it under that device or platform's own terms.

We use third-party services only for the relevant features and require appropriate protection when a provider processes data on our behalf. We do not sell your personal information, uploaded photos, prompts, or generated content. We do not share AI Create inputs or results with advertisers or data brokers.

4. When We Share Information

We share information with service providers and integrations described in Section 3 to deliver requested features, operate analytics and attribution, and maintain the App. We may also disclose information when required by law or legal process, to protect rights or safety, or as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or asset sale, subject to appropriate safeguards. Casting or mirroring sends the selected stream to the receiving device you choose, as described in Sections 1.8 and 1.9. We do not display submitted reports to the content creator.

5. Data Retention

• Saved content on your device, including widgets, sounds, and car settings, remains until you delete it or uninstall the App, subject to device backups.
• We process AI Create inputs and outputs to complete your request. We do not keep original uploaded photos on our own servers for an independent content library. A result you save remains on your device until you delete it.
• Google applies its own limited retention for Gemini API safety and abuse monitoring. Its current abuse-monitoring documentation states that prompts, contextual information, and outputs may be retained for 55 days for those purposes. This is separate from copies you save in the App.
• We retain report form information only as long as needed to review and resolve the report, respond if requested, address misuse, and meet applicable legal obligations. The report does not include a copy or ID of the generated image.
• We do not keep a server-side recording of Car TV casting or screen mirroring sessions. Local temporary playback or connection data is cleared as the session or system lifecycle requires.
• AppsFlyer, Meta, and Firebase retain analytics and attribution information according to their applicable policies. We retain other technical and support information only as needed to operate the App, resolve disputes, and meet legal obligations.

Where feasible, we aggregate or pseudonymize data to reduce identification risk.

6. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information processed through the App against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse, including encrypted transmission for network requests where supported. No system can guarantee absolute security. Use trusted devices and networks, keep software up to date, and avoid unauthorized changes to your device or vehicle system.

7. Your Choices and Controls

• Manage location, contacts, photo and video, local network, screen-sharing, notification, and other permissions through your device or vehicle settings.
• Choose Not Now at the AI processing notice to avoid uploading selected content or starting that AI request. Choose Allow & Continue only if you want the selected material processed for AI Create. You can stop using AI Create at any time.
• Submit a report from an AI result if you have a concern. The additional details and follow-up email fields are optional.
• Choose the receiving device and start or stop each Car TV, casting, or mirroring session. Adjust notification visibility on your phone before screen mirroring if you want to keep notifications off the receiving display.
• Delete saved widgets, sounds, and other content within the App where available, or uninstall the App to remove its local data, subject to device backups.
• Manage advertising tracking through device settings, including Apple's App Tracking Transparency controls. Where supported, manage optional analytics and diagnostics through the App or system settings.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information, or to object to or restrict certain processing. Contact us using Section 11. Because no account is required, we may need limited information to locate data related to your request.

8. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the App, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

9. International Data Transfers

Depending on your location and the location of our service providers, information may be processed in other countries or regions with different data protection laws. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for these transfers. Local casting also sends the selected stream to the receiver you choose; if a third-party media source is involved, it may process requests in its own operating regions.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes in features, providers, technology, or legal requirements. We will publish the updated version in or alongside the App and revise the effective date. When a change is material, we will provide additional notice where required.

11. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or privacy requests, email [email protected].