Privacy Policy

Information we collect

• Location. With your permission, we use your device’s location to find nearby stations and estimate driving distances and costs. Your coordinates are sent to our API only to return stations near you and are not stored against your identity.
• Account details (Google Sign-In). If you sign in with Google, we receive your email address and a Google account identifier to create and identify your account. We never receive your Google password.
• Favourites. Stations you save are stored against your account so they sync across the web and app.
• Station ratings. If you rate a station, we store your answers (which fuel, whether the pump price matched, what you paid if it didn’t, your star rating and any comment) against your account, along with the station’s published price at that moment. Ratings are shown publicly without your name or email: other visitors see only “Verified driver”. We also record any comments you report and any reviewers you hide.
• Email verification. Before you can rate, we confirm you own your email address (an address confirmed by Google, or by Apple when Apple shares it, counts) and record that you accepted the reviews content policy. We send the verification email through our email provider, Resend.
• Notification token. If you enable price-drop alerts, we store a Firebase Cloud Messaging token so we can send you notifications. You can disable this at any time.
• Preferences. Your fuel type, vehicle MPG, tank capacity, and theme are stored locally on your device, not on our servers.

How we use your information

• Show fuel prices and stations near you.
• Save and sync your favourite stations.
• Send price-drop alerts you’ve opted into.
• Publish station ratings, check comments against our content policy, and prevent abuse (for example limiting how often an account can rate).
• Operate, secure, and improve the service.

Data sharing and third parties

We do not sell your data. We rely on these providers to deliver the service:

• Google — Maps (map display), Sign-In (authentication), and Firebase Cloud Messaging (notifications). Your use of these is subject to Google’s privacy policy.
• AI moderation provider — the text of a rating comment (and the station’s name) is sent to an AI service, such as Google Gemini, Anthropic or OpenAI, solely to check it against our content policy. It is sent without your name, email or account identifier. These providers may process it outside the UK.
• UK Government Fuel Finder scheme — the source of fuel price data, used under the Open Government Licence. We consume this data; we do not share your information with them.

Data storage and retention

Account data (your email, Google identifier, and favourites) is retained while your account is active. Ratings are kept while your account is active and count towards a station’s score for 12 months; deleting your account deletes them. Fuel price data is public information from the Fuel Finder scheme. Data is stored on our own servers in the UK/EU.

Your rights and choices

• Location: revoke location permission in your browser or device settings at any time.
• Notifications: turn off price-drop alerts or revoke notification permission on your device.
• Sign out: sign out from Settings to stop using your account on a device.
• Favourites: remove any saved station at any time.
• Ratings: you can edit a rating up to three times in the 24 hours after posting it. To have a particular rating removed, email us at privacy@fueltracker.uk.
• Access or deletion: you can delete your account and its data from the app’s Settings tab (how to delete your account). To request a copy of your data, or to delete your account without the app, email us at privacy@fueltracker.uk. As a UK service, we honour your rights under UK GDPR.

Children

The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email privacy@fueltracker.uk.