Avyloft Privacy Policy

Who operates Avyloft

Alderbeam, Inc. operates the Avyloft iPhone and Android apps and the Avyloft Journey Pack service. Privacy questions and requests can be sent to info@alderbeam.com.

Information kept on your device

Saved flights, active-journey state, seat and window preferences, route progress, diary entries, ratings, Journey Photos, summaries, history, downloaded Journey Packs, and app preferences are stored in the app's private local storage. Camera frames and motion or orientation samples are processed while the relevant feature is active; they are not uploaded. A photo is saved only when you choose to capture or select it.

Optional foreground location can improve progress and direction during an active journey. Accepted coordinates, accuracy, course, and related calibration remain on the device. Avyloft does not request background location.

Information sent to prepare a Journey Pack

After you save a flight, Avyloft can automatically prepare offline scenery. When preparation uses the online service, Avyloft sends the origin, destination, a bounded set of planned-route points, optional planned altitude and scenery categories, media preference, locale, platform, app version, and schema version over HTTPS. The request does not contain your diary, photos, seat number, live location, sensor stream, account identifier, or detailed journey history.

A deterministic route cache may retain the planned route and generated public scenery content until its expiry. Equivalent routes can reuse the same cached pack, so this is not a per-user account record and cannot be deleted as an individual profile. Ordinary network and security metadata may also be processed to deliver and protect the service.

Service providers and map content

Cloudflare delivers and protects the Journey Pack API and routes its database traffic. Neon hosts the public scenery catalogue and bounded, expiring pack objects. For selected public places, the service may use official Wikimedia APIs to obtain reusable text or media with source and licence metadata.

The detailed online map uses OpenFreeMap. Map tile, font, sprite, and Wikimedia image requests reveal ordinary network metadata and the map area or public image requested to those providers. They do not receive your diary, Journey Photos, seat, account, live location, or Journey Pack request body. Natural Earth map data remains available as an offline fallback.

Analytics, advertising, and sharing

Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics are enabled by default to measure coarse product use and diagnose crashes. You can turn both off with Share anonymous diagnostics in Settings. Google Analytics can process a per-installation app identifier, general location derived from a masked IP address, app lifecycle events, and Avyloft's bounded feature events. Crashlytics can process stack traces, relevant app and device state, a Crashlytics installation identifier, and session quality metrics.

Avyloft does not set a Firebase user ID or include flight numbers, routes, GPS samples, seat details, diary text, photos, captions, place identities, or exported records in analytics or crash parameters. The apps show no advertising, do not collect an advertising identifier, and do not use analytics for cross-app tracking. Turning diagnostics off stops future collection and removes unsent crash reports where the Firebase SDK supports it.

An export or Journey Summary leaves the app only when you choose a destination in the operating system share sheet. Avyloft cannot recall copies after you share them.

Retention, deletion, and backup

You can delete individual records and photos, remove downloaded packs, clear disposable caches, export your records, or use Delete all local data in Settings. Removing the app also removes its local data subject to the operating system's backup and restore behaviour. Encrypted device backups may include the app database and private Journey Photos. Expiring Journey Pack cache objects are removed by bounded service cleanup.

Your choices and contact

Camera, notifications, motion or sensors, photo selection, and foreground location are requested in context. You can deny or later change permissions in device Settings and continue with schedule estimates and offline fallbacks. Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning personal information processed by service providers. Contact info@alderbeam.com.

Changes

We may update this policy when Avyloft's data practices change. The effective date above identifies the version currently in force. Material changes will be reflected in the app or its store listing as appropriate.