The one-minute summary
- Your trips are stored on your devices and on our servers, so they appear on every device you sign in to.
- Before LightGPX writes a location into a photo, it keeps a backup of the photo's original metadata, on your Mac and in your private cloud storage, so you can restore it.
- We never sell or rent your data, and we show no ads.
- We share data only with the service providers that help us run LightGPX.
- You can delete your account, and your trips with it, at any time.
Who we are
LightGPX is operated by Valentino Zegna, an individual developer, who is the data controller. Contact: privacy@lightgpx.com.
What we collect
- Location data. The trips you record: positions, times and related readings such as altitude and speed.
- Photo metadata backups. Before the Mac app writes a location into one of your photos, it saves a copy of that photo's original metadata: the camera and lens, capture settings and dates, the file name and folder, and any names or copyright notice stored in the file. The copy is kept on your Mac and in cloud storage only your account can reach, so you can restore your photo's original metadata. It never contains the image.
- Account data. An account identifier, your email address, and your name and profile photo if your sign-in provider shares them.
- Diagnostics. Crash reports, error logs and performance data, which include your device model, system and app version, and your account identifier and email. On iPhone, an error report can include a screenshot of the screen at that moment. Diagnostics cannot be switched off in the apps.
- Bug reports. What you choose to send: your message, any attachments, and recent app logs.
- Device identifier. A random identifier each device creates, to tell your devices apart.
- Waitlist. The email address you enter on this website.
We do not collect your contacts, calendars, microphone audio or advertising identifier.
How we use it
We use your data to run and improve LightGPX: to sync your trips between your devices, to provide the apps' features, to keep your account secure, to fix bugs, to understand how the apps are used, and to write to you about the beta or in reply to your messages. Your trips are encrypted in transit and at rest, and other users cannot read them. We never sell your data or share it with data brokers or advertisers.
Service providers
We use service providers for cloud hosting and sign-in, diagnostics, AI processing, email, maps and content delivery. They handle your data only to provide their service to us, and we share it only with providers that protect it to the same standard as this policy. Some of them store it in the USA. To suggest which trip a new recording belongs to, AI processing receives summaries of your trips, never your name or email. If you sign in with Apple or Google, that company also handles your sign-in.
Retention and deletion
We keep your data while your account exists. Data on your Mac stays there until you remove it, including after you sign out.
To delete your account, open Settings in the iPhone app, tap your account card, then Manage Account > Delete account. The Mac app cannot delete an account. Deletion erases your trips from our servers and deletes your sign-in, and your other devices are signed out. Deletion also erases your photo metadata backups from our servers; the copies on your Mac stay there until you remove them. A few records can remain, such as a note that the account was deleted, a waitlist entry and diagnostics already sent. Email us and we will delete them within 30 days.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example the EEA, the UK, Switzerland or California), you can ask to access, correct, delete or export your data, object to or restrict its processing, and complain to your local supervisory authority. The in-app GPX export covers export of your tracks. Email us to use any of these rights.
You can withdraw your consent at any time. Turn off Location for LightGPX in your iPhone’s Settings to stop recording, sign out to stop syncing, or delete your account as described above. Email us to withdraw any other consent.
Children
LightGPX is not for children under 13. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we will delete it.
Changes
When this policy changes, we update the date and version at the top. For a material change, we also email you if we have your address.
Contact
LightGPX