Privacy policy
Last updated 12 November 2026
The short version. Recon works without an account. Your places, rides, garage and settings are stored on your phone. If you choose to sign in, they are also saved to your account so you can move to a new phone. There are no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
What stays on your phone
- Saved places (Home, Office, Fuel and your own), recorded rides (route, times, speeds), your garage (fill-ups, reminders) and settings.
- Your location is used while you plan or navigate a route and, during navigation, in the background so guidance continues with the screen off. It is not uploaded, except that if you sign in, your saved rides (including their GPS tracks) are saved to your account (see below).
- Offline maps and routing data you download.
What leaves your phone
| When | What | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| You search for a place | Your search text and, if allowed, an approximate position to bias results | Recon's search service, which asks Google Places | To find places. Recon does not store search text. |
| You download maps | Your IP address (inherent to any download) | Recon's download service | To serve the files |
| Every search | A random per-install ID | Recon's search service | To limit abuse. It isn't linked to you. |
| You sign in (optional) | Your Google account's name, email and account ID | Recon's account service | To recognise you |
| You are signed in | Places, rides (including GPS tracks), garage and settings | Recon's account service | To keep them safe and move them between phones |
| You connect to a compatible bike display | Navigation instructions and the map picture | Directly to the display over its own Wi-Fi | To show guidance on it |
Recon does not sell data, share it for advertising, or combine it with other sources.
Your choices
- Sign out any time: your data stays on the phone.
- Delete account (Settings, then Account): deletes your account and everything saved in it, on the server, immediately. Data on the phone stays.
- Erase my saved data (Settings, then Privacy): clears your data on the phone, and from your account if you are signed in.
- Location can be turned off in your phone's settings; navigation then needs a start point you choose.
Keeping it
Signed-in sessions last 90 days. Saved data is kept until you delete it or the account. If you lose access to the Google account you signed in with, Recon cannot recover your saved data for you.
Where it is processed
Recon's services run on Cloudflare. Search uses Google Places; see Google's terms and privacy notice.
Children
Recon is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date above changes. Material changes will also be noted in the app.
Contact
Questions or deletion requests: adixavi7@gmail.com