RideWave — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 14 August 2026

RideWave ("RideWave", "the app", "we", "us") is a group motorcycle-riding app that lets riders see each other on a live map, talk over voice while they ride, share music, and reach help in an emergency. This policy explains what data the app processes, why, and who it is shared with. We do not sell your personal data.

If you have any questions, contact us at filipv65@gmail.com.

1. Data we process and why

• Account information — an email address (for a registered account) or an anonymous guest identifier, plus the display name you choose. Used to sign you in and identify you to your riding group.
• Precise location — while a ride is active, your GPS location is shared in real time with the other riders in that ride so everyone appears on the live map, and is used to draw routes, estimate arrival times, and calculate ride statistics (distance, speed). Aggregate ride stats are saved to your ride history; we do not keep a separate long-term log of your movements.
• Microphone / voice — when you join a ride's voice chat, your audio is streamed live to the other riders in that ride. Voice is real-time only; we do not record or store it.
• Music and media on your device — with your permission, the app reads your local audio library so you can play it, and can read the "now playing" information of other media apps to display it. This stays on your device; the only thing shared with your group is the current song title, so riders can see what you are playing.
• Emergency contacts — contacts you add for the SOS feature. On an SOS, the app may place a phone call to your first emergency contact and share your location with your ride.
• Ride and social data — rides you create or join, your friends (added by a friend code), notifications, and saved ride history (distance, duration, average/max speed, lean angle).
• Diagnostics and usage — crash reports and basic usage analytics that help us fix bugs and improve the app, plus your device's battery level, shown in the ride display.

2. Permissions

• Location (precise) — live map, routing, ETA, ride stats.
• Microphone — group voice chat.
• Music / media & notification access — play your local library and read other apps' playback info.
• Phone (place calls) — call your emergency contact on SOS. If denied, the app just opens the dialer instead.
• Bluetooth — route voice/music to Bluetooth audio devices (e.g. a helmet headset).
• Notifications & foreground services — keep voice and music working, and keep you notified, while the app is in the background or the screen is locked during a ride.

3. Who we share data with

We share data only as needed to run the app:

• Other riders in your ride — your location, display name, speaking status and current song title, for the duration of that ride.
• Service providers that process data on our behalf:
  • Supabase — hosts our database and sign-in (account, rides, friends, notifications, ride history, emergency contacts).
  • LiveKit — powers the real-time group voice and relays live location between riders during a ride.
  • Google Firebase (Analytics & Crashlytics) — crash reporting and usage analytics.
  • Map and routing services — map tiles (OpenFreeMap / MapLibre) and OpenStreetMap-based routing and address search (OSRM, Nominatim). Coordinates are sent to these services to load the map and calculate routes.
• Legal reasons — if required by law or to protect the safety and rights of users.

4. Data retention and deletion

Account, ride, friend and ride-history data is kept while your account exists. Live location and voice are not retained after a ride ends. You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by emailing filipv65@gmail.com; we will delete it within 30 days, except where we must keep something to comply with the law.

5. Security

Data in transit is encrypted (HTTPS/TLS), and backend access is protected by authentication and row-level security. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.

6. Children

RideWave is not directed to children under 13 (or under the minimum age required in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected here with a new "Last updated" date.

8. Contact

Questions or requests: filipv65@gmail.com.