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Privacy Policy

Last updated October 16, 2026 · Effective for AeroTrack EFB, published by AeroTrack IQ LLC

  1. Summary
  2. Information we collect
  3. How we use it
  4. What we share, and with whom
  5. Where data lives
  6. Third-party data sources
  7. Retention and deletion
  8. Children's privacy
  9. Your choices
  10. Changes to this policy
  11. Contact

1. Summary

AeroTrack EFB is an electronic flight bag app for iPad and iPhone. It is built to collect as little data as it can: there is no account you have to create (an optional sign-in with Apple exists for services tied to your own account), no advertising identifier, and no advertising or behavioral-analytics SDK in the app. Your device's location is used on your device to run the moving map and traffic display — not to build a profile of you.

What does leave your device is listed in section 2: requests for maps, charts and weather; subscription verification; and, if you leave it on, iCloud sync of your own flight records to your own iCloud.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Location

With your permission, the app reads your device's location — including in the background while the screen is off, if you turn on Background Tracking — to show your aircraft's position on the moving map, compute groundspeed and track, and drive navigation fields like cross-track error and time en route. The app does not send your device's GPS position to us or to any third party. When it loads data it asks for an airport, a map area, or a route you planned; see 2.4.

If Record Track Logs is on (it is on by default), the app saves the path you fly — position, altitude and time — on your device. See 2.7 for how that can sync.

2.2 Motion and barometric data

On devices with a barometer, the app reads ambient pressure to display pressure altitude and cabin altitude. This stays on the device.

2.3 Local network (ADS-B receivers)

If you connect a compatible ADS-B receiver (such as a Stratux), the app listens on your local Wi-Fi network for GDL-90 traffic and weather broadcasts. This is a local connection to hardware you control; the data stays on your device and we do not receive it.

2.4 Maps, charts and data downloads

Chart packs, airport data, weather, NOTAMs and similar content are served from our backend. A request says what you asked for — a chart region, an airport, a route corridor, a data file — along with the app's own access credential. Like any web request, it discloses your IP address to our hosting provider, Cloudflare. We do not tie these requests to an account, a name, or an advertising identifier. Downloads of paid features carry the short-lived token described in 2.5.

Some content is fetched directly by the app from other organizations' servers. Those servers see your IP address and the map area you asked for; if the map is following your aircraft, that area is, in effect, where you are. These organizations have their own privacy practices and logs, and we do not receive what they collect:

2.5 Subscriptions

AeroTrack EFB is offered by subscription. Purchases are made and managed through Apple's App Store; we never receive your payment card or Apple ID details.

To unlock what you have paid for, the app proves to our backend that this device holds an active subscription. The first time on a device, it sends Apple's signed record of your purchase, together with a public key the device creates (the matching private key never leaves the device and is protected by its Secure Enclave). Afterwards the device proves itself by signing a short-lived challenge from our backend, without sending the purchase record again. Our backend asks Apple's App Store Server API whether the subscription is active and returns a short-lived token that the app uses for paid downloads. Our backend keeps one record per subscription: Apple's original transaction ID, an app transaction ID that Apple assigns to your Apple Account for this app, the product, the expiry date, whether the purchase is production or sandbox, and when the record was last updated. For each device that has proved itself it also keeps that device's public key and the times it was created and last used. It holds no name, email address, or other contact detail. Apple also notifies our backend when a subscription renews, lapses or is refunded, and we update that record.

We use RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc.) to display the purchase screen and to give us subscription reporting. The RevenueCat SDK in the app communicates with RevenueCat's servers, which may receive an anonymous identifier RevenueCat generates for your installation, App Store subscription and transaction information, and device and network details such as your IP address, operating system and app version. RevenueCat acts as our service provider; see its privacy policy at revenuecat.com/privacy.

2.5a Optional sign-in with Apple

You can choose to sign in with Apple in the app's Settings, under Account. You never have to, and nothing in the app requires it today. If you do, we ask Apple for neither your name nor your email address. We store an identifier Apple gives us that is specific to this app; a record of each iPhone or iPad you have signed in on (a random identifier the app creates for that installation, whether it is an iPhone or iPad, the iOS and app versions, and when it last connected); and the sign-in sessions for those devices, kept as one-way hashes of their tokens. We also keep, encrypted, a token Apple gives us so that deleting your account can ask Apple to revoke AeroTrack's access. Sessions expire after 60 days and expired records are removed. In Settings you can sign a device out, sign out of every device, or delete your account; deleting removes all of this. Signing out or deleting your account does not cancel your subscription or remove your flight plans, tracks, logbook or iCloud data.

2.6 What we do not collect

We do not use advertising SDKs or behavioral-analytics SDKs, and we do not track you across other companies' apps or websites. We do not collect contacts, photos, browsing history, or data from other apps, and we do not sell personal information. If you have chosen to share iOS analytics with app developers, Apple may give us crash reports and anonymous usage statistics; we receive nothing from you directly.

2.7 Flight records and iCloud sync

The app keeps flight tracks (the path you flew, from your device's location), logbook entries, aircraft profiles, weight-and-balance presets, settings, favorite airports and saved flights. They are stored on your device.

If you are signed in to iCloud and iCloud Sync is on in the app's Settings (it is on by default), the same records are also stored in the app's private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit, so they appear on your other devices. That data is held by Apple under your Apple ID and subject to Apple's terms; it is not sent to our servers and we cannot read it. You can turn off iCloud Sync, or Record Track Logs, in Settings at any time. To remove data already in iCloud, use the iCloud storage management in iOS Settings.

2.6 Announcement emails (this website)

If you sign up for launch updates on this website, we collect the email address you enter. If you also choose to volunteer for beta testing, we collect your optional answers about how often you fly, aircraft type, certificates and ratings, device, current EFB app, home airport, and whether you're willing to give feedback. We use your email only to send announcements about AeroTrack EFB, such as its release and major new features, and we use any beta answers only to select and contact beta testers. The information is stored with MailerLite, our email service provider, which handles it on our behalf under its own privacy policy; we do not sell it or share it for advertising. Every announcement includes an unsubscribe link, and you can also write to the address in section 11 to have your information deleted. Signing up is separate from using the app.

3. How we use it

Any information described above is used only to:

4. What we share, and with whom

We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not share it for advertising. We share data only with the providers that make the app work, each under its own terms:

We may also disclose information where required by law.

5. Where data lives

Your flight plans, tracks, logbook, saved aircraft, weight-and-balance profiles, settings and downloaded chart packs are stored on your device, and in your private iCloud if you use sync (2.7). Our backend, on Cloudflare's network, holds the aeronautical and weather data we serve and the subscription record described in 2.5. We do not require an account. If you choose to sign in with Apple, our backend holds the minimal sign-in records described in 2.5a. We keep no profile of you beyond that and the subscription record. The only other personal information we hold is an email address, if you sign up for announcements on this website (2.6).

6. Third-party data sources

Aeronautical and weather data displayed in the app originates from public US government sources, including the FAA (the National Airspace System Resources subscription, Aeronautical Information Services, the NOTAM Management Service, and tfr.faa.gov), NOAA and the National Weather Service (aviationweather.gov, nowCOAST and NCEP models), and USGS. Base maps use OpenStreetMap data through OpenFreeMap, and USDA and USGS aerial imagery. The full list and credits are under Settings › About › Data Sources & Credits. This policy covers data AeroTrack collects about you — it does not change the terms under which these organizations publish their own data.

7. Retention and deletion

Data stored on your device — flight plans, tracks, logbook, aircraft profiles, downloaded charts — remains until you delete it or delete the app. Data in your private iCloud remains until you delete it there. The subscription record described in 2.5 is kept while the subscription is active and for 12 months after it ends, which is long enough to answer support and refund questions, and is then deleted. You can ask us to delete it sooner (section 9). The app transaction ID and device keys tied to a subscription are deleted with its record. A device's public key is also deleted after it goes unused for 400 days. If you sign in with Apple, your sign-in records are deleted when you delete your account in the app's Settings; otherwise sessions expire after 60 days. An announcement-list email address is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Apple keeps its own purchase records under its own terms. Server-side request logs tied to content delivery are retained only as long as needed for security and reliability, then rotated out in the ordinary course of infrastructure operation.

8. Children's privacy

AeroTrack EFB is a professional and recreational aviation tool. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.

9. Your choices

Location, local network, and motion permissions are all controlled from iOS Settings and can be revoked at any time; features that depend on them will stop working accordingly. In the app's Settings you can turn off Background Tracking, Record Track Logs and iCloud Sync. You can delete locally stored app data by removing the app from your device. If you have signed in with Apple, you can sign devices out and delete your account under Settings → Account; deleting your account does not cancel your subscription, which you manage in your Apple ID subscriptions.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, and to opt out of its sale or sharing for advertising. We do not sell personal information or share it for advertising. To make a request, email support@aerotrackefb.com; we may ask for details of the subscription to find your record, because the app holds no name, and the only email address we hold is one you gave us for announcements. We will not treat you differently for making a request.

10. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top of this page. Material changes will be reflected here before or as they take effect.

11. Contact

AeroTrack IQ LLC
dev@aerotrackefb.com · support@aerotrackefb.com