PermitPal AU

PermitPal AU ("the App", "we", "us") is a study and practice-test app that helps learner drivers prepare for the theory/knowledge test required to obtain a learner permit or learner licence in an Australian state or territory.

This Privacy Policy explains, in plain language, exactly what data the App handles and why. It applies to the mobile app distributed via the Apple App Store and Google Play, and to this website. In short: the App has no backend server, no user accounts, and does not transmit any data over the network — every study feature works fully offline.

The App does not ask for, request permission for, or otherwise collect:

• An account, sign-up, login, or user profile of any kind
• Your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, or government ID
• Precise or approximate location
• Camera, microphone, contacts, calendar, or photo-library access
• Advertising identifiers (IDFA / AAID) — the App shows no ads and contains no ad SDK
• Analytics, crash-reporting, or behavioural-tracking data — no analytics SDK (e.g. Firebase, Sentry, Mixpanel) is embedded in the App
• Cookies — this is a native app; the App itself sets no cookies

To let you track your own study progress, the App saves the following data locally on your device only, using the device's private, sandboxed app storage. None of it is uploaded, synced, or made visible to us.

This data is tied only to your device — it is never linked to your identity, never transmitted anywhere, and cannot be accessed by us, by other apps, or by anyone else unless they have physical access to your unlocked device.

All curriculum text, lesson content, and the full practice-question banks are bundled inside the App at install time. The App does not call any remote server or API to load this content, check licences, or sync progress — it works identically with your device in airplane mode.

The App's core study features — lesson content, question banks, and practice/mock-exam sessions — never call a server on their own. That said, the installed app package does declare a system-level network permission, coming from (a) the in-app purchase library shared across both iOS and Android (see section 6), and (b) the outbound links described in the next section. This permission is not used by the App to collect or transmit any of your study data.

Certain lessons reference the official road-user handbook published by the relevant state or territory road authority (for example VicRoads / Transport Victoria's "Road to Solo Driving", Transport for NSW's "Road User Handbook", and equivalent handbooks for QLD, SA, WA, TAS, ACT and NT). Tapping such a link opens the government's own PDF in your device's external browser — the App itself does not download, proxy, or read the content of that page.

On Android, the Settings screen and a few other screens show a "Support via Buy Me a Coffee" button — tapping it opens buymeacoffee.com in your device's external browser. This is an independent third-party service; if you choose to support the app or enter details (such as an email address) on that page, the data is handled under Buy Me a Coffee's own privacy policy, not the App's.

On iOS, the Settings screen offers a Tip Jar that lets you leave an optional, voluntary tip — it does not unlock any extra feature or content. This transaction is processed entirely through Apple's StoreKit (in-app purchases) — we never receive, store, or see any of your payment details; Apple only reports back to the App whether the transaction succeeded.

Installing and running the App through the Apple App Store or Google Play means Apple or Google, as the distribution platform, may collect standard install, download, device, and crash-level information under their own privacy policies — this happens at the operating-system / store level and is entirely outside the App's code and our control:

• Apple: apple.com/legal/privacy
• Google: policies.google.com/privacy

This also applies to the iOS Tip Jar transactions described in section 5 — Apple processes the entire in-app purchase under Apple's own privacy policy above; we only receive confirmation of whether the transaction succeeded, never any payment details.

Learner permits/licences in Australia can be obtained from as young as 15–16 depending on the state or territory, so the App is intentionally usable by younger teenagers as well as adults. Because the App collects no personal information from any user, regardless of age, no personal data is ever collected from children through use of the App, and no parental-consent workflow is required for the App's own data practices.

On-device study data is retained for as long as the App remains installed, or until you clear it yourself. You are always in full control:

• Use the App's in-app "Reset progress" option (in Settings) to erase your saved results, bookmarks, and streaks while keeping the App installed.
• Uninstalling the App removes all of its local data permanently, following your device operating system's normal app-data-removal behaviour.

Because nothing is stored off-device, there is no separate deletion request process needed — deleting locally is complete and immediate.

Because we never hold your personal information on any server, the usual rights to access, correct, export, or delete "your data held by a company" are inherently already satisfied — the only copy of your study data is the one on your own device, which you can view, change (by using the App), or erase at any time as described above.

If a future version of the App introduces optional cloud sync, accounts, or any other feature that involves us holding personal information, this policy will be updated first, and the applicable access/correction/deletion rights under Australian privacy law will be described here before that feature is enabled.

Since all of your study data stays on your device and is never transmitted, there is no server-side copy of it for us to protect, and no server for it to be exposed from in the event of a data breach. Your data's security therefore depends on the normal security of your device and operating system (device passcode/biometrics, OS-level app sandboxing, and keeping your device's software up to date) — the same protections that already guard the rest of your phone or tablet.

This App is developed with regard to the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Because the App does not collect or hold any personal information, most APP obligations (which are triggered by the collection and holding of personal information) do not operationally arise from normal use of the App. We nonetheless commit to complying fully with the APPs and any applicable Australian privacy law should the App's data practices ever change.

The App's content is specific to Australian state and territory road rules, but the App itself can technically be downloaded and used from anywhere. Because no data ever leaves your device, using the App from outside Australia does not involve any cross-border transfer of your personal information.

If the App's data practices change in the future — for example, if a feature requiring network access, accounts, or cloud sync is introduced — this page will be updated in advance, and the "Last updated" date and version number at the top will change accordingly. We recommend checking this page periodically, especially before granting any new permission the App may request after an update.

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback about this Privacy Policy or the App's data practices, please get in touch: