Privacy policy - Personal Departure Board

Publisher: Digital Shijil LLC. Contact: contact@digitalshijil.com

Published at: https://apps.digitalshijil.com/personal-departure-board/privacy/

Effective: 2026-11-06

What the app does with your data

Personal Departure Board keeps the timetables you type in or import on your phone: route names, stop names, days, departure times, reminder choices and your display settings (theme, clock format, how many departures to list). The app has no account, no backend, no cloud sync, no ads and no analytics or advertising SDK. The app itself sends nothing to any server, and it does not hold the internet permission.

What is collected

• Diagnostics (App info and performance): collected, not shared, required. This is the technical data Google Play Billing handles when you buy, restore or manage Pro. We do not receive your card or payment details; Google does.
• Nothing else is collected: no name, email, location, contacts, photos, microphone or camera data, and no device identifiers.
• The routes, stops and times you enter are used only to draw your board, your widget and your reminders. They stay on the phone.

Files you choose

• Importing a GTFS timetable file (Pro) uses the system file picker. The app copies the zip you pick into its private cache, reads it on the phone, keeps only the lines you tick, and deletes the copy afterwards. The file is never uploaded.
• Exporting (JSON or CSV), backing up and restoring use the system file picker as well. Where the file goes is your choice; the app does not see or keep it.

Permissions

• Notifications (Android 13 and later): asked for only the first time you switch on a departure reminder. If you say no, reminders stay off and the rest of the app works.
• No location, camera, microphone, contacts, storage or internet permission. The manifest lists only the Google Play billing permission, plus the standard background-work permissions WorkManager needs to keep reminders and the widget fresh after a restart.
• The home-screen widget shows the routes you chose on your own home screen. Nothing about it leaves the phone.

Your controls

• Settings > Export everything (JSON) and Export times (CSV) save your routes as files you choose.
• Settings > Back up to a file and Restore from a backup move your routes between phones. A backup file is not encrypted; keep it somewhere you trust.
• Settings > Delete all data erases routes, settings, reminders and cached files from the phone and returns the app to a fresh install. A Pro purchase belongs to your Google account and is not affected.
• Settings > Manage subscription opens Google Play subscription management. Cancel the yearly plan any time in Google Play.
• If Android backup is on for your phone, the app database and settings can be stored in your own Google account backup. You can delete that backup in your Google account settings. The purchase cache is excluded.

Children

The app is not designed for children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

Timetable accuracy

The times shown are the ones you or your file supplied. The app does not track vehicles and knows nothing about delays or cancellations. Check with the operator before you rely on a departure.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published at the address above with a new effective date. Questions: contact@digitalshijil.com.