Privacy policy

Last updated: 12 November 2026. The Turkish version is the original; this is a translation.

This policy applies to us as the developer of StoryCar: Yol Hikayeleri (phone and Android Auto). The app plays audio stories about the place you pass, your city, Türkiye and the world while you travel.

1. Location

• The app uses the approximate and precise location permissions. Location is read in two situations: while the app is open (to show stories nearby on the home screen) and while a journey runs (a "journey" notification is shown). Background location permission is not requested.
• Location is used on your phone to find the nearby story and your direction of travel. It is not sent to us or anyone else, and it is not sold or shared.
• Location is provided by Android's location service (Google Play services), which follows your phone's own location settings.
• The last province you were in is stored on your phone so stories can be downloaded ahead for the next journey.

2. Downloading recordings and pictures

• Story recordings and pictures are downloaded over HTTPS from our cloud storage, Cloudflare R2. Some are downloaded ahead and kept on your phone so they play where the signal is weak.
• As with any website, the storage sees your phone's IP address and the name of the requested file. On Wi-Fi the stories of the whole province are downloaded; on mobile data only nearby stories are downloaded, so the requested files can roughly reveal your area.
• These requests are not linked to an account, a name or an advertising ID. We do not keep, read or turn these request records into location data. Cloudflare processes this information to deliver files and prevent abuse under its own privacy policy.

3. What stays on your phone

The following is stored only on your phone and is not sent to us. The app does not use Android's cloud backup, so it does not go there either:

• the stories you have heard (so a story is not offered again within six months),
• your "Beğendim" (like), "Kaydet" (save) and "Bunu az anlat" (tell me less) choices and the topics you picked at first launch,
• your settings (story interval, how stories are offered, appearance),
• downloaded recordings and pictures,
• a short app log: which story was offered and played when, possible errors, and location points during journeys. The log is kept small; old lines are deleted automatically.

4. Sharing the log

Only if you tap "Günlüğü paylaş" (share log) in Settings is the log sent, through Android's share sheet, to the app you choose (for example email or Drive). The log contains location points from your journeys. Do this only when you want to help us find a problem; nothing is sent automatically.

5. Android Auto and notifications

The car screen shows the story list and playback buttons. No information is collected from the car. Notifications (journey status, a story ready to play) are created on your phone; no push notification server is used.

6. What we do not collect

We do not collect your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos, microphone, advertising ID, device ID, usage statistics or crash reports. The app has no ads and no third-party analytics.

7. Children

StoryCar is meant for adults in the car. It includes stories suitable for children in the back seat, but it does not collect personal information from anyone, children included.

8. Deletion

There is no record about you on our servers, so there is no account to delete. You can clear the stories you have heard with "Dinlediklerimi sıfırla" (reset heard stories) in Settings. Uninstalling the app deletes all data on your phone (settings, log, downloaded recordings).

9. Data protection

Questions and requests under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK, Law No. 6698) or other data protection laws can be sent to the address below. As we hold no personal data on our servers, we answer by explaining how to delete the data on your phone.

10. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published on this page with an updated date. If the app starts using more information, we will say so here and on the app's Google Play page first.

11. Contact

destek@storycar.app