Privacy Policy
Your car records stay with you
No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Lugnut doesn't ask you to sign up, shows no ads, and contains no analytics or tracking code.
The developer doesn't receive your data. There are no Lugnut servers. Your vehicles, service records, receipts and documents are stored on your own devices.
A few lookups go to public services. Recall checks, VIN details and the tire forecast send only what each lookup needs, as listed below.
What stays on your devices
Everything you add to Lugnut is kept on your iPhone, iPad or Mac: vehicles and their details, service and repair records, costs and taxes, fuel and charging entries, reminders, warranties, tire sets, diagnostic readings, photos, scanned receipts and documents, notes and settings.
Receipts, documents, owner's manual pages and tire sidewalls are read with Apple's text recognition on your device. The images and the text found in them aren't sent anywhere.
If your copy of Lugnut syncs through iCloud and you have iCloud turned on, your records are also kept in your private iCloud database, which belongs to your Apple Account. The developer can't see it. Apple's privacy policy covers iCloud.
What leaves your device, and why
Lugnut connects to the internet only for these features. Each service can see your device's internet address, as any website can. None of them receives your name, your records or your photos.
| Feature | What's sent | Sent to |
|---|---|---|
| Recall check | A vehicle's make, model and year | Transport Canada (Canada) or the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA (United States), depending on the country you choose |
| VIN details and model list | The VIN you enter, or a make and year | NHTSA's vehicle database (vPIC) |
| Seasonal tire forecast (Lugnut Pro) | The map position of the city you pick (not your GPS location) | Apple Weather |
| City search for the forecast | What you type in the search box | Apple's map service |
| Subscription and purchases | Handled entirely by Apple | The App Store |
| Contact the Developer | The email you choose to send, with any details you include | The developer, by email |
Lugnut never uses your device's location. The forecast uses only the city you choose.
Purchases
Lugnut Pro is sold through Apple. Apple processes your payment, and the developer never sees your card or Apple Account details. The developer receives only Apple's anonymous sales reports.
Bluetooth and OBD adapters
When you use the diagnostic features, Lugnut talks directly to your OBD-II adapter over Bluetooth. Readings such as trouble codes, readiness, battery voltage and the odometer are saved on your device with that vehicle. Nothing is sent to the developer or the adapter maker.
Permissions Lugnut asks for
- Camera: to scan receipts and documents and photograph your vehicle.
- Photos: to attach pictures you choose. Lugnut sees only the photos you pick.
- Bluetooth: to connect to your OBD adapter, including in the background when the car starts if you turn on automatic checks.
- Notifications: for service reminders, trouble codes found by an automatic OBD check, the seasonal tire reminder and the reminder before a free trial ends. These notifications are created on your device.
You can change any of these in your device's Settings at any time.
Crash reports
If you've chosen to share analytics with app developers in your device's settings, Apple may send the developer anonymous crash reports. They don't include your records. You can turn this off under Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.
Keeping and deleting your data
Your data stays until you delete it. You can delete any record or vehicle in the app. Deleting the app removes the data stored on that device. Data in iCloud can be removed in your device's iCloud settings. Backups you export are files you control.
Children
Lugnut is meant for vehicle owners and isn't directed at children. It doesn't knowingly collect information from anyone.
Your rights
Because the developer doesn't collect or hold your personal information, there's usually nothing to access, correct or delete on our side. If you've emailed the developer, you can ask for that correspondence to be deleted. Privacy laws such as Canada's PIPEDA, Quebec's Law 25 and U.S. state privacy laws give you these rights; contact us to use them.
The person responsible for the protection of personal information is the developer of Lugnut, reachable at the address below.
This website
This website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking, and loads nothing from other companies. It's hosted by Cloudflare, which may keep short-lived records of visitors' internet addresses to protect the site from abuse.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. A change that affects how your data is handled will also be shown in the app.
Contact
In the app: Settings → Contact the Developer.