Checkpoint app privacy policy
Google is insisting that the Checkpoint app have a privacy policy, because of a misunderstanding - on the part of Google - on how Android apps work.
The Checkpoint app requires the permission “record audio”, but it does not actually record, let alone store or transmit or share, audio. What the Checkpoint app actually does is speech recognition, which, because of how Android works, requires the “record audio” permission.
When the Checkpoint app does speech recognition, it converts the audio from your speech into text that the app uses. However, it does not keep an audio recording of what you said.
Your Android device ID is stored, along with checkpoint data, in the “cloud” database on Firebase. The device ID is not revealed to the public, for example, through the RiderTracker app or Web page. Storing the device ID allows the Checkpoint app to distinguish cloud data that originated from other devices, for the purposes of updating the data on your device, and giving you an Android notification when new data arrives.