Privacy policy

Last updated: November 10, 2026 · Applies to LiteDash for Android (Google Play and GitHub).

Cars

In "Your car", LiteDash fetches the list of available cars (with their previews) and, if you pick one, downloads its images from github.com (only images and data, never code), checks they arrived intact and stores them in the app. None of your data is sent; GitHub may log the download like any visit.

In short

LiteDash does not collect, store or send any personal data. It has no ads and no accounts. It uses the internet to download cars in "Your car", for the weather (if you turn it on), to check for updates in the GitHub version and for an anonymous count of how many screens use LiteDash, which you can turn off.

What the app uses on your device

• The list of installed apps, only to show them in the drawer and open them when you tap. That list never leaves your device.
• The system time and language, to show the clock and date.
• Your settings and home layout (pieces, colors, dock apps). They are stored only on your device.
• Music volume, to show and change it from the dock.

Music (optional)

If you add the Music widget and tap "Turn on", Android will ask you to give LiteDash notification access. That is how Android lets an app see what is playing in other apps. LiteDash only reads the song, artist, cover art and playback controls; it does not read the content of your notifications, store them or send them anywhere. You can remove the permission at any time in Android settings.

If your phone doesn't send the song's cover art (common with Bluetooth music), LiteDash looks it up by title and artist on iTunes Search (itunes.apple.com) and stores it on your screen so it doesn't have to ask again. Only the song's title and artist are sent; Apple may log the request like any visit.

Updates (GitHub version only)

If you tap "Check for updates" in Settings, LiteDash looks up the list of versions on GitHub (api.github.com) and, if you choose to install, downloads the new version from github.com, checks that it arrived intact and hands it to the Android installer, which asks you to confirm. For that, Android will ask you to allow LiteDash to install apps; it is used only for its own updates. None of your data is sent; GitHub may log the request like any visit. The Google Play version is updated through Play.

Weather (optional)

If you turn on the weather, LiteDash asks Android for your approximate location, rounds it to about 1 km and sends it to Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com) to get the forecast. It does not store your location or send it anywhere else.

Anonymous statistics

To know how many people use LiteDash, once a day the app sends to Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore, in LiteDash's project) a random number created when you install it, the LiteDash version, whether it is from Play or GitHub, the Android version, the app language and the screen size. Nothing else: no location, name, accounts or device identifiers. That number cannot tell who you are. Turn it off in Settings → System → Statistics.

Problem reports

If something goes wrong, you can send us a report from Settings → System → Your screen → Send a report. It is sent only when you tap Send, to Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore, in LiteDash's project). It includes what you chose (what the problem is with and what happens), your note if you wrote one, and technical data about your head unit: brand, model, Android version, screen, memory, processor, light sensor and light settings, and which music and radio apps are linked and their state; whether location is on and how recent each source's last fix is (never where you are), and for a music or radio app that can't be controlled, the names of its components, so we can support it. It does not include your name, location, contacts or your phone's name.

Internet radio (optional)

If you turn it on, LiteDash looks up stations in Radio Browser (radio-browser.info, an open database). To show nearby ones it sends your location rounded to about 10 km (only if you already granted location; otherwise it uses your language's country). Stations stream directly from each broadcaster. Your favorites are stored only on your screen.

Map widget (optional)

If you add the Map widget, LiteDash downloads street images from OpenStreetMap (tile.openstreetmap.org) around where you are, while the widget is on screen. Your screen requests those images from their servers, which can see which map area was requested and your internet address, like any visit (their policy: osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy). If you choose the minimal map, street data comes from OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org) the same way. Your location is not sent anywhere else; streets are stored on your screen so you can see them without signal.

Music from your USB drive

To play the music on your drive, LiteDash asks for permission to read audio. If you choose a folder, Android grants access to that folder only. Everything is read on your screen; nothing is sent.

OBD scanner and tires (optional)

The scanner reads your car through an OBD adapter (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or USB) and the tires module reads its sensors (USB receiver or Bluetooth). To scan for Bluetooth devices Android asks for the nearby devices permission (or location on Android 11 and older); LiteDash does not use your location for that. With "Car (OBD)" in Tires, the same adapter reads the pressure from the car's factory sensors. What they read (codes, sensors, pressures, trips) stays on your screen.

Optional modules

Everything is off by default. Each module asks for its permission only when you turn it on and explains why; this policy is updated before a new one ships.

Your phone with LiteDash Connect (optional)

In Settings → Account you can link your phone with the LiteDash Connect app by scanning a QR code. The screen keeps the link (an identifier, the link key and the model and app version of the phone) and talks to the phone directly over your local network (the phone's hotspot or the same Wi‑Fi), over an encrypted channel. Through it the screen tells the phone your car's name and model, its own model and LiteDash version, and receives what is playing on the phone (title, artist, cover art and progress) to show it in the Music widget; the buttons you tap travel back. None of this goes through the internet or our servers. Your account lives in the phone app (its policy). Unlinking deletes the link from the screen.

Third parties

LiteDash includes no analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs; only the anonymous count above, a single request per day. If you install it from Google Play, Google may collect store data under its own policy. This page is hosted on Firebase Hosting, which may log technical visit data.

Children

LiteDash is not directed at children under 13 and collects no data from anyone.

Contact

Questions or reports: github.com/IrvingGuerra/litedash/issues.