Privacy notice
This notice covers the Fueller Android app and the fueller.app website, including the early access email list.
Who we are
Fueller is the controller of the personal data described here. You can contact us at hello@fueller.app.
The Fueller app
Fueller finds nearby fuel stations and their prices. You do not need an account. The app has no advertising, analytics or tracking, and we do not sell your data.
Your location
The app only uses your location if you allow it to, through Android's location permission, and only while you are using the app. You can use Fueller without it by typing a postcode instead, and you can turn the permission off at any time in your phone's settings.
When you tap to find fuel near you, the app gets your current location once and uses it to work out your nearest postcode:
- Your coordinates are sent to postcodes.io, a free UK postcode lookup service run by Ideal Postcodes, which returns the nearest postcode.
- If postcodes.io can't find one, the app asks your phone's built-in geocoding service instead. On most Android phones this is provided by Google, which receives your coordinates.
Your exact location is not sent to Fueller's own servers. Only the resulting postcode is, as described below. When you open the map, the app also gets your location to show where you are. This stays on your phone, apart from the map images described under "The map".
Searches
When you search, the app sends the postcode and search radius to our server at api.fueller.app, which returns stations and prices. Our server looks up the postcode's location using postcodes.io. It does not pass on your IP address. Fuel prices come from the UK Government's Fuel Finder service. Your searches are not sent to it.
Our server runs on Amazon Web Services in Ireland. Like most web servers, it keeps logs of the requests it receives, including the postcode searched, your IP address and the time. We use these logs only to keep the service running and secure, and they are deleted after 30 days.
The map
Map images come from OpenStreetMap, run by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. To show the map, your phone downloads images of the area on screen directly from their servers, which can see your IP address and which area you are viewing. Their privacy policy applies to that.
Directions
If you tap to navigate to a station, the app opens Google Maps (or your browser) with that station as the destination. From then on, Google's privacy policy applies.
Stored on your phone
The app remembers your chosen fuel type, and keeps recently viewed map images to save data. It does not store your location or your search history. Uninstalling the app removes all of this.
Our lawful basis
- Location: your consent, given through Android's location permission. You can withdraw it at any time in your phone's settings.
- Searches and server logs: our legitimate interests in providing the service you asked for and keeping it running and secure (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f)).
Early access email list
If you sign up for early access, we collect the email address you send us, plus anything else you choose to include in your message.
- Purpose: to let you know when Fueller launches, and to reply to your message.
- Lawful basis: your consent (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a)), given when you choose to email us to join the list. You can withdraw it at any time.
- Who processes it: our email providers, Amazon Web Services for sending and Google for receiving and storing mail, on our behalf.
- How long we keep it: until we have told you about the launch, or until you ask us to remove you, whichever is sooner. We then delete your address from the list within 30 days. We may keep a copy of your request to be removed, so we do not contact you again.
The website
This website does not use cookies, analytics or tracking, and has no forms. It loads fonts from Google Fonts: your browser requests them directly from Google, which can see your IP address. We do not receive that information.
Transfers outside the UK
Some of the providers named above may process data outside the UK. Where they do, the transfer is covered by UK adequacy regulations or those providers' standard safeguards.
Children
Fueller is for drivers and is not aimed at children.
Your rights
You can ask us to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to its use, or to withdraw your consent, at any time by emailing hello@fueller.app. We will respond within one month. Because the app has no accounts, we may need the postcode you searched and roughly when to find any request in our server logs.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this notice
If we change how Fueller uses your data, we will update this page and the date at the top.