TaxTrax Travel Compliance
Last updated: September 13, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how information is handled when you use TaxTrax on iOS or Android, visit a TaxTrax website or online service, or contact TaxTrax support. Features and data-handling practices may vary by platform, device configuration, app version, and the optional features you choose to use.
TaxTrax is designed primarily as a device-based travel-record and organizational tool. Many core TaxTrax functions can operate without creating a separate TaxTrax account.
Some TaxTrax features rely on services provided by Apple, Google, RevenueCat, Cloudflare, Anthropic, or other service providers. Those providers operate their own systems and maintain their own privacy, security, retention, and account practices.
TaxTrax stores travel-related information on your device. Depending on the features you use, this may include:
You are not required to create a separate TaxTrax account to use local-only features.
Your TaxTrax records may leave your device when you choose to enable cloud backup, export or share information, use a feature that relies on an external system provider, or send information to TaxTrax support, as described in this policy.
Because travel and location information can be sensitive, you should avoid entering information that is not reasonably necessary for your use of TaxTrax.
With your permission, TaxTrax uses device location information to help identify countries, determine travel periods, and maintain travel records.
If you grant background-location permission, location processing may continue while TaxTrax is not actively open. You can change or revoke location permissions through your device settings.
Location tracking depends on factors outside TaxTrax's control, including:
As a result, location information may occasionally be missing, delayed, imprecise, or incorrect.
TaxTrax may use operating-system, mapping, geocoding, or related services to translate geographic coordinates into countries, cities, or other place names. Depending on your platform and device configuration, coordinates or related technical information may therefore be processed by Apple, Google, or another system or service provider.
Those providers handle such information under their own terms, privacy practices, and security systems.
With your permission, TaxTrax can access photos that your device or operating system makes available to the app and can examine available metadata associated with those photos, such as capture dates and geographic-location information.
TaxTrax uses available photo metadata to help display memories, reconstruct prior travel, and suggest possible historical trips.
Depending on the operating system and configuration, TaxTrax may need to access a photo file in order to read available metadata. TaxTrax does not include your photo image files themselves in the optional TaxTrax travel-record cloud backup described below.
On iOS, the Photos framework may retrieve an original or other version of a photo from iCloud Photos when necessary to fulfill access you have authorized.
On Android, TaxTrax may scan photos accessible to the app on the device and, where supported, receive individual photos or other media that you select through an operating-system or provider interface, including services such as Google Photos. A provider may download or make a selected item available to TaxTrax as part of that process.
Authorizing access to selected photos through a provider does not by itself give TaxTrax unrestricted access to every photo stored in that provider's cloud service.
Photo copies, exported versions, or selected media may not contain all metadata associated with the original file.
Where supported, TaxTrax may also allow you to select and import a compatible Google Timeline or similar travel-history export. TaxTrax reads the information contained in the file you select for the purpose of suggesting potential historical travel.
Photo metadata, Timeline information, geocoding results, device records, and other historical data can be incomplete, altered, unavailable, duplicated, delayed, or inaccurate.
TaxTrax uses these sources to assist you in reconstructing travel history. It does not represent or guarantee that a suggested travel history is complete, accurate, or authoritative.
You should review and verify suggested trips before adding them to your TaxTrax records or using them for any official, tax, immigration, security-clearance, legal, employment, or compliance purpose.
Dates and places that you choose to add to your TaxTrax travel records may subsequently be included in an optional TaxTrax cloud backup.
Your separate iCloud Photos, Google Photos, device-photo-backup, or other photo-storage settings remain under your control and are governed by the applicable provider.
TaxTrax cloud backup is optional and must be enabled by you.
When enabled, backup may include information such as:
The purpose of cloud backup is to help preserve and restore TaxTrax records.
TaxTrax does not include your underlying photo image files in the TaxTrax travel-record backup.
When Google Drive backup is enabled, TaxTrax stores backup information in the application-specific data area associated with the Google Drive account you authorize.
This is an app-specific storage area within your Google Drive account. It is not a Google Drive account owned by TaxTrax and is separate from the ordinary files you see and manage through the standard Google Drive interface.
TaxTrax requests authorization for its application-data area rather than general access to the ordinary documents and files in your Google Drive.
Google provides the underlying Google Drive storage, authentication, infrastructure, and security protections. Google states that data stored in Google Drive is encrypted in transit and at rest.
TaxTrax uses secure network connections, such as HTTPS, when communicating with Google services.
TaxTrax does not operate Google's storage infrastructure, does not manage Google's encryption keys or encryption systems, and does not add its own separate layer of end-to-end encryption to the Google Drive backup.
The availability, operation, encryption, retention, recovery, and security of Google-controlled infrastructure remain subject to Google's systems, settings, policies, and practices.
In TaxTrax versions offering iCloud backup, enabling the feature stores the applicable TaxTrax records using Apple's CloudKit infrastructure associated with your iCloud account.
TaxTrax uses a private CloudKit database for this purpose.
Apple provides the underlying iCloud and CloudKit storage, authentication, infrastructure, encryption, and security protections. CloudKit private databases are associated with the individual user's iCloud account and use Apple's account-based data-protection architecture.
TaxTrax does not operate Apple's iCloud or CloudKit infrastructure, does not manage Apple's encryption keys or encryption systems, and does not represent that every TaxTrax backup is protected by end-to-end encryption.
Apple supports different forms of encryption and data protection depending on the data, CloudKit configuration, user account, device settings, and Apple security architecture.
The availability, operation, encryption, retention, recovery, and security of Apple-controlled infrastructure remain subject to Apple's systems, settings, policies, and practices.
Cloud backup is provided as a convenience and recovery feature.
TaxTrax does not guarantee that any particular backup will always be created, complete, current, recoverable, available, or free from corruption or loss.
You should not rely on TaxTrax cloud backup as your only copy of information that you consider important.
Turning cloud backup off in TaxTrax stops TaxTrax from creating future backups through that feature. It does not necessarily delete data or copies that already exist in Apple, Google, device-backup, or other provider-controlled systems.
Using Reset All Data or a similar TaxTrax feature clears applicable TaxTrax records stored locally by the app. It does not necessarily remove:
Uninstalling TaxTrax also does not necessarily delete information maintained outside the app.
Cloud providers may offer their own settings, storage-management tools, connected-app controls, account controls, or deletion options. Those controls are provided and managed by the relevant provider.
Disconnecting TaxTrax's authorization to access a provider and deleting information already stored by that provider are separate actions and may need to be performed separately.
TaxTrax support may be able to provide guidance concerning the TaxTrax features involved, but TaxTrax cannot directly access, control, or delete information in systems where the applicable provider does not give TaxTrax that ability.
Exported files and copies you have shared with other people or services must be managed separately.
Apple's App Store or Google Play processes purchases and subscription payments made through those platforms.
TaxTrax version 1.5.0 and later provides all app features free, without a trial or subscription, and does not initialize or use the RevenueCat SDK. Earlier versions used RevenueCat to help manage subscription status, entitlement, access, and restoration. Existing store subscriptions and historical purchase records are managed separately from free app access.
Depending on the platform and transaction, RevenueCat, Apple, or Google may process information such as:
TaxTrax does not receive your full payment-card information from purchases processed through the App Store or Google Play.
Apple, Google, and RevenueCat maintain their own privacy, security, retention, and payment-processing practices.
If you have a privacy request concerning subscription information processed by TaxTrax or on TaxTrax's behalf, you may contact TaxTrax support. Some requests may also need to be directed to Apple, Google, RevenueCat, or another provider depending on who controls the information involved.
Canceling a TaxTrax subscription must generally be performed through the store or account through which the subscription was purchased.
Deleting TaxTrax, resetting TaxTrax data, or deleting travel records does not by itself cancel an active subscription.
TaxTrax reports are generated from information available to the app.
Where supported, report generation occurs on your device.
You decide whether to save, export, print, email, message, upload, or otherwise share a report or other TaxTrax information through the device sharing interface or another service.
Once you export or share information, copies may be handled by recipients, email providers, messaging providers, cloud-storage providers, printers, employers, government systems, or other services you select.
TaxTrax does not control those copies after they have been transferred to another person or service.
Optional local notifications may provide tracking, review, backup, or other reminders. Notification availability and delivery depend in part on your device and operating-system settings.
If you contact TaxTrax support, TaxTrax receives the information you choose to provide. This may include:
TaxTrax uses this information to respond to your request, troubleshoot issues, improve support, protect the service, and maintain appropriate business and support records.
Do not send passwords, payment-card numbers, classified information, government authentication credentials, unnecessary precise location histories, or other sensitive information that is not needed to resolve your support request.
Cloudflare provides infrastructure used for TaxTrax website, support, or online-service functions. Requests to those services may involve technical information customarily associated with Internet communications, such as IP addresses, timestamps, browser or device information, and request metadata.
TaxTrax does not represent that Internet, hosting, security, or infrastructure providers receive or retain no technical information.
When the relevant support integration is enabled, TaxTrax may use Anthropic services to process the text of a support message for purposes such as summarizing the request or preparing a proposed response for human review.
Under the current TaxTrax support workflow described by this policy, attachments are not intentionally submitted to Anthropic through that workflow.
AI-generated support drafts are subject to human review before they are used as substantive support responses. A separate automatic acknowledgment may be sent without that review.
AI systems can produce inaccurate or incomplete output. TaxTrax does not rely on an AI-generated support draft as an authoritative determination of a user's legal, tax, immigration, security-clearance, or other compliance obligations.
Where a Founding Member or similar feature is offered, a request to a TaxTrax online service may update a program counter and return a membership or sequence number. Such requests can also involve ordinary Internet request metadata.
TaxTrax depends on third-party platforms and services for certain functions.
Depending on the features you use, these may include services provided by Apple, Google, RevenueCat, Cloudflare, Anthropic, device manufacturers, mobile carriers, mapping providers, geocoding providers, email providers, or other systems you choose to interact with.
TaxTrax does not control third-party services and cannot guarantee their continued availability, functionality, privacy practices, security practices, retention periods, or future behavior.
Use of third-party services may also be subject to separate terms and privacy policies established by those providers.
TaxTrax records that exist only on your device generally remain there until you delete them, reset the app, uninstall the app in a manner that removes its local data, or your device or operating system otherwise removes or restores that information.
Device backup and restore systems may affect whether deleted or previously stored app information is later restored.
Cloud backups are subject to the operation and retention practices of the applicable cloud provider as well as actions taken through TaxTrax.
Purchase and subscription records may be retained by Apple, Google, RevenueCat, or TaxTrax as reasonably necessary for subscription administration, transaction records, fraud prevention, accounting, dispute resolution, or legal obligations.
TaxTrax retains support correspondence and other information received directly by TaxTrax for as long as reasonably necessary to provide support, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, protect the service, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
Third-party service providers may retain information in accordance with their own services, agreements, policies, technical requirements, and legal obligations.
TaxTrax is designed to rely heavily on device-level storage and the security protections provided by the operating system and, when you choose cloud backup, the applicable cloud provider.
TaxTrax uses secure network connections for the online communications described in this policy where supported by the applicable service.
Apple, Google, RevenueCat, Cloudflare, Anthropic, and other service providers maintain their own security infrastructure and practices.
No method of electronic storage, transmission, authentication, encryption, backup, or security protection can be guaranteed to be completely secure, available, or error-free.
Accordingly, TaxTrax cannot guarantee that information will never be lost, corrupted, unavailable, intercepted, disclosed, accessed without authorization, or otherwise compromised.
You are responsible for maintaining appropriate security for your device, device passcode, Apple or Google account, email account, exported TaxTrax files, and any other accounts or services through which you store or share TaxTrax information.
Depending on the features you use, you may be able to:
Disabling a permission or optional feature may prevent some TaxTrax functions from operating.
Deleting local information does not necessarily delete copies stored through cloud providers, device backups, exported files, recipients, or other third-party services.
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have rights concerning personal information held by TaxTrax, such as rights to request access, correction, deletion, or other information about processing.
To make a request concerning information held by TaxTrax, contact:
TaxTrax may need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.
Applicable law, fraud-prevention requirements, transaction records, legal claims, accounting requirements, security obligations, or other legitimate retention requirements may limit the extent to which information can immediately be deleted.
TaxTrax cannot retrieve, inspect, correct, export, or delete travel records that exist only on your device and have never been transmitted to a system accessible to TaxTrax.
Where information is controlled directly by Apple, Google, an app store, an email provider, a person with whom you shared a report, or another independent service, you may need to exercise applicable rights directly with that provider or recipient.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit privacy or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be waived.
TaxTrax and the service providers used by TaxTrax may process information in countries other than the country in which you live.
Those countries may have privacy and data-protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.
Where applicable law requires particular protections for international transfers of personal information, those requirements apply according to their terms.
TaxTrax is an independent travel-record and organizational tool. It is not an official government system or government record.
TaxTrax is intended to help users organize information that may be useful for purposes such as travel-history reconstruction, tax-residency tracking, physical-presence tracking, immigration records, security-clearance travel reporting, or other recordkeeping.
TaxTrax does not provide legal, tax, accounting, immigration, employment, security-clearance, or other professional advice.
TaxTrax does not determine whether you:
Location records, photo metadata, historical-trip suggestions, imported information, reminders, day counts, residency calculations, reports, and other TaxTrax outputs may be incomplete, delayed, unavailable, or inaccurate.
Laws, regulations, administrative interpretations, tax rules, immigration requirements, government forms, and reporting requirements may also change.
You are responsible for reviewing and verifying information before relying on TaxTrax records or outputs for a tax return, immigration application, visa application, security-clearance submission, government filing, employment matter, legal proceeding, or other official or compliance purpose.
Where appropriate, consult a qualified professional or the relevant government authority regarding requirements that apply to you.
TaxTrax may assist you in organizing travel dates and locations that you later use when preparing official records.
TaxTrax is not a classified-information system, government security-clearance system, or authorized substitute for official reporting channels.
Do not store classified information in TaxTrax.
Do not use TaxTrax as a repository for classified material, government credentials, passwords, security questions, authentication secrets, or information whose storage on a personal device is prohibited by your employer or government agency.
TaxTrax is intended to help organize travel information, not to replace required security, counterintelligence, foreign-contact, foreign-travel, or other official reporting procedures.
Do not store foreign-national contact details in TaxTrax for purposes that require use of an official government or employer reporting system. Use the applicable official reporting channel.
TaxTrax is not directed to children under 13.
TaxTrax does not intentionally design its services for the purpose of collecting personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information directly to TaxTrax through a support or online service, contact:
TaxTrax will review the matter and take appropriate action consistent with applicable law.
An age or content rating assigned to TaxTrax by an app store relates to the store's rating system and should not be interpreted as a statement that TaxTrax is directed to children.
TaxTrax may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the app, technology, service providers, legal requirements, or data-handling practices.
When the policy is updated, TaxTrax will post the revised version with an updated effective or "Last updated" date.
Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent for a particular change, TaxTrax will provide that notice or obtain that consent as required.
For privacy questions, support requests, or requests concerning personal information held by TaxTrax, contact:
TaxTrax
Privacy and support: support@taxtrax.app
TaxTrax is an independent travel-record and organizational tool, not an official government system. TaxTrax does not provide tax, legal, accounting, immigration, security-clearance, or other professional advice. Verify TaxTrax information before using it for official or compliance purposes. Do not store classified information in TaxTrax