Legal
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This policy explains what Sentry Dashcam: Car Camera ("Sentry" or "the app") collects, why, who receives it, and the choices you have. Sentry is published on Google Play by Innovare ("we", "us"). If you have a question, email innovareappdevelopers@gmail.com.
The short version
- Your recordings are saved on your phone. They reach our cloud only if you sign in, and cloud backup can be turned off at any time.
- Audio recording is off until you turn it on.
- We don't sell your personal data.
- On the free plan, Google AdMob shows ads, never while you're recording or navigating.
- You can delete your account and everything we store for you from Settings in the app.
Contents
- Data that stays on your phone
- Data we collect
- Services that receive data
- App permissions
- How we use data
- Sharing and selling
- How long we keep data
- Security
- Your choices and rights
- Where data is stored
- Children
- Recording other people
- Changes to this policy
- Contact
1. Data that stays on your phone
While you record or navigate, Sentry saves the following to your phone's storage:
- Video from the rear camera, and from the front (cabin) camera if you turn on dual recording in Sentry Pro.
- Audio, only if you turn on audio recording. It is off by default.
- Location, speed and route from GPS, used for the on-screen speed, trip logs and incident locations.
- Motion-sensor readings (accelerometer) used to detect hard braking and impacts.
- Trips and settings: trip history, saved and incident clips, and your app preferences.
Loop recording overwrites the oldest unprotected footage when your storage limit is reached. Everything on the phone stays there until you delete it or uninstall the app. This data leaves your phone only as described in sections 2 and 3.
2. Data we collect
Account (optional)
You can use Sentry without an account. If you sign in with email or with Google, we receive your email address, your name (if your Google account provides one) and an account ID, through Firebase Authentication.
Cloud backup (only when signed in)
When you sign in, cloud backup is on by default and uploads your locked incident clips and clips you save. Sentry Pro can back up every clip if you choose. A backup includes:
- the video files (with audio, if you recorded audio) and their thumbnails;
- trip details: route points, start and end times, distance, speeds, and the time and location of incidents.
Incident clips upload as soon as possible; other uploads wait for Wi-Fi by default. Backups are stored in Google Firebase (Cloud Storage and Cloud Firestore) under your account. You can turn backup off, or change what it covers, in Settings › Cloud backup.
Crash reports
If the app crashes, Firebase Crashlytics sends us the device model, Android version, app version, a stack trace and the app state at the time. Crash reports do not include your recordings or location.
Usage analytics
Firebase Analytics tells us which screens and features are used, how long steps take, and your device and app version. It uses an app-instance ID and, once you're signed in, your account ID. We never send video, names, email addresses, search text, place names or GPS coordinates to analytics.
Purchases
If you subscribe to Sentry Pro, Google Play and RevenueCat process your purchase. We receive your subscription status and purchase history, linked to an anonymous ID (or your account ID once you're signed in). We never see your card or payment details.
3. Services that receive data
Sentry relies on these providers. Each handles data under its own privacy policy.
| Provider | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase (Authentication, Firestore, Cloud Storage, Crashlytics, Analytics, Remote Config) | Account details, backed-up clips and trips, crash reports, usage events, an installation ID | Sign-in, cloud backup, stability, product improvement, feature configuration |
| Google Maps Platform | Your search text, your approximate location (to rank nearby results), and route start, stops and destination | Place search, maps, routes and turn-by-turn navigation |
| TomTom | Your location while recording, and search text or route points when it handles a search or route | Automatic road speed limits; backup provider for search, routing and maps |
| Google AdMob | Advertising ID, IP address, approximate location, device information and ad interactions | Showing and measuring ads on the free plan |
| RevenueCat and Google Play Billing | Purchase history and an anonymous or account ID | Managing Sentry Pro subscriptions |
Their policies: Google (covers Firebase, Maps Platform, AdMob and Google Play), TomTom, RevenueCat.
Ads and consent. Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), we ask for your consent through Google's consent form before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time in Settings › Ad privacy choices, and you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's Android settings. Sentry Pro has no ads.
4. App permissions
- Camera: to record video. Required for the dashcam.
- Microphone: only to record audio with your video, if you turn audio recording on.
- Location (precise): for speed, trip routes, incident locations, speed limits and navigation. Sentry uses location while the app is open and while you're recording or navigating, including when the screen is off or you're in another app. Whenever it records in the background, Android shows a persistent notification.
- Notifications: to show that recording is running and to let you stop it.
- Internet and network state: for backup, maps, ads and purchases, and to wait for Wi-Fi before uploading.
You can withdraw any permission in Android settings. Features that need it will stop working until you allow it again.
5. How we use data
- To provide the app's features: recording, crash detection, trip replay, navigation, backup and restore.
- To manage your account and your Sentry Pro subscription.
- To find and fix crashes and improve the app.
- To show ads on the free plan.
- To prevent fraud and abuse, and to meet legal obligations.
If you're in the EEA or the UK, our legal bases are: performing our contract with you (app features, account, backup, subscriptions); your consent (personalised ads, audio recording, location and camera permissions); and our legitimate interests in keeping the app stable, secure and improving (crash reports and analytics).
6. Sharing and selling
We don't sell your personal data, and we don't share your recordings with anyone. We share data only with the service providers in section 3 so they can run the app for us, when the law requires it, or as part of a merger or sale of the app, in which case this policy would continue to apply to your data. Clips leave the app in any other way only when you share or export them yourself.
7. How long we keep data
- On your phone: until you delete it or uninstall the app. Loop recording overwrites old unprotected clips.
- Cloud backup: until you delete the clip or trip in the app (its cloud copy is deleted too) or delete your account.
- Account: until you delete it.
- Analytics: up to 14 months. Crash reports: 90 days.
- Purchase records: kept by Google Play and RevenueCat as required for billing and tax.
8. Security
All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and encrypted at rest by Google Cloud. Access rules limit your backed-up clips and trips to your own signed-in account. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your data and will notify you as the law requires if a breach affects it.
9. Your choices and rights
- Turn off cloud backup in Settings › Cloud backup.
- Delete a clip or trip, and its cloud copy is deleted too.
- Delete your account in Settings › Delete account. This removes your account and every file and record we store for you. You can also ask us to delete it by email.
- Change ad choices in Settings › Ad privacy choices, or reset your advertising ID in Android settings.
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR or California's CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your data, to object to or restrict processing, and to withdraw consent. To use these rights, email us from the address on your account. We reply within 30 days and won't treat you differently for using them. You can also complain to your local data-protection authority.
10. Where data is stored
Backups and account data are stored on Google Cloud servers in the United States. Our providers may process data in other countries. Where data leaves the EEA or the UK, they rely on safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
11. Children
Sentry is made for drivers and is not directed at children. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). If you believe a child has given us data, email us and we'll delete it.
12. Recording other people
Your recordings may capture other road users and, with the cabin camera or audio on, your passengers. You're responsible for using Sentry in line with local laws on recording, including telling passengers when the law requires it.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. We'll change the date at the top, and if a change is significant we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect.
14. Contact
Innovare, publisher of Sentry Dashcam
Email: innovareappdevelopers@gmail.com
Website: dashcam.innovarestudio.com