Privacy policy
Hitch Tracker is run by 1795367 Alberta Ltd. in Alberta, Canada. This page explains what we collect, why, and who can see it. We follow Canada's privacy law (PIPEDA) and Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act.
The short version
- Your data is yours. We don't sell it, rent it or use it for ads.
- Your synced data and receipt photos are encrypted before they're stored. Other users can't see them.
- We only use your information to run the app for you.
What we collect
- Account details: your username and a scrambled (hashed) version of your password. We never store the password itself.
- What you enter in the app: hitch days, jobs, kilometres, receipts, invoices, and the business details you put on your invoices, like your company name, address, GST number and WCB number.
- Receipt photos you take or upload.
- Company forms you upload (a blank invoice, expense report or timesheet), so the app can fill them in for you.
- Billing details once paid plans start. Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your full card number.
- Website visits: we count visits to hitchtracker.ca with Cloudflare Web Analytics. It doesn’t use cookies or follow you to other sites. We only see totals, like how many people visited and which pages they looked at.
- Launch updates list: if you sign up on this site, we keep your email address so we can tell you when the app launches.
Where it's stored
If you don't sign in, everything stays on your phone. If you sign in to sync, your data, photos and uploaded forms are stored with Cloudflare, which runs the servers for Hitch Tracker. They're encrypted with a key that's kept apart from the data, so a copy of the stored files on its own can't be read. Cloudflare may store data outside Canada, including in the United States.
Receipt and form reading
When you use automatic receipt reading, or add your own form, the photo or file is sent to Anthropic's AI service to read the store, date, GST and total. Anthropic processes it to return the details it finds. Under its commercial terms, it doesn't use that data to train its models. We don't send anything else with the photo.
Who can see your information
- You, on any phone where you sign in.
- The service providers above (Cloudflare, Anthropic and, once paid plans start, Stripe), only as needed to run the app.
- Anyone you choose to send an invoice or report to.
- Authorities, only if the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep synced data while your account is open. If you delete your account, we delete your synced data and photos within 30 days. Billing records are kept as long as Canadian tax law requires. You can leave the launch list at any time, and we'll delete your email.
Your choices
- Export a backup of your data from the Setup tab at any time.
- Ask us for a copy of your information, to fix it, or to delete it.
- Use the app without an account, so nothing leaves your phone except receipt photos you choose to have read.
Contact
Questions or requests: support@hitchtracker.ca. If you're not happy with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.