Orbit

Location

If you grant location permission, Orbit can access your approximate or precise foreground location to:

• calculate visible International Space Station passes;
• show the sky, planets, and viewing conditions above your location;
• prepare the local "Tonight's sky" summary; and
• schedule local ISS-pass and sky-summary notifications that you choose to enable.

Orbit does not request background location. Recent foreground coordinates, location-confirmation timestamps and metadata used for alerts or widgets, and an optional place label may be stored locally on your device so these features can work without asking for a new fix every time.

Sky and satellite calculations are performed on your device. Orbit does not send your coordinates to Mad Max Labs or to Orbit's astronomy-data providers. When Orbit asks Android for a human-readable place name, the device's system geocoding service may process the coordinates under the device or platform provider's own privacy terms.

Location permission is optional. Other parts of Orbit remain usable if you decline it.

Camera

If you enable the optional camera view in Look Up, Orbit uses the rear or front camera as a live background behind the sky overlay. Camera permission is optional.

If you deliberately use Take a selfie with the stars, Orbit captures a still image and combines it on your device with the visible sky overlay, a frame, and Orbit branding. The raw camera image and temporary overlay files are held in Orbit's private app cache only while the image is being composed or reviewed, then removed when you retake, replace, or leave that capture flow. If Android terminates Orbit before cleanup can finish, Android may retain those private cache files temporarily until it reclaims cache space, you clear Orbit's Android app storage, or you uninstall Orbit. Orbit does not perform face recognition, face analysis, or subject identification.

The finished image remains in Orbit's private cache unless you choose Save or Share. On Android 11 / API 30 and later, Save writes that finished image to your device's Photos or media library. On Android 10 / API 29 and earlier, Orbit offers Share-only so a destination you choose can save a copy without Orbit requesting legacy broad storage access. Share opens the device's system share sheet and gives the finished image only to the app or service you select. Orbit does not automatically upload camera images, selfies, or video to Mad Max Labs or any Orbit server. A destination such as WhatsApp, Instagram, email, or cloud storage handles a shared copy under its own privacy terms.

Orbit does not browse or import your existing photo library. It uses the minimum system media capability needed to save an image that Orbit itself created and does not request broad read access to your existing photos or videos.

Notifications

If you enable reminders, Orbit asks Android to schedule notifications for launches, visible ISS passes, or the nightly sky summary. These are local device notifications. Orbit does not register a push token or use a remote notification server.

Orbit stores notification content and schedule metadata locally so you can inspect or cancel scheduled alerts and so duplicate reminders are not created. This can include the visible title and body, alert type, source reference, notification identifier, scheduled time, and creation time.

Local crash diagnostics

After a supported JavaScript or React user-interface failure, Orbit may save one sanitized technical crash report in its private app storage. This report can contain the time of the failure; whether it was an uncaught JavaScript or React render failure; Orbit's version, build, and QA or production channel; device manufacturer, model, platform, Android version, and JavaScript engine; the current Orbit section and foreground or background state; up to 12 fixed-name recent app events; and the sanitized error message and JavaScript or React component stack.

Orbit deliberately excludes saved coordinates and place labels, settings values, notification text, network request or response bodies, search terms, camera images, photo or file addresses, user-entered payloads, contacts, and session or installation identifiers. It also attempts to redact coordinates, email addresses, URLs, secrets, tokens, IP addresses, and private file paths from error text and limits the report to 24 KB. Because error text can be created by many code paths, you should use Preview before sharing a report.

Nothing is sent automatically. You can preview, deliberately share, or clear the report from Orbit Settings or the report prompt shown after the next launch. Sharing opens the device's system share sheet; only the destination you select receives the report. Orbit has no Sentry, Crashlytics, analytics, telemetry, or developer-operated crash-report server. The local report covers supported JavaScript and React failures; it does not claim to capture native crashes, application-not-responding events, out-of-memory process termination, or every asynchronous failure.

Separately, if the AR Sky renderer cannot start, Orbit may display a short sanitized renderer diagnostic and your Android version on the recovery screen. It is not saved as the local crash report or sent automatically. If you deliberately choose Share diagnostic, Android opens the system share sheet and gives that text only to the app or service you select.

Local data

Depending on the features you use, Orbit may store the following on your device:

• recent foreground location and alert or widget location-confirmation metadata, plus an optional place label;
• notification and viewing preferences;
• visible notification content and schedule metadata for locally scheduled alerts;
• cached public astronomy, launch, satellite-orbit, and space-weather information;
• the most recent sanitized local crash report, if a supported failure was captured;
• temporary camera and composed-image files while you review a sky selfie; and
• app configuration needed for normal operation.

Orbit disables Android cloud backup for its app data. Mad Max Labs does not receive a copy of this local data.

You can remove saved personal settings, the local crash report, and scheduled Orbit notifications from Explore > Settings > Clear local data. Temporary selfie files are removed when you retake or leave the capture flow; clearing Orbit's app storage in Android Settings or uninstalling Orbit removes any private cache files that remain after an interrupted session. Public network caches may also be removed automatically by Android. Clearing Orbit's app data does not delete a finished selfie that you already saved to your device's Photos or media library; delete that exported copy from your gallery or media app.

Network requests and third-party information services

Orbit downloads public space and astronomy information over encrypted HTTPS connections. Depending on the screen you use, requests may be made directly from your device to:

• NASA Open APIs and NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics / Small-Body Database;
• NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center;
• CelesTrak;
• Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs;
• the public Corquaid People in Space dataset maintained on GitHub Pages; and
• external webcast links that you choose to open.

Orbit does not include your saved coordinates in requests to these astronomy and spaceflight services. Like any internet service, a provider can receive ordinary connection information such as your IP address, request time, and basic network headers. Mad Max Labs does not receive or combine that connection information. Each provider handles it under its own terms and privacy practices.

If you choose to open Orbit documentation, a privacy page, support email, a webcast, or the system share sheet for a crash report, renderer diagnostic, or sky selfie, Android may open an external browser, email app, messaging app, social app, or website. Your interaction with that external service is governed by its provider.

What Orbit does not do

Orbit does not:

• require or provide a user account;
• sell personal information;
• use advertising or an advertising identifier;
• include a behavioral analytics or tracking SDK;
• automatically upload your location, camera feed, sky selfies, crash reports, renderer diagnostics, notification content, contacts, microphone audio, or files to Mad Max Labs;
• use background location; or
• send remote push notifications.

Retention and deletion

Personal settings remain on your device until you clear them, clear Orbit's Android storage, or uninstall the app. Scheduled-notification content and schedule records are removed when you cancel them, when they are reconciled after firing, or when you clear local data. Orbit keeps only the most recent local crash report; it remains until you clear it, clear local data or Android app storage, uninstall Orbit, or a newer report replaces it. The AR renderer diagnostic is displayed for recovery and is not kept as a separate saved report. Temporary raw and composed selfie files are removed on retake, replacement, or ordinary exit from the capture flow; Android app-storage clearing or uninstall removes any private cache remnants after an interrupted session. A finished selfie saved to your device's Photos or media library remains there until you delete it. Copies deliberately shared to another app are retained under that app's policies. Public data caches are refreshed or removed automatically over time.

Because Orbit has no account or developer-operated user database, Mad Max Labs normally has no user record to retrieve or delete. If you contact support by email, we will receive the information you choose to include and use it only to respond and maintain reasonable support records. You may ask us to delete that correspondence unless we must retain it for legal, security, or record-keeping reasons.

Security

Orbit limits sensitive permissions to features that need them, uses HTTPS for its data services, stores app preferences within Android's app-specific storage, and excludes Orbit app data from Android cloud backup and device transfer. No method of software storage or transmission is completely risk-free, but we work to keep access and retention limited.

Children

Orbit is a general-audience educational tool and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. A parent or guardian who believes a child has sent personal information to us through support may contact us to request deletion.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy if Orbit's features, providers, or legal obligations change. The effective date at the top will be updated when changes are published. Material changes will be communicated through the app or its documentation when appropriate.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

Mad Max Labs, Attn: Syed Zaid. Email: madmaxlabsllc@gmail.com. Website: madmaxlabs.com.