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. Your most recent coordinates, the time they were obtained, 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/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 camera as a live background behind the sky overlay. Orbit does not record, save, analyze, or upload camera images or video. Camera permission is optional.

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 identifiers and times locally so you can inspect or cancel scheduled alerts and so duplicate reminders are not created.

Local data

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

• your last foreground location and optional place label;
• notification and viewing preferences;
• identifiers and times for locally scheduled notifications;
• cached public astronomy, launch, satellite-orbit, and space-weather information; 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 and cancel Orbit notifications from Explore → Settings → Clear local data. You can also clear the app’s storage in Android Settings or uninstall Orbit. Public network caches may also be removed automatically by Android.

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;
• NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center;
• CelesTrak;
• Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs;
• Where the ISS at?;
• the public People in Space data mirror 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, or a webcast, Android may open an external browser, email 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;
• upload your location, camera feed, contacts, photos, 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 records are removed when you cancel them, when they are reconciled after firing, or when you clear local data. 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 disables Android backup of Orbit app data. 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.