PackMate – Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 31, 2026

PackMate is designed with your privacy in mind. This policy explains what data the app handles and where it goes.

WHAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE

• Trip data you create (trip names, destinations, items, checklists, notes, reminders) is stored locally on your device.

• We do not ask for your name or email, and no account is required. The app uses anonymous Firebase Authentication, which creates a random ID for your installation.

SHARE TRIP

If you use Share Trip, the whole trip (name, destination and its coordinates, dates, items, checklists, notes and reminders) is uploaded to Firebase Firestore so a travel partner can join with a 6-character code. Anyone who has the code can open the trip. Shared trips are linked to the anonymous IDs of the people who share and join them.

AI FEATURES

When you use an AI feature, the relevant information is sent to our server (Google Firebase Cloud Functions) and passed to Anthropic’s Claude API to generate suggestions:

• Plan a trip from text: the description you type and today’s date • Suggestions and list refinement: trip type, duration, who’s travelling, destination, departure date, your item and category names, any instruction you type, and a summary of items from your past trips (what you packed, left behind or turned down) • Destination tips: the destination you enter

Our server does not store this content. It keeps a monthly usage count tied to your anonymous ID. Anthropic processes the data under its commercial terms and does not use it to train its models: anthropic.com/legal/privacy

WEATHER

To show a forecast, the destination name and coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com), a free weather service. No other trip data is sent.

NOTIFICATIONS

If you enable reminders, we use local notifications scheduled on your device. No notification data leaves your device.

ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand how the app is used, for example which screens are opened and which features are used, so we can improve it. Usage statistics never include your trip names, destinations or items. Google Analytics also collects standard technical information such as device model, operating system, app version, approximate region and a random app instance identifier. We do not collect your device’s advertising ID, and we do not use any advertising SDKs.

You can turn analytics off at any time in Settings → Share usage statistics.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

• Google Firebase: Anonymous Authentication, Firestore (Share Trip, trials and usage limits), Cloud Functions and App Check (AI features), and Analytics. See policies.google.com/privacy • Anthropic Claude API: AI features only • Open-Meteo: weather forecasts • Apple App Store / Google Play: purchases. We never receive your payment details.

We do not sell your data or share it for advertising.

DATA DELETION

You can delete any trip in the app at any time. Deleting the app removes all locally stored data. To have a shared trip removed from our servers, contact us with its code.

CONTACT

For privacy questions or data deletion requests, contact us at: stipegrbic@hotmail.com