GP Countdown — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 30/10/2026

This policy covers the iPhone and iPad app GP Countdown by Daniel Gordon.

In short: GP Countdown does not collect, sell or share any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no ads, no crash-reporting tools and no tracking. Your choices stay on your device.

What the app collects

Nothing. GP Countdown does not collect personal data or usage data. It does not ask for your location, contacts, photos or any other personal information, and it contains no analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking software.

Data stored on your device

The app saves these on your device so it remembers them next time. They are never sent to me or to anyone else, and deleting the app deletes them:

• your reminder choices (which sessions and how long before),
• the "Tell me when results are in" switch and which results you have already been told about,
• the country chosen for "Where to watch" (if you pick one),
• appearance (dark, light or system),
• a cached copy of the schedule, results and standings so the app works offline. The widgets read this same on-device data.

Network requests

The app downloads public schedule, results and standings data from two community services:

• the Jolpica-F1 API (api.jolpi.ca; data licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), and
• OpenF1 (api.openf1.org).

The requests contain only what is needed to fetch public data (for example the season, round or session). They carry no account, name, device identifier or settings. Like any internet request, they reach those services from your device's IP address; how those services handle it is covered by their own policies. The app has no server of its own.

Notifications

Reminders and "results are in" alerts are local notifications, scheduled on your device by the app itself. No push-notification server is used, and nothing about your reminders leaves the device. If "Tell me when results are in" is on, iOS may let the app check the same two services in the background. You can turn notifications off at any time in Settings › Notifications.

Where to watch

The country is your device's region unless you choose one in the app's Settings, and it is stored only on your device. "Find listings" opens a web search in your browser for "where to watch Formula 1 in [country]". Google's own privacy policy applies to that search; nothing else is sent.

Children

The app is not directed at children specifically, and it collects no data from anyone, including children.

Deleting your data

There is nothing to request: I hold no data about you on any server. Everything the app saves is on your device and is removed when you delete the app.

About the app

GP Countdown is free and non-commercial. It is an unofficial app, not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Formula 1, Formula One Management, the FIA, or any team or driver. F1, FORMULA 1 and GRAND PRIX are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: countdownapps.support@gmail.com