Last updated: 2026-05-18
Streetsweep is a Boston street-cleaning reminder app. It is designed to keep your data on your device and minimize what the app needs to function.
What data does Streetsweep collect?
Streetsweep has no server. No data you enter or grant is ever transmitted to us, sold, or shared.
The following information is stored locally on your device by the app itself:
- Location. When you grant location permission, Streetsweep uses your current coordinates to identify the street you're on. Coordinates are read in-memory and used to look up cleaning schedules; they are not persisted by the app.
- Saved parking spot. When you tap "Park here" or "Save my spot," Streetsweep stores the street segment ID and side (even / odd) you chose in your device's app storage (AsyncStorage). This is retained until you tap "Clear saved spot" or uninstall the app.
- Notification preferences. Your reminder settings — lead time, secondary toggle, master on/off — are stored locally.
- Onboarding state. A flag indicating you've completed the welcome screen.
Third-party services
Streetsweep uses Google Maps SDK for Android to display the map. When the SDK loads map tiles or related data, Google may collect information about those requests according to Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Streetsweep does not control or have access to this data.
Streetsweep does not include:
- Third-party analytics SDKs
- Advertising trackers
- Crash reporters that transmit your data
- Backend services for user accounts, authentication, or storage
Permissions
- Location (foreground only). Used to identify your current street. You may decline and the app still works via manual pin-drop and the Schedule tab.
- Notifications. Used to deliver a local reminder before your saved spot gets swept. You may decline. Reminders are scheduled by your device's operating system; no remote push servers are involved.
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