Privacy Policy

Askelia — Last updated: 23 April 2026

Overview

Askelia is a route planning app for the Helsinki public transport network. This policy explains what data the app uses and how.

    We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data to our own servers.
    The app has no user accounts, no analytics, and no advertising.
  

Location Data

The app requests access to your device’s GPS location solely to pre-fill the departure field in the route search. Your location is:

Used only on your device at the moment you open the search screen
Sent to the Digitransit routing API (operated by HSL / Fintraffic) as part of the route query — the same way any location you type manually would be
Never stored beyond the current session
Never shared with the app developer

You can deny the location permission and type your departure address manually instead. The app remains fully functional without it.

Route Searches

When you search for a route, the departure and destination coordinates are sent to the Digitransit API (api.digitransit.fi), operated by Fintraffic. This is necessary to calculate routes. Digitransit’s own privacy policy applies to that data: digitransit.fi/en/developers/

Map Tiles

Map tiles are loaded from OpenStreetMap tile servers (tile.openstreetmap.org). Your IP address is visible to those servers when tiles are fetched, as with any web request. OpenStreetMap’s privacy policy applies: wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

App Settings

The app stores the following preferences locally on your device using Android’s standard storage:

Skip intro page (on/off)
Language preference
Map panel height

These are stored only on your device and are deleted when you uninstall the app.

Children

The app does not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at the same location with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to: marko.marjamaa@iki.fi