NextTrain Privacy Policy

1. Code-to-Table™ /// Ethically Sourced Software

(Yes, really.)

NextTrain is basically vegan.

We make a deliberate effort to avoid proprietary third-party plugins, invasive SDKs, unnecessary APIs, and opaque data brokers. Our primary data source is publicly available transit data provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), combined with a lot of hard work, engineering effort, and caffeine.

We do not ingest private transit feeds, scrape user data, or enrich data using third-party tracking services beyond what is strictly required to operate and maintain the app.

2. Ownership, Rights, and Intellectual Property

NextTrain is owned, developed, and copyrighted (©) by NUMONIUM //c ("" "we," "us," or "our").

All rights, title, and interest in and to the NextTrain application, including its code, design, trademarks, and branding, are owned by or its licensors and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and intellectual-property laws.

This Privacy Policy does not grant you any ownership rights in the application or its content.

3. No Guarantees / No Warranties

(We try very hard. Reality still exists.)

NextTrain is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis.

While we make our best effort to provide accurate, up-to-date, and reliable transit information, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any data displayed in the app. Transit data is inherently dynamic and, in large part, originates from third-party public sources such as the MTA.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Use the app at your own risk and maybe do not sprint down the stairs solely because an app told you to.

4. No Liability

(We show the map. You choose the path.)

To the maximum extent permitted by law, NextTrain and shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising out of or related to your use of the app, including but not limited to missed trains, late arrivals, early departures, bad transfers, or existential dread.

We have no mal-intent, no ulterior motives, and no secret agenda. Accordingly, we cannot accept liability for actions taken, or not taken, based on information provided by the app.

5. Privacy First (Actually)

We understand that many modern apps are built around surveillance, behavioral profiling, and data monetization.

NextTrain is not. At least, not now and not by default.

We intentionally limit data collection to what is necessary to provide the app's core functionality and maintain basic performance and reliability.

6. Minimal Tracking (The Bare Minimum)

This app asks for your precise location data.

Of course, by nature of using a real-time hyper-local transit app, we need to know *precisely* where you are.

BUT – unlike other apps, we only store your vague GPS coordinates to help with caching and other performance optimizations.

This data is never stored in perpetuity. It's only used to help the app work better for you. Nor do we link this data to your identity, device ID, or any personally identifiable information (PII).

We use Google Analytics solely to understand high-level app usage and performance, things like general feature popularity, crash rates, and aggregate usage trends.

(BTW using open-source analytics ends up costing more and being more trouble than it's worth – but we looked!)

We configure analytics with the most minimal settings reasonably possible, disabling unnecessary data collection, ad personalization, cross-app tracking, and invasive identifiers.

We do not use analytics data to track users for advertising or monetization purposes, to build advertising profiles, or to sell insights to third parties.

7. You Are Not the Product

There is a popular saying —

"If you're not paying for the product, you are the product."

We are trying, genuinely, to be different.

NextTrain exists as a public service for the City of New York and its inhabitants (and yes, tourists too).

Our goal is utility, not exploitation — save the exploitation for the MTA 🫠🫠🫠

8. Use of Your Data

9. Future Use of Your Data

🐣 Privacy Canary 🐣

If you're reading this, the canary is alive and well.

Until Zohran's Communism gets here, running a real-time transit app costs money. While these costs scale with usage, at present, we're comfortable absorbing them in an effort to help make a better city.

However, if NextTrain grows to a point where monetization is required to sustain the service, we may expand data usage solely to support the app itself and its marketing, not to become a data-harvesting operation.

If that happens:

• This Privacy Policy will be updated.
• Changes will be clearly documented.
• Our commitment to a privacy-first approach will remain central.

AND — since we're not storing your data, there's no "future use" to worry about.

10. No User Accounts / No Logins

NextTrain does not require user accounts, usernames, passwords, or logins. We do not knowingly collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or other direct identifiers.

If this ever changes, this policy will be updated accordingly.

11. Children's Privacy

Since NextTrain does not collect or display any user-generated data, nor do we track any user activity, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

We want to say this is “Safe for Kids!” but there's probably some kind of legal liability attached to that which we can't handle, so we can't promise that for real 😿

NextTrain is not directed toward children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take appropriate action.

12. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the limited data we do process. That said, no system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Third-Party Links and Data Sources

The app may reference or display data originating from third-party public sources (such as the MTA). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those entities.

Most of the data on this app comes from somewhere else – so if you don't like it, take it up with them! 🙃

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do:

• The Last Updated date will be revised.
• Material changes will be clearly reflected.

Your continued use of NextTrain after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

15. Contact Us

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