GasBuddy: Find & Pay for Gas

"If you access the Service through a mobile device and allow for location tracking, we will automatically collect information about your precise geolocation, including your geolocation relative to and within third-party merchant locations. We may share precise location information (data obtained from a device about the physical location of the device that is sufficiently precise to locate a specific individual or device). We may share your location information with business partners, which may include Foursquare, to provide customized engagement features, products, and content. Foursquare may also collect location data directly through the app."

GasBuddy collects precise geolocation including your position within merchant locations, and shares it with third parties like Foursquare who may also collect location data directly from the app for their own purposes.

"We may disclose Personal Information to social media sites, retailers, consumer brands, advertisers, analytics providers, media buying agencies, advertising networks, and data brokers. We may also disclose Personal Information to companies that help us learn more about our customers and third parties, including those that market their own products and services to you."

GasBuddy shares personal information with a very broad range of third parties including advertisers, data brokers, advertising networks, and companies that market their own products to you.

"We may also collect information about users over time and across different websites and devices when you use the Services. Certain third parties may link your name and email address to other information they have collected. This might include online usage information. Inferences Drawn From Personal Information. This may include a profile relating to your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitude."

GasBuddy tracks users across websites and devices, combines data from third-party sources, and builds detailed psychological and behavioral profiles including inferences about intelligence, attitudes, and predispositions.

"We may collect information such as your mobile device ID, mobile ad ID, device type, and your use of features, functions, or notifications on the device, as well as signal strength relating to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth functionality, temperature, battery level, and similar technical data. We may collect this information even if you are not logged in to the Service."

GasBuddy collects extensive device sensor data including Wi-Fi/Bluetooth signal strength, temperature, and battery level — even when you're not logged in — well beyond what a gas price comparison app requires.

"We may retain each of the above categories of personal information based on several factors, including as reasonably necessary to (i) provide our products and services or administer our relationship with a consumer; (ii) protect our business, employees, organization, and others; (iii) fulfill our legal and regulatory obligations; and (iv) investigate and address issues which may include safety concerns, potential security incidents or policy violations."

GasBuddy provides no specific retention periods or deletion timelines, using only vague criteria like 'reasonably necessary' that could justify indefinite retention of all personal information categories.

"We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time which will be indicated by changing the date at the beginning of this Policy. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account), by means of a notice on our Services prior to the change becoming effective, or as otherwise required by law."

While GasBuddy says they'll notify users of material changes, the policy can be modified at any time and the only recourse is to terminate your account — continued use constitutes acceptance.