Last updated November 14, 2026
AutoEase (“the app”) is made by THE LIX GROUP LLC (“we”). AutoEase is local-first: we don’t run a server for your data, there’s no account system, and we don’t collect your vehicle information, mileage or history. This policy explains what the app handles and where it goes. It also covers this website.
What AutoEase stores, and where
AutoEase stores your car’s details (VIN, year, make and model), mileage, maintenance schedule, service log (including any costs you enter), fuel log, to-fix notes and your settings in a database on your phone. We have no server that receives or stores this information, and no way to access it.
What leaves your phone
Only what each lookup needs, sent directly from your phone:
- Your VIN goes to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) vPIC service when you add your car, to look up its year, make and model.
- Your car’s make, model and year go to NHTSA’s recalls service when you open or return to the app, or pull down on the Garage, to check for safety recalls.
- Your approximate location goes to Open-Meteo, only if you turn on Weather Alerts, to fetch the local forecast. It’s read once per check, never stored on your phone or in a backup, and discarded after the request.
These services receive the request like any website receives a visit (including your IP address), under their own terms. None of these requests include your mileage, service history, costs or notes, and we don’t receive any of them.
Backup and files you share
Backup is on by default (you can switch it off). AutoEase saves a copy of your data to a private, app-only area of your own iCloud (iPhone) or Google Drive (Android). You control that storage, and Apple’s or Google’s privacy terms govern it. The copy never goes to a server of ours.
On Android, Google asks you to sign in and allow access. AutoEase requests only the
drive.appdata permission, which covers its own hidden app folder and not your
other Drive files. The sign-in token is kept in your phone’s secure storage.
Separately, your phone’s own backup may include AutoEase’s data, as it does for most apps: your iPhone’s iCloud or computer backup, or Android’s Google backup if it’s turned on. Those backups are part of your Apple or Google account, under their terms, and we can’t access them.
You can also export a backup file or your service log as a CSV file. Those files go only where you choose to save or send them.
Permissions
- Camera: to read the VIN barcode. No photos are taken or kept. You can type the VIN instead.
- Notifications: for maintenance reminders and, if you turn them on, weather alerts. These are scheduled on your phone; no push service or server is involved.
- Location (while using the app): only if you turn on Weather Alerts, and only approximate.
AutoEase never asks for your contacts, microphone or photo library.
Accounts and identity
AutoEase doesn’t ask for your name, email address or any other identifying information. There’s no login and no account system.
Analytics and advertising
The AutoEase app has no ads and doesn’t include analytics or advertising tools. It doesn’t track how you use it, and we never sell or share your data.
This website works differently. It uses Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, for basic traffic measurement: which pages are visited, roughly where visitors are, what device and browser they use, and how they found the site. Google may set cookies to do this. We don’t use the data to identify you and we don’t run ads on the site. Google’s handling of the data falls under Google’s Privacy Policy, and you can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Deleting your data
To delete one car and its history, use Remove this car (see Delete one car). Uninstalling AutoEase deletes everything it stored on your phone. A cloud backup stays in your iCloud or Google Drive until you delete it there. See Delete your AutoEase data.
Children’s privacy
AutoEase isn’t directed at children and doesn’t knowingly collect information from anyone, of any age.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, for example because a new feature changes how data is handled, we’ll update this page and the date above before that feature ships.
Contact
Questions about this policy or how AutoEase handles data: autoease-support@lixlink.com.