Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

NearEmpty (formerly Refuelr) is an iOS app that shows fuel prices at UK petrol stations. It's built by SQUAREDMC LTD ("we", "us"), a company registered in England and Wales with company number 16175464, whose registered office is at 17 Poole Road, Epsom, KT19 9SQ.

This policy explains what information the NearEmpty app and this website use, why, and your rights. We're the controller of the personal data described here. If you have any questions, email us at hello@squaredmc.com.

2. Location data

If you allow it, NearEmpty uses your device's location only while the app is open (iOS calls this "While Using the App"). It never asks for background or "Always" access.

• What we receive. To find stations near you, the app sends your position to our server along with your search distance. If you search by postcode or town instead, the app sends the position of that place.
• What we do with it. Our server uses it to look up nearby stations and prices and sends them back. We don't save your location to our database, link it to you or your device, or build a history of where you've been.
• Server logs. Like most online services, our hosting provider (Supabase) keeps short-term request logs, which include the location in the request. These are deleted automatically after 1 day.
• Apple. To show a place name (such as "CR0 · Croydon") and to let you search by postcode or town, the app uses Apple's location services, so Apple receives your location or the text you search for. The map also shows your position using Apple Maps. Apple handles this under its own privacy policy.

If you don't allow location access, you can search by postcode or town instead. You can change this at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → NearEmpty.

3. Information you enter

Your fuel type, car size or tank size, search distance, list order, and whether prices show in pounds or pence are stored only on your device, so NearEmpty remembers them next time. They aren't sent to us. (Your search distance is sent with each request, as described in section 2, but isn't stored.) Deleting the app deletes them.

4. Fuel price data

Station details and prices come from the UK Government's Fuel Finder scheme, where fuel retailers report their own prices. We copy this data to our server every few hours. It's about fuel stations, not about you.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

5. Maps and directions

The map in NearEmpty is provided by Apple Maps. When you tap Route here, NearEmpty opens the Apple Maps app with the station as your destination. From then on, Apple's privacy policy applies.

6. Advertising

NearEmpty doesn't show ads and doesn't track you across other companies' apps or websites. If we add ads in a future version, we'll update this policy and ask for any permission needed before that starts.

7. Usage, analytics and crash data

NearEmpty doesn't include any analytics or crash-reporting tools of our own. If you've chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone's settings, Apple may share crash reports and usage statistics with us, which don't identify you. If we add analytics in future, we'll update this policy before that collection starts.

8. What we don't collect

We don't ask you to create an account, and we don't collect your name, email address or phone number. NearEmpty doesn't access your contacts, photos, camera, microphone or calendar, and it doesn't send notifications.

The only exception is if you email us: we'll have your email address and whatever you include, and we'll use them only to reply to you.

9. Third parties

We use these providers to run NearEmpty and this website:

We also use Fly.io and GitHub to fetch price data from Fuel Finder. They don't receive any information about you.

Some providers, such as Google and Apple, may process information outside the UK. Where they do, they rely on safeguards recognised under UK law, such as the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

10. Legal basis and your rights

Under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), we rely on:

• Legitimate interests to use your location to find nearby stations when you open the app, and to keep short-term server logs so the service stays secure and reliable.

You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to object to or restrict how we use it, to data portability, and to withdraw any consent you've given. Because we don't hold information that identifies you (there's no account, and your location isn't stored against you), there's usually nothing we can find to give you or delete. Your settings live only on your device, and deleting the app removes them.

To make a request, email hello@squaredmc.com. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

11. Children

NearEmpty isn't aimed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you think a child has sent us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

12. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page. If a change is significant, we'll also tell you in the app or in the App Store release notes.

13. This website

This website doesn't use cookies, analytics or advertising. It's hosted on GitHub Pages, which may log your IP address to keep the site secure and running. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address when you visit.

14. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your information:

SQUAREDMC LTD
17 Poole Road, Epsom, KT19 9SQ
Registered in England and Wales, company number 16175464
hello@squaredmc.com