Last updated May 18, 2026
Curbwise is built to do one thing — remember where you parked in San Francisco or Oakland and warn you before you get a ticket. The privacy story matches the product: your data stays on your phone, no accounts, no analytics, no ads.
Only one thing: your precise location, captured when you tap "Save here" (or trigger the same flow via Siri or CarPlay). We use it to look up which San Francisco or Oakland blockface you're on and what sweeping schedule applies.
Curbwise asks for "When In Use" location authorization. We do not request "Always" or background location.
Your saved parking sessions (location, blockface label, time-limit info, departure timestamps) live in a SwiftData store on your device. The store is shared between the iOS app and the Home Screen widget via an iOS App Group, but stays inside your phone's sandbox. Apple's standard iCloud Backup will include it if you have backup enabled — that's between you and Apple.
Deleting the app removes everything.
Curbwise queries each city's public data endpoints to download sweeping schedules and (for San Francisco) parking regulations:
gisapps1.mapoakland.com (oakgis/rest/services/Prod/streetSweepingRoutes).These requests fetch each city's data and do not include any information about you. The full datasets are cached on your phone so most lookups happen offline.
Curbwise schedules local notifications (sweeping warnings, time-limit warnings) using iOS's standard notification center. Nothing is pushed from a remote server — there is no remote server.
Curbwise is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date at the top will change too. Material changes will be called out in the app's release notes.
Questions about privacy? Email juanca.med@gmail.com.