Privacy Policy

Effective 19 July 2026 · Dubplate, published by Buene AS, Norway

Dubplate is a music player app for iPhone and Android that turns folders in your Google Drive, including folders shared with you, into a private streaming library. This policy explains what data the app touches, what it does with that data, and where the data lives. The short version: the Dubplate app has no backend, so your data goes between your device and Google, and nowhere else.

The app never sends your Google account data or your Google Drive data to us. There is no Dubplate server in the path between your device and Google Drive. Your sign-in, your file names, your folder structure, and your audio are handled on your device only.

What the app accesses

When you connect your Google account, the app requests the following from Google, with your consent on Google's own sign-in screens:

Basic profile information (your name, email address, and profile picture) so the app can show which account is connected.
Read-only access to Google Drive (the drive.readonly scope) so the app can list the folders you choose, read file names and metadata, and stream or download the audio files in them. This includes folders that others have shared with you.

Read-only means exactly that. The app cannot and does not modify, rename, move, upload, or delete anything in your Drive, and it never asks for permission to.

How the app uses this data

Google user data is used solely to provide the app's user-facing features to you:

Browsing your Drive and folders shared with you to find music.
Building your library: reading file names, tags, and cover art from the audio files so albums display with correct titles and artwork.
Streaming audio from your Drive to your device.
Offline sync: downloading albums you select to your device so they play without a connection.

Nothing else. The app does not use your Google user data for advertising, does not sell it, does not let humans read it, and does not use it to train machine learning or artificial intelligence models.

Where your data is stored

Sign-in tokens are stored in your device's secure storage (iOS Keychain, Android Keystore) and are used only to talk to Google's APIs from your device.
Your library (album and track metadata, artwork, your local edits and playlists) is stored in a database on your device.
Downloaded audio for offline playback is stored in the app's private storage on your device.

None of this is stored on, or transmitted through, any server operated by us. All Google user data is processed and stored on your device only.

Sharing

We do not share, transfer, or disclose your Google user data with anyone. The app transmits it to no one: the only network traffic involving your data is the app talking directly to Google's own APIs from your device.

Limited Use disclosure

Dubplate's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Purchases

The one-time unlock is sold through Apple's App Store and Google Play. Payment is handled entirely by Apple or Google; we never see your payment details. The purchase record lives with your store account and on your device.

Diagnostics

The app currently sends no analytics and no crash reports. If a future version adds anonymous crash reporting or usage statistics, it will be designed so that it can never include Google user data: no file names, no folder names, no account details, no audio.

Deleting your data and revoking access

Disconnect in the app (Settings → Disconnect) to remove the stored sign-in tokens and your library from the device.
Revoke the app's access at Google at any time from myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Uninstall the app to delete everything it stored on the device, including downloaded audio.

Because we hold no copy of your data, there is nothing for you to request deletion of on our side; removing it from your device removes it entirely.

Children

Dubplate is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from anyone. It collects no data on our side from any user of any age.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with an updated effective date. A change that expanded how Google user data is handled would also require your renewed consent through Google's own screens.

Contact

Dubplate is made by Buene AS, Norway. Questions about this policy: erik@buene.com.