Privacy Policy — Coverage App for Android

Last updated: June 2026

What the App Does

The Coverage app offers an interactive map of cell coverage quality throughout the United States, showing coverage from the major networks: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Data about your location may be used to center the map on your area. You can refuse location sharing and still use the app, but some features won't work.

Server Logs

Normal use of the app involves requests to Broadband Map's servers. Requests to Broadband Map may be logged. Logs may include information including but not limited to IP addresses and timestamps.

Third-Party Services

The app relies on third-party services that may receive information from or about app users. For example:

• Mapbox — map rendering and geocoding. Mapbox receives map-tile and search requests as you use the map, which include your IP address and the area you're viewing.
• Firebase Crashlytics — crash reporting. If the app crashes, diagnostic information (device model, OS version, stack trace) is sent to help identify and fix bugs.

Signal Data Collection (Opt-In)

Newer versions of the app include an optional feature, the Coverage Scorecard, that compares carriers across the places you visit. If you turn it on, the app periodically records cell signal readings while it's open and uploads them to Broadband Map's servers, where they refine the accuracy of Broadband Map's coverage database and maps.

No signal readings are uploaded to Broadband Map if you don't turn this on.

What's Collected (When You Opt In)

Readings may include information like:

• Signal metrics (strength, quality)
• Carrier and network type (4G/5G)
• Location (latitude and longitude, plus GPS accuracy)
• Timestamp
• Basic device info (model, manufacturer, Android version)

What's Not Done

• No contacts, messages, or browsing history gets collected
• No device ID or account is attached to readings
• Individual readings are not explicitly linked to one another; each stands on its own

Anonymity

Device-unique identifiers are not attached to readings. This does not rule out the possibility that components of readings (e.g., a reading's location, time, and device model), perhaps in combination with one another or other external data sources, could provide signals about an individual's identity.

Signal Data Usage

Signal readings may be aggregated into the data underlying coverage maps on BroadbandMap.com. Readings may be made available to external businesses, researchers, or other entities. Precautions will be taken to limit the precision of locations and timestamps in data shared externally.

If You Don't Opt In

The map and search work without signal collection. The Coverage Scorecard requires it. Users who haven't enabled collection may sometimes see a banner promoting BroadbandMap.com.

Changes

This policy may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the app constitutes acceptance of any changes.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be directed to the contact details at BroadbandMap.com/about.