Subway is designed to show you real-time NYC subway arrivals without collecting your personal data.
Subway requests access to your device's location to sort nearby stations by distance. This happens entirely on your device. Your location is never sent to any server, never stored, and never shared with anyone.
If you deny location access, the app works the same way — you just won't see nearby stations sorted by distance.
The app connects to a backend server to retrieve real-time train arrival data from the MTA's public GTFS-RT feed. These requests do not include your location, device identifiers, or any personal information.
As with any internet connection, your device's IP address is visible to the server infrastructure during these requests as part of standard network protocols. This data is not logged, stored, or used for any purpose by the developer.
Subway does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.
Stations you mark as favorites are stored locally on your device and are not transmitted anywhere.
Real-time data is retrieved from the MTA's public GTFS-RT feeds via a backend server. That server infrastructure may transiently process standard connection metadata as part of normal server operations. But the Subway app does not actively collect any information about you.
Subway does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new effective date.
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