This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled when you use DriveBW. DriveBW is an independent driving licence learning and practice application for users preparing for Botswana driving licence tests.
DriveBW does not require you to create a DriveBW account or directly provide your name, phone number, postal address, or payment-card details. However, the app uses third-party advertising, consent-management, app-store, and purchase-validation services that may collect or process technical, advertising, purchase, and usage information as described below.
DriveBW may store the following information locally on your device:
Some information may be stored using secure device storage. Removing the app usually removes ordinary local app data, but certain secure-storage or app-store records may remain according to the operating system, device backup settings, or store-account rules.
The free version of DriveBW displays advertising through Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK. Ads may include banner, interstitial, and rewarded formats.
Depending on your device, region, consent choices, and platform settings, Google and its advertising partners may process:
Advertising may be personalized, non-personalized, limited, or technically served depending on applicable law, consent choices, account configuration, and device settings. Non-personalized ads may still use limited identifiers or local storage for functions such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting, security, and fraud prevention.
DriveBW uses Google's User Messaging Platform where required to request, store, and apply privacy choices relating to advertising and local device storage. Depending on your location and the privacy messages available for your device, you may be shown options concerning personalized ads, non-personalized ads, limited ads, or other data uses.
You may also control advertising identifiers and tracking permissions through your Android, Google, Apple, or iOS device settings. Choices available to you vary by device, operating system, account, and country.
DriveBW uses RevenueCat to validate purchases, restore purchases, and determine whether the Premium entitlement is active. RevenueCat and the relevant app store may process information such as:
Payment-card details are processed by Apple App Store or Google Play and are not directly received or stored by DriveBW.
Information may be used to:
DriveBW does not sell your personal information. Information may be transmitted to or processed by third-party providers that support the app, including:
These third parties process information under their own terms and privacy policies. Their practices may differ by country, account, product configuration, and legal requirement.
Where applicable law requires a legal basis, information may be processed based on your consent, performance of a purchase or service agreement, compliance with legal obligations, and legitimate interests such as operating the app, preventing fraud, protecting security, and improving service reliability.
Local app information is retained for as long as it remains on your device or is needed for app operation. Third-party providers and app stores retain information according to their own legal, security, fraud-prevention, accounting, and operational requirements.
DriveBW cannot directly delete information held only by Google, Apple, RevenueCat, or another third party. Requests concerning those records may need to be made directly to the relevant provider.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or withdrawal of consent.
You can also:
Because DriveBW does not require an account, we may not be able to identify a particular user without sufficient information such as a store transaction reference or anonymous purchase identifier.
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect app information. Data sent by third-party SDKs is generally transmitted using encrypted network connections. However, no app, device, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Google, Apple, RevenueCat, and their service providers may process information outside Botswana or outside the country where you use DriveBW. Different countries may have different data-protection laws.
DriveBW is not directed to children under 13 or to anyone below a higher minimum age required by applicable local law. We do not knowingly ask children to provide personal information directly to DriveBW. If you believe a child has provided information through the app contrary to applicable law, contact us so the matter can be reviewed.
DriveBW may link to government, app-store, advertising, or other third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy, accuracy, security, or content of external websites or services.
DriveBW is an independent educational and practice application. DriveBW is not affiliated with, endorsed by, authorised by, or connected to the Government of Botswana, the Department of Road Transport and Safety (DRTS), or any other government entity.
DriveBW provides driving licence preparation content for learning and practice purposes only. Users should refer to official government sources for current and authoritative information.
We may update this Privacy Policy when DriveBW's features, advertising, purchases, providers, or legal obligations change. The updated effective date will be shown at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated in the app or through the relevant app store where appropriate.
For privacy questions or requests, contact smartmonetaryinvestments@gmail.com.
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Botswana, subject to any mandatory rights or protections that apply in the country where you use DriveBW.