Last updated: November 3, 2026
Navia ("the app") is developed by Mohammad Amiri Moalla ("we", "us"). Navia is a navigation app designed for blind and low-vision users. This page explains what data the app accesses, why, and what we do — and don't do — with it.
The controller of the data described here is Mohammad Amiri Moalla, contact: support@wikiponder.com.
Navia uses your device's precise (GPS) and approximate location to: show you nearby streets and places, announce their distance and direction as you explore, guide you toward a place you've "aimed" at, and determine which offline map area to download. Location runs as an ongoing (foreground) service while the app is actively being used for navigation, which is what lets Navia keep announcing your surroundings as you walk, including with the screen off.
Your location is processed entirely on your device to power these features. It is not transmitted to us, not stored on any server we operate, and not shared with advertisers or data brokers. Downloading a map area sends only the identifier of the area you're requesting to our map-download server (at wikiponder.com) — the same way any map app fetches map data — not your ongoing movements. As with any web server, that server receives your IP address and the time of the request in its standard access logs, which are used only to operate and secure the service and are deleted after 90 days.
When you search for an address, the text you typed is sent to your device's geocoding service (on most Android devices, provided by Google) to be looked up. Navia does not send it to us.
Where you choose to use the microphone button to dictate a search, a point name, or a filter keyword instead of typing, Navia hands that audio to your device's own speech-recognition service (typically your Android device's built-in Google speech-to-text) to convert it to text. Navia itself does not record, store, or transmit your voice. How that underlying speech-recognition service itself handles audio is governed by its own provider's privacy policy (typically Google's), not by us.
AI place recognition is an optional feature. When you add a place, Navia uses the camera to film it for a few seconds and keeps a few still photos of it, together with the place's name, your location at that moment and the compass direction. When you later start place recognition near that place, Navia looks at the live camera image and compares it with your saved photos. All of this, including the AI model that does the comparison, runs on your device: camera images and saved photos are never sent to us or to anyone else, and the live camera image is not stored. You can delete a place and its photos at any time in the app.
The AI model (MegaLoc, about 240 MB) is downloaded once from our server at wikiponder.com the first time you open the feature. Like any download, that request includes your IP address and the time, which our server keeps only in its standard access logs as described under Location data.
If you turn on "Send crash reports" in Settings (it is off by default), Navia uses Firebase Crashlytics (a Google service) to learn about crashes so we can fix them. While it is on and the app crashes, an automatic report is sent on your next launch, containing: the crash's stack trace (which line of code failed), your device model and Android version, the app's version number, and a random installation identifier generated by Firebase (it is not your advertising ID and is not linked to your name, email, or any account, because Navia has none). Google also receives your IP address as part of the connection. We use the report solely to diagnose and fix bugs.
You can turn crash reports on or off at any time in Settings → Privacy → "Send crash reports"; turning it off also discards any report not yet sent and withdraws your consent. Crashlytics keeps crash data for 90 days. Google acts as our processor for this data and may process it in the United States and other countries; such transfers rely on the safeguards Google provides (including the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework). See Google's own privacy policy and the Firebase privacy documentation for details.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, you have the right to access, correct, erase, and restrict the processing of personal data about you, to object to processing based on legitimate interest, to withdraw consent at any time, and to data portability. Because Navia has no accounts and keeps your data on your device, most of this you can do yourself: use Settings → "Delete all downloaded maps", or uninstall the app to remove everything stored on the device. For anything held by us or our processors, write to support@wikiponder.com. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection supervisory authority.
Downloaded map data, any points you add manually, favorites, places saved for AI place recognition (with their photos), the AI model, and app settings are stored on your device. Places and photos for AI place recognition are not included in Android's backup. If you use Android's own backup feature, a small file containing just your manually-added points, renames, and favorites (not the full map) may be included in your device backup so it can be restored after a reinstall — this is handled entirely by Android's standard backup system tied to your own Google account, not by us.
| Permission | Why Navia asks for it |
|---|---|
| Location (fine & coarse) | Core navigation features: your position on the map, distance/direction announcements, offline-area downloads. |
| Microphone | Only when you tap a microphone button, to dictate text instead of typing. |
| Camera | Only for AI place recognition: filming a place you add, and recognising it later. Images stay on your device. |
| Notifications | To show the ongoing "navigation active" notification required for background location, and map-download progress. |
| Internet | To download map areas you request and the AI model for place recognition, and to send crash reports (see above). |
| Vibration | Optional haptic feedback for certain announcements, if enabled in Settings. |
Navia is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect data from children.
If this policy changes, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Questions about this policy or your data? Contact us at support@wikiponder.com.