Let's say that I have a mobile app that tracks the user and saves his GPS coordinates locally only on a mobile device so that he can check where he was. The mobile application does not send this data to any server. Does GDPR affect me and my app in any way? Do I need for example to change my app in such way that it encrypts that personal GPS data on the device? Or GDPR has no influence on my app as I as a person do not have any access to that data?
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Looks like you've asked the a more detailed version of the same question and got answers here - mind closing this one?– Kristopher NoronhaCommented Jul 9, 2019 at 18:57
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3Possible duplicate of GDPR - am I a data controller as an app owner if I do not have access to the data?– Kristopher NoronhaCommented Jul 9, 2019 at 18:58
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No. As long as you don't see and have no means to access this data, but it is under the control of the user at all times, you are neither the controller or the processor of this personal data, and the GDPR does not apply to you.
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Thanks. What if I would add to my app reverse geocoding functionality (that is changing gps coordinates to street/city name) and for that I would need to use external API geocoding webservice provided by company such as Apple. So after recording GPS data and saving it locally my application would send last GPS coordinate to Apple server to get street/city name and after returing that data from Apple server app would also store it locally on the phone so user can see name instead coordinates. Still I have no access to this data and I don't know what was sent to Apple. Does GDPR now apply to me? Commented Jun 18, 2018 at 11:16