Weatherpipe
Weatherpipe · Document I

Privacy Policy

Effective · Last revised

Weatherpipe is a weather app. This page describes, in plain language, what data the app handles, where that data goes, and what stays on your device.

Summary
  • No accounts, no profiles, no sign-in.
  • No advertising. No third-party analytics SDKs.
  • Your last-used location lives on your device.
  • Coordinates and search terms pass through our server only to turn into weather and place names.

I.What we handle

When you use Weatherpipe, the app sends the following to our server so it can answer the question "what's the weather here?"

Datum Purpose Destination Retention
Coordinates (latitude / longitude) Fetch weather; look up the place name Weatherpipe server → NOAA, Foreca, Nominatim Short-lived cache; not tied to you
Search terms (city, postal code) Turn a place name into coordinates Weatherpipe server → Open-Meteo Not stored
Provider preference (NOAA / Foreca) Route your request to the chosen provider Weatherpipe server Not stored server-side

II.What stays on your device

Weatherpipe stores your last-used location on your device so the app can show something the moment it opens. This data is not transmitted unless you trigger a refresh.

III.Third parties

Weather data comes from one of two providers, selected by you:

  • NOAA — the US National Weather Service. Free, no authentication, United States coverage only.
  • Foreca — a worldwide commercial weather provider. Our server holds the credentials; the provider does not learn who you are.

Place-name lookups use Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) for reverse geocoding and Open-Meteo for forward search. Each receives only the coordinates or text you submit, by way of our server.

IV.What we do not do

  • We do not show advertising.
  • We do not run third-party analytics SDKs.
  • We do not sell, rent, or share your data.
  • We do not track you across other apps or websites.

V.Children

Weatherpipe is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

VI.Changes

If this policy changes in a way that meaningfully affects what data is handled, the effective date above will be updated and a notice will appear in the app.

VII.Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to [contact email — set before publishing].