WindSage privacy policy

Who operates WindSage

WindSage is operated by Global Correlations Inc., a Florida corporation in Florida, United States. This policy explains the information processed by the current WindSage release candidate and the choices available to you.

WindSage does not sell personal information, use Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA), use third-party advertising networks, or track people across apps or websites.

Initial-release feature status

• Core weather, forecast, tide, location, planning, and approved first-party Local Sponsorship features are included.
• Push notifications are not available to external users in the initial release.
• Subscription purchase and WindSage Plus access are not available in the initial release.
• The in-app Feedback form is not available. You may contact support by email.

WindSage will update this policy and complete the applicable retention and certification work before notifications or subscriptions are enabled for external users.

Information stored on your device

WindSage stores app preferences on your device, including units, Kite Chart inputs, wind ranges, selected and favorite public WindSage locations, map choices, and the anonymous-diagnostics preference. The app may cache public weather and forecast information so screens load reliably.

These local settings are removed by the app's reset control where available or by deleting the app. A selected WindSage location is a public forecast spot; it is not your device's physical location.

Information processed by WindSage

Weather and forecast requests

The app sends the selected public WindSage location and the request needed to return current conditions, forecasts, tide, maps, and planning results. WindSage's hosting providers receive ordinary connection information, such as IP address, request headers, time, response status, and security or reliability logs. WindSage does not require a consumer account for public weather use.

Optional anonymous diagnostics

Anonymous diagnostics are off by default. If you turn them on, WindSage may receive the screen or feature used, selected public WindSage location, selected forecast model, setting category changed, request timing, and success or error state. Diagnostics use a short-lived random session identifier and are not combined with a notification installation, subscription identity, IDFA, precise device location, or raw Kite Chart measurements. You can turn diagnostics off in Settings.

Device location and Apple Maps

WindSage requests foreground device location only when you choose a feature such as a drive-time estimate. The initial release uses that location with Apple's mapping service on your device and does not send your precise device location to the WindSage weather backend. WindSage does not collect a background movement trail. Apple processes map and route requests under Apple's terms and privacy disclosures.

Local Sponsorship

WindSage may show clearly labeled sponsor cards managed directly by WindSage. Eligibility uses the public WindSage location you selected, its region, the current time, and campaign settings. It does not use an account, device identifier, physical-location trail, diagnostic session, IDFA, third-party ad network, or data broker.

WindSage may record an impression, click, or report using an opaque short-lived placement decision and one-time event identifier. Sponsors receive aggregate campaign reporting, not event-level user or device profiles. Sponsor images are delivered by WindSage. A sponsor's website is contacted only after you tap its link; that website's privacy policy then applies.

Support and privacy requests

Email support or privacy requests include your email address and the content you choose to send. Please do not send passwords, private keys, payment-card details, notification credentials, or unrelated sensitive information.

Notifications and subscriptions

The app contains separately gated notification and StoreKit code, but notifications, subscription purchase, and WindSage Plus access remain unavailable to external users in the initial release. WindSage does not use an installation identifier as a general account, and it keeps any future notification installation identity separate from any future Apple subscription identity.

Apple independently processes App Store downloads and Apple-account purchase history. WindSage cannot delete records controlled by Apple. If these WindSage features are enabled later, WindSage will publish their active data, retention, disable, and erasure rules before external collection begins.

Service providers

WindSage currently uses the following service providers for the initial release:

• Railway for WindSage API hosting, application compute, PostgreSQL, Redis, and object storage.
• Cloudflare for the public WindSage website, DNS, content delivery, and website security.
• Titan Email for the privacy@windsage.app and support@windsage.app mail service.
• Apple for iOS and App Store platform services, Apple Maps, and WeatherKit. APNs and StoreKit server services remain gated as described above.

WindSage also obtains weather and model data through server-to-server requests to public or licensed sources such as NOAA, the National Weather Service, ECMWF, Météo-France, and supported weather stations. Those source requests use public station, model, or WindSage location coordinates rather than a user's precise device location or notification/subscription identity.

Retention

• Local app settings remain on your device until reset or app deletion.
• Raw opt-in anonymous diagnostic events are normally kept for up to 30 days.
• WindSage application observability events are normally kept for 14 days unless a protected security or audit record has a separate approved rule.
• Raw sponsor impression and click events are kept for up to 90 days after aggregate reporting exists. Sponsor reports are kept for up to 365 days; open or reviewing reports may be kept longer while the review remains active.
• Support and privacy correspondence is kept only while needed to respond, document completion, protect the service, or meet an applicable obligation. A final numeric email-retention policy has not yet been adopted.

Restricted backups and infrastructure security logs may retain a record temporarily under the applicable provider's recovery or security schedule. WindSage does not use backups as an ordinary source of deleted data. Notification and subscription retention periods must be approved before those features are enabled externally.

Your choices and deletion

You can:

• keep anonymous diagnostics off or turn them off in WindSage Settings;
• deny or revoke foreground location permission in iOS Settings;
• remove local preferences through the app's reset control where available or by deleting the app;
• report an inappropriate sponsor card from the card;
• request access, correction, or deletion of identifiable information controlled by WindSage through the Privacy Choices and Data Deletion page.

WindSage cannot retrieve or delete information that was never linked to you, and it cannot delete App Store records controlled by Apple.

Security

WindSage uses encrypted network transport, administrative access controls, data minimization, restricted operational access, protected credential storage, and monitoring intended to protect information. No internet or storage system can guarantee absolute security.

Children

WindSage is a general weather and sports-planning service and is not designed for children to submit personal information. If you believe a child has provided identifiable information to WindSage, contact us so we can review it.

International processing

Global Correlations Inc. and its service providers may process information in the United States or other countries where those providers operate, subject to their applicable terms and safeguards.

Changes to this policy

WindSage may update this policy when features, data practices, or service providers change. The revised effective date will be posted here, with additional notice when appropriate.

Contact

Global Correlations Inc.
Florida, United States

Privacy and data requests: privacy@windsage.app

Ordinary support: support@windsage.app