Privacy Policy
- Rainfront works without an account.
- Your location stays on your device. We never receive your coordinates.
- We show no ads, we do not track you across apps or websites, we do not sell data, and the app sends no usage analytics.
Who is responsible
Rainfront is made by Barış Çakmak, the data controller under the GDPR and Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK). Write to support@rainfront.app with any question about your data.
Your location
If you allow it, the app reads your location on your device to centre the map and to pick the forecast for where you are. Your coordinates are not sent to us. To show the weather, the app downloads the map tiles of the area on screen and forecast files that each cover a square roughly 150 to 300 km wide, so our server can tell roughly which area you look at, as any map service can. The place name under the forecast comes from Apple's geocoding service, which receives your coordinates under Apple's privacy policy. You can say no or change your answer in Settings; the app then shows the area you choose on the map.
What leaves your device
Weather data downloads
- What
- Your IP address, a random identifier the app makes on first launch, the files requested and when. No name, email, location or contacts.
- Why
- To deliver radar, satellite and forecast data, and to stop abuse with per-device limits.
- Who
- Our data server on Oracle Cloud in Frankfurt, Germany, and Cloudflare, which delivers and caches the files.
- How long
- Request logs are overwritten in turn and usually last hours to a few days. The per-device data count is kept for 2 days, an automatic block for 1 hour.
Single-radar scans
- What
- Your IP address and the radar files you open.
- Why
- A single radar's raw scan is downloaded directly from the public archive where the weather service publishes it.
- Who
- NOAA's open data on Amazon Web Services (United States) for US radars, and the OPERA archive on CloudFerro (European Union) for European radars.
- How long
- Under those providers' own terms. We receive nothing.
Place search
- What
- What you type in the search field.
- Why
- To find the place on the map.
- Who
- Apple, under Apple's privacy policy. We receive nothing.
Purchases
- What
- Apple's signed proof that the app is a genuine install and, if you subscribe, of your active subscription, together with the app's random identifier. Apple takes the payment; we never see your payment details or your Apple Account.
- Why
- To unlock Pro and to give the app short-lived access keys for the weather data.
- Who
- Apple, and our access service on Cloudflare.
- How long
- The access service keeps nothing beyond technical logs, which last a few days.
Emails to us
- What
- Your email address and what you write.
- Why
- To answer you and fix what you report.
- Who
- Our email provider.
- How long
- Up to 24 months.
What we never collect
We do not ask for your name and we do not collect your contacts, photos, camera, microphone or health data. The app contains no advertising networks, no analytics and no crash-reporting service.
Why we are allowed to use this data
We handle downloads, purchases and support emails to give you the service you asked for, and keep short technical logs for the legitimate interest of keeping the service secure and running.
Where it is processed
The providers above may handle data outside your country, including in the United States, under their own data protection terms. They handle this data only to do the work described here.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and the KVKK you can ask for a copy of your data, have it corrected or deleted, and object to how it is used. Email us and we will answer within 30 days. Because we do not hold your name, we may need details from you, such as the time of a request, to find any record. You can also complain to your data protection authority, which in Turkey is the KVKK Board.
Children
Rainfront collects no personal data from anyone, children included, beyond what is described above. If you think a child has sent us personal data by email, tell us and we will delete it.
This website
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics. Cloudflare hosts it and sees your IP address to deliver the page.
Changes
Each version of this policy carries its date. We announce important changes in the app.