Privacy at Zenith Weather

Data you provide

• Account information, including the email address supplied through email sign-in, Apple, or Google and an optional profile name.
• Saved place names, coordinates, time zones, unit preferences, and the primary place you choose. Android can request optional approximate or precise foreground location when you choose Current Location or Radar Near Me. Near Me can refresh while that foreground journey is active. Zenith does not request Android background-location permission; city search and saved places remain available without device-location access.
• Weather-station connection details and provider credentials. Provider credentials are protected at the server boundary and are not exposed to other Zenith users.
• Weather Circle invitations, memberships, and the specific station places each person chooses to share.
• Optional Weather Network listings, including the public station name and approximate or exact location you choose, and reports about public listings.
• Feedback and station-provider requests, including an optional reply email address and any details you choose to enter.

Weather and technical data

Zenith stores normalized station observations, forecast and radar context, and provider metadata needed to show weather and history. Where practical, raw provider payloads may be retained for debugging and future remapping.

Feedback submissions include the app version, build number, operating-system version, and an account reference when you are signed in. They do not automatically include station identity, provider credentials, observations, location, device identifiers, logs, or screenshots.

Production diagnostics use Sentry with identifiers, coordinates, invitation fragments, authentication material, request bodies, query strings, raw provider data, and external URLs removed. Zenith records coarse route, outcome, duration, lifecycle, crash, hang, and sampled performance signals.

How data is used and shared

Zenith uses this data to authenticate accounts, provide weather, preserve preferences, connect stations, operate private Weather Circles, respond to feedback, prioritize station integrations, secure the service, and diagnose reliability. Zenith does not sell personal data, run advertising, or use private weather-sharing or feedback data for marketing.

Necessary processors and sources include Apple and Google for sign-in, connected station providers such as Tempest, National Weather Service and NOAA sources, Mapbox for interactive maps, Sentry for redacted diagnostics, and infrastructure providers that host Zenith. A map provider receives ordinary network information and the map area requested by the app. Weather Circle members receive weather only for the places the owner explicitly shares.

Station publication to the Weather Network is off by default. If you publish a station place, signed-in Zenith users can see its public name, chosen map location, current weather readings, and recent weather trends. Approximate placement moves the public marker roughly 1–3 miles from the station; choosing exact placement reveals its true coordinate. Public listings do not include your account identity, private place name, provider credentials, or raw provider payloads. You can turn public sharing off in Share Weather without changing private Circle access. Previously viewed information cannot be recalled from another person’s device.

Optional patron support

Apple or Google handles patron subscription payments. RevenueCat verifies purchases using a private billing identifier generated by Zenith, store transaction information, and technical data needed to provide billing. Zenith does not send RevenueCat your email, profile name, radar acknowledgment alias, chosen radar site, saved places, station data, or weather observations. We retain verified membership status and its expiration to provide patron membership.

Public patron acknowledgment is off by default. If you explicitly opt in, other signed-in Zenith users can see your approved alias on your chosen radar site. Choose an alias and site that you are comfortable sharing; neither needs to identify your home. Pending aliases and review reasons are visible only to you and Zenith administrators. You can turn recognition off at any time, and account deletion removes membership records and acknowledgment from the active service. Previously viewed information cannot be recalled from another person’s device.

Retention, security, and choices

Zenith keeps account data while an account is active and retains feedback and operational records only as long as they are useful for support, product planning, security, reliability, legal obligations, and backup recovery. Production traffic uses encryption in transit; sensitive credentials, mobile sessions, feedback text, and optional feedback contact addresses are protected at their storage boundaries. No system can guarantee absolute security.

Users can revoke Weather Circle access, disconnect a station provider, sign out, or permanently delete their account in the app. Account deletion removes the account and account-owned profile, places, connections, sharing relationships, stored observations, and account-linked feedback from the active service. Anonymous feedback remains until it is no longer needed; contact [email protected] with the submission reference to request deletion. Limited copies may remain temporarily in protected backups or security records until their normal expiration.

Account deletion

See the account deletion instructions. Because deletion is permanent, Zenith requires an authenticated in-app confirmation before removing active account data.

Changes

Material changes will be reflected here with a new effective date. Zenith is not designed for children and does not intentionally collect child-directed profiles.