Privacy Policy — Weather
App: Weather · Developer: The App Tower Inc.
Effective: 21 July 2026
The short version
Weather sends your location to Apple to fetch your forecast, and collects anonymous crash and usage data so the app can be fixed and improved. It does not track you, does not use an advertising identifier, shows no ads, and has no accounts to sign up for. Nothing you can be identified by ever leaves your device.
What we collect
Precise location. When you allow it, your coordinates are sent to Apple's WeatherKit service to retrieve the forecast for where you are. This happens only to answer that request. Your location is not stored on our servers — we do not operate any — and it is never sent to our analytics or crash-reporting providers. If you prefer, you can decline the permission and search for a city instead; the app works the same way.
Crash data and diagnostics. If the app crashes or hits an error, Firebase Crashlytics (Google) receives the crash report along with your device model, OS version, and non-identifying context such as which visual theme was active, which weather source responded, and whether notifications were enabled.
Product interaction. Firebase Analytics (Google) records anonymous events about how the app is used — for example that a theme was chosen, a feed card was hidden, or a forecast screen was opened. These events never include a place name, a coordinate, or anything you have typed.
Device identifier. Firebase Analytics generates a random, app-specific installation identifier so one install can be told apart from another. It is not the advertising identifier, it is not shared for advertising, and it is reset if you delete the app.
What we do not collect
• No advertising identifier (IDFA). The app links Firebase's no-advertising-identifier build, and ad personalisation signals are disabled.
• No tracking across apps or websites, and no sharing with data brokers. The app declares NSPrivacyTracking = NO and never presents an App Tracking Transparency prompt.
• No accounts, no sign-up, no email address, no name, no contacts.
• No advertising of any kind.
• Nothing you type. Saved places, feed arrangement, unit preferences and puzzle progress stay on your device and are not transmitted anywhere.
Notifications
Severe-weather alerts are delivered as local notifications, generated on your device from forecast data. There is no push server and no device token is registered with us. You control whether they appear, and whether you receive all severe alerts or only extreme ones, in Settings.
Background activity
With Background App Refresh enabled, the app may check for severe weather while closed so a warning can reach you in time. This uses the same location and weather services described above and collects nothing further.
Children
Weather is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices
• Revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings.
• Turn notifications off entirely, or limit them to extreme alerts, in the app.
• Deleting the app removes everything stored on your device and disconnects the anonymous installation identifier.
• For any question or request about your data, email privacy@theapptower.com.
Third parties
• Apple WeatherKit — provides the forecast. Apple's handling of that request is covered by Apple's own privacy policy.
• Google Firebase (Crashlytics and Analytics) — crash reporting and anonymous usage analytics, covered by Google's privacy policy.
Changes
If this policy changes, the effective date above will change with it, and material changes will be noted in the app's release notes.