Last updated August 18, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the operator of Marine Conditions (“Marine Conditions,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use the Marine Conditions website at marineconditions.com, our application programming interfaces, and our mobile applications on the Apple App Store and Google Play (together, the “Services”).
The Services are operated by the operator of Marine Conditions. For privacy requests, questions, or complaints, contact support@marineconditions.com.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
This policy covers the website, the iOS app (including widgets, Live Activities, and background refresh), any Android app we publish under the same name, and our servers at marineconditions.com that provide buoy data, camera images, search, nearby-station lookups, and remote configuration.
It does not control the practices of independent third parties such as NOAA National Data Buoy Center, Apple, Google, map providers, advertising networks, or analytics vendors. Those parties have their own policies.
You can use the Services without creating an account, signing in, or providing a name, password, payment card, or government ID to us. We do not operate a public user profile, social network, or in-app messaging product.
We do not intentionally collect precise health data, contacts, photos from your device camera, microphone audio, SMS, call logs, or files from your photo library. “Camera” features in the Services display publicly available NOAA buoy camera images, not images from your device.
If you email us, you choose what to include. Do not send sensitive personal information that we do not need.
We collect the categories below. Some items stay only on your device. Others are sent to our servers or to processors listed in Section 8.
If you grant location permission, the mobile app requests “when in use” location at approximately kilometer-level accuracy to find nearby buoy stations, show your position on the map, estimate distances, and let widgets resolve a “nearest favorite” station.
When you use Nearby, the app sends the current latitude and longitude to our API (for example /api/v1/nearby) so we can return stations within the requested radius. We use those coordinates to compute results for that request. We do not require an account to do this.
A last-known latitude and longitude may be stored locally in the app group so widgets can work without asking for a fresh GPS fix every time.
On the website, the Near Me page may use the browser Geolocation API in your browser only. We do not receive that browser location unless you later use a feature that sends coordinates to our API.
You can refuse or later revoke location permission in system settings. Nearby and map-centering features will then be limited or unavailable.
Condition alerts use local notifications scheduled on your device. We request permission for alerts and sounds. We do not currently operate our own remote push-notification service or collect a push token on our servers for marketing blasts.
Background refresh may run on the device to re-check buoy observations against your alert rules. Delivery is not guaranteed and depends on the operating system.
If you buy a premium subscription or other in-app product, Apple or Google process the payment. We receive entitlement status (for example whether “premium” is active), product identifiers, and restore/purchase results through Adapty. We do not receive your full payment card number.
Premium currently unlocks an ad-free experience, higher or unlimited favorite and alert limits, advanced charts, and fuller camera-feed access. Exact offerings are shown in the store listing and paywall at the time of purchase.
Free users may see ads served by CAS.AI (Clever Ads Solutions) and downstream networks that can include Google AdMob and other mediation partners. Ad types in the current iOS app include app-open ads and banners. Interstitial and rewarded placements may be enabled later.
On iOS, we may show Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you authorize tracking, advertising partners may access the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) and use it for measurement, frequency capping, and personalized ads. If you deny tracking, we still may show contextual or non-personalized ads that use SKAdNetwork and other privacy-preserving signals.
Advertising SDKs typically collect device identifiers, IP address, approximate location derived from IP, device model, OS version, app identifier, consent signals, and ad interaction and revenue events.
Our web server and content-delivery infrastructure may record IP address, date and time, requested URL, referrer, user agent, and basic error logs. These logs are used for security, abuse prevention, capacity planning, and debugging.
The website uses Yandex Metrica (counter ID 108263419), including cookies and similar technologies, page-view tracking, referrer capture, link tracking, click maps, and Webvisor session replay. Webvisor can record interactions with the page (clicks, scrolling, and mouse movement). Do not enter secrets into the website; the site does not provide an account form, but support emails are outside that page.
The website also stores unit-display preferences in your browser localStorage so converted values stay consistent between visits. That preference stays on your device.
The Services fetch, cache, and display public marine observations and station metadata from NOAA National Data Buoy Center, including wind, gusts, waves, period, pressure, air and water temperature, dew point, visibility, tide, and buoy camera images. We may derive condition labels, fog-risk hints, trends, and “best conditions” rankings from those observations. Those datasets describe the ocean and stations, not you, unless you combine them with your own location.
If the GDPR, UK GDPR, or a similar law applies, we process personal data on these bases:
We do not sell your name or email, because we generally do not have them. We do share information with processors and platforms that help us run the Services. “Sharing” for advertising measurement may occur as described below.
We may disclose information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to protect the safety of any person; to prevent fraud or abuse; or in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, in which case the successor will be bound to this policy or a successor notice.
We do not rent a list of user emails. We do not run a data-broker marketplace. We do not share your precise location with advertisers as a standalone product. Advertising partners may still infer approximate location from IP address as is standard in mobile ads.
The Services are used worldwide. Information may be processed in the United States, the European Union, and other countries where our processors operate. AppMetrica and Yandex Metrica are services of the Yandex group and may process data in jurisdictions that include the Russian Federation.
Where required, we rely on the processor’s transfer mechanisms (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) and on your consent for optional SDKs. If you do not want analytics or advertising SDKs to run, do not grant tracking permission, limit tracking in system settings, and do not use the website if you object to Yandex Metrica.
We use commercially reasonable administrative and technical measures, including HTTPS for our API and limited access to servers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. You are responsible for the security of your own device and Apple/Google account.
The current iOS app declares that it does not use non-exempt encryption beyond standard HTTPS (ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption = false).
Because we do not operate user accounts, most personal data we hold is either on your device or in third-party analytics/ad/subscription systems keyed by device or anonymous IDs.
You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or portability by emailing support@marineconditions.com from the address you used to contact us and including your platform, app version, and approximate dates of use. We may need to verify the request. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.
Uninstalling the app deletes local favorites, alerts, caches, and most identifiers from that installation. To request deletion of vendor-side analytics records tied to the anonymous ID, email support@marineconditions.com and we will take reasonable steps with our processors.
If you are a California resident (or a resident of a state with a similar privacy law), you may have the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
We do not sell personal information for money. Advertising SDKs and analytics may constitute “sharing” or targeted advertising under some state laws. You can opt out by denying App Tracking Transparency, disabling personalized ads in system settings, and using any opt-out link a vendor provides. You may also email support@marineconditions.com with the subject line “Privacy rights request.” We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16.
You may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. We encourage you to contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.
The Services are for mariners, boaters, anglers, surfers, and other adults. They are not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact support@marineconditions.com and we will delete it as required by law (including COPPA where applicable).
The website does not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals. Use cookie controls and the choices in Section 11 instead.
Please review Apple Privacy Policy, Google Privacy Policy, Adapty’s privacy notice, CAS.AI / Clever Ads Solutions policies, Firebase / Google Analytics policies, AppMetrica and Yandex Metrica policies, and the NWS disclaimer. Apple and Google process payment data under their terms, not ours.
We may update this Privacy Policy. The “Last updated” date at the top will change. Material changes will be posted on marineconditions.com/privacy and, where appropriate, surfaced in the app. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated policy, except where applicable law requires consent.
The data types below are intended to align our public store privacy labels / Data safety forms with this policy. Store UIs change; this section is a guide, not a substitute for those forms.
Privacy requests: support@marineconditions.com
Website: marineconditions.com
Related terms: Terms of Use
Liability for use of marine data is limited as described in the Terms of Use (including a damages cap of USD 50 or the amount you paid us in the prior 12 months, whichever is greater, to the maximum extent permitted by law). This Privacy Policy does not expand that liability.