Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Weather Watch Oklahoma collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you use the Weather Watch Oklahoma mobile app, website, Updates feed, and community weather-report tools.
Information Weather Watch Oklahoma collects
- Location information: if you allow location access, Weather Watch Oklahoma can use your device location while the app is open to show local forecasts, radar, and alert targeting.
- Saved areas: if you save cities or locations inside Weather Watch Oklahoma, those saved areas are stored so alerts and forecasts can stay relevant.
- Notification information: Weather Watch Oklahoma stores your push token, device platform, notification settings, and recent notification history so alerts can be delivered to your device.
- User-submitted reports: if you submit a weather report, Weather Watch Oklahoma may collect the name you provide, the report text, the location tied to the report, and any photo or video you choose to upload.
- Camera, microphone, photos, videos, and files: if you choose to attach media to a report, Weather Watch Oklahoma may request camera, microphone, photo library, video library, or file access so you can capture or select the attachment.
- Basic device and app information: Weather Watch Oklahoma may store app version, device model, and installation identifiers needed to operate notifications and backend syncing.
How Weather Watch Oklahoma uses information
- To show local forecasts, radar, alert details, and location-based weather information.
- To send severe weather alerts, owner updates, and other push notifications you choose to receive.
- To let you manage saved locations, alert preferences, and app appearance settings.
- To display community weather reports and media to Weather Watch Oklahoma admins for editorial, broadcast, and operational use.
- To operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Weather Watch Oklahoma service.
How information may be shared
Weather Watch Oklahoma does not sell your personal information. Weather Watch Oklahoma may share data only as needed to operate the service, including with infrastructure and delivery providers such as hosting, storage, notification, mapping, analytics, and weather-data services.
- Weather and mapping providers may receive location-based requests needed to return forecasts, radar, or alerts.
- Push notification providers may receive the technical data needed to send notifications to your device.
- User-submitted weather reports and attached media may be visible to Weather Watch Oklahoma admins and may be used in broadcasts, graphics, or public Weather Watch Oklahoma content.
Location and notification choices
- You can deny or disable location access in your device settings. If you do, some local forecast, radar, and alert features may not work as expected.
- You can disable push notifications in your device settings.
- You can deny camera, microphone, photo, video, or file access. If you do, you can still use the app, but you may not be able to attach media to storm reports.
- You can remove saved areas from within the app or page location menus.
Data retention
Weather Watch Oklahoma keeps information for as long as needed to run the service, provide weather alerts, maintain saved settings, support submitted reports, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes or abuse issues. Public or editorial weather reports may be kept longer when needed for operations or broadcast use.
Children's privacy
Weather Watch Oklahoma is not directed to children under 13, and Weather Watch Oklahoma does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Contact
If you have privacy questions, support requests, or deletion requests, contact chris@wxpulse.com.