Weatheride works without an account, a name, or an email. Your riding preferences and saved locations live on your device.
Everything stored on our servers is opt-in. Ride History is off until you turn it on, and every Ride Detail field is something you choose to add.
You can add as much or as little as you like, edit it any time, and permanently delete all of it from the App at any time.
No ads. We do not sell your data.
What This Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy explains how Weatheride (“we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information
when you use the Weatheride mobile application (the “App”). It also describes your choices and rights.
Throughout this Policy we distinguish between information that stays on your device and information that is
stored on our servers. Only the opt-in Ride History feature (Section 2.D) stores anything on our servers.
Information We Collect
A. Anonymous Account Identifier
When you first open the App, it creates an anonymous account consisting of a randomly generated identifier.
This identifier is not linked to your name, email address, phone number, or any other contact detail — we do not ask for
any of those. It exists only so that Ride History entries you choose to store can be tied back to your device and,
when you ask, deleted.
B. Rider Preferences You Provide (On Device)
Your riding comfort thresholds (temperature range, precipitation tolerance, wind chill threshold, riding speed, riding-hours
window, bad-hour tolerance, unit system) are stored only on your device. They are never uploaded to our servers.
C. Location Data (Sensitive)
Weatheride uses location to provide local weather and riding guidance.
Current location: If you use your current location, the App reads your device’s
precise GPS position (when you grant precise location permission). Forecasts are requested for the
city-center coordinates nearest to you rather than your exact position, so the weather better reflects the broader area
you will ride through. Your GPS position is used on the device to fetch weather and is not stored on our servers unless you
log a ride with Ride History enabled (see 2.D, which describes how it is coarsened first).
Saved locations: You can search for and save named locations (a city or address) to view forecasts
elsewhere. Your search text is sent to a geocoding provider to find matching places (see Section 5). The saved list is stored
only on your device.
D. Weather Conditions
We retrieve weather conditions for your current or saved location (current and/or forecasted) to provide weather displays
and ride recommendations.
E. Ride History and Ride Details (Opt-In Feature)
Ride History is off by default. Nothing in this section is collected until you turn it on in
Rider Preferences → Riding History. Once enabled, you decide how much to record for each ride.
Quick log (“Rode today”). When you tap “Rode today,” we store on our servers:
The date, and that you rode that day;
That day’s high and low temperature (and the unit you were using); and
An approximate location for the day. Your coordinates are rounded to roughly a 1 km grid on the device
before they are sent, so the precise GPS position is never stored.
Ride Details (optional, per ride). After logging a ride you may add more detail. Every field below is
your choice; you can leave any of them blank, change them later, or clear them:
Start time and duration;
Route name;
Start and end location — chosen by searching for a place name, not taken from GPS. The place name and its map coordinates are stored;
Road condition (for example dry, wet, gravel);
Comfort rating and whether you would ride again in those conditions; and
Free-text notes. Notes are stored as you write them, so please don’t include anything you wouldn’t want kept
(for example other people’s names or contact details).
Ride Details are shown only to you. They are not used for the community metric described in Section 3 and are not shared
with other riders.
F. Nearby Riders (Opt-In, Aggregate Only)
When Ride History is enabled, the App can show how many riders near you reported riding today. To do this it sends your
coordinates, rounded to roughly a 1 km grid on the device, and receives back a single number. Only a count is ever returned:
you never see who those riders are, and they never see you. Your own ride is left out of the number shown to you.
G. Platform Crash Logs (Apple / Google)
Weatheride does not include its own crash-reporting or analytics software. However, if the App crashes, Apple (via App Store
Connect) or Google (via Google Play Console) may share a crash log with us only if you have opted in to sharing
diagnostics with app developers in your device settings. Those logs may include device model, operating system version, app version,
and a technical stack trace of the crash. They do not include your location, preferences, or ride data, and we use them only to fix bugs.
If you contact us, we collect the information you provide (for example, your email address and the content of your message).
How We Use Information
We use the information we collect to:
Provide core functionality including local weather displays and “when to ride” guidance based on your preferences.
Provide Ride History (if enabled) so you can review past rides, your ride streaks, and the details you chose to record when deciding whether to ride on a given day.
Provide community-based motivation insights (if Ride History is enabled), such as the number of other riders in your area
who reported riding today. This is presented as a motivational metric; you can ignore it and you can disable
Ride History at any time.
Maintain, improve, and secure the App including troubleshooting and reviewing platform crash logs.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it to build advertising profiles.
Ads
Weatheride does not contain ads, including third-party targeted advertising.
When We Share Information
A. Service Providers
We share limited information with service providers that help us operate the App:
Weather and geocoding provider (Open-Meteo) — receives the coordinates a forecast is requested for, and the
text you type when searching for a location, in order to return weather data and matching places.
Backend hosting provider (Supabase) — hosts the anonymous account identifier and, if you enable Ride History,
your ride entries and Ride Details. Access to each rider’s rows is restricted to that rider’s own anonymous account.
App platforms (Apple and Google) — provide us with crash logs from your device only if you have opted in
to sharing diagnostics with developers (Section 2.G). We do not send anything to them ourselves.
These providers may process information only on our behalf and for the purposes described in this Policy, and are
expected to protect it.
B. Other Riders
The only thing other riders ever see that is derived from your data is an aggregate count of riders in an
area (Section 2.F). Your ride dates, locations, Ride Details, and notes are never shown to other users.
C. Legal and Safety
We may disclose information if required by law or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, safety,
and security of users, the App, or others (for example, responding to valid legal requests).
Your Choices and Controls
A. Location Permissions
You can change location permissions at any time in your device settings. If you disable location access, you can still use
saved locations, but current-location weather and ride guidance will not function.
You can enable or disable Ride History at any time from
Rider Preferences → Riding History.
C. What Happens When You Turn Ride History Off
When you turn Ride History off, we stop collecting and storing new ride entries and the nearby-rider count
is no longer requested. Your existing entries are kept in a paused state so you can re-enable Ride History later
and keep your previously stored data. If you would rather they be removed, use the delete option below.
D. Editing or Removing Individual Ride Details
Tap any ride in the Ride History tab (or the “Add ride details” button on today’s card) to view, change, or clear the details
you recorded for that ride. Clearing a field removes it from our servers on save.
E. Permanently Deleting Your Ride History
The Delete My Ride History button on the Rider Preferences screen permanently deletes every
ride entry — including all Ride Details and notes — from our servers. It is always available, regardless of whether Ride History
is currently on or off, and takes effect immediately.
This deletes server-side ride data only. Your riding preferences and saved locations remain on your device; you can clear those
by removing the App from your device.
You may also request help with deletion, or ask us to delete your anonymous account identifier itself, by contacting
admin@weatheride.com.
Restricted Parts of the App and How to Access Them
Weatheride’s core features rely on location to deliver accurate weather and ride guidance. Some functionality is restricted unless you enable
specific permissions or settings:
Current-Location Weather & Ride Guidance: Requires location permission (precise or approximate). Saved locations work without it.
Ride History, Streaks, and Ride Details: Require enabling the Riding History setting in
Rider Preferences → Riding History (opt-in). Rides can only be logged for the current day while viewing your current location.
Nearby Riders count: Displayed only when Ride History is enabled (because it relies on the same opt-in data).
Sensitive / High-Risk Permissions
Weatheride uses the following sensitive permission:
Location: Used to provide local weather and riding guidance and, if Ride History is enabled, to store an approximate (~1 km) location with each ride you log and to request the nearby-rider count.
Weatheride does not request access to SMS, Call Logs, Contacts, Camera, Microphone, or similar high-risk permissions,
and does not track your location in the background.
Target Audience and Content
Weatheride is designed for a general audience who want motorcycle riding guidance based on weather and their preferences.
The App provides weather information, riding guidance, and optional ride logging and motivational insights.
Weatheride is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, please contact us at
admin@weatheride.com.
Data Retention
Rider preferences and saved locations: Stored on your device until you change them or remove the App.
Anonymous account identifier: Retained so that your Ride History can be tied to your device. Deleted on request.
Ride History and Ride Details (if enabled): Retained while enabled. If disabled, existing data is retained in a paused state until you re-enable
Ride History or use Delete My Ride History, which removes it permanently.
Nearby-rider requests: The coarsened coordinates sent for the count are used to compute the number and are not stored as a separate record.
Platform crash logs: Held by Apple or Google under their own retention rules; we review them only as long as needed to fix the
issue they describe.
Support communications: Retained as needed to respond to your request and maintain support records.
Security Practices
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information, such as access controls,
encryption in transit, and ongoing maintenance and monitoring. Server-side ride data is protected by row-level access rules so that each
anonymous account can read, change, and delete only its own entries. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work
to protect your information and improve our safeguards over time.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If changes are material, we will update the effective date and provide notice in the App
where appropriate.
Contact Us
For questions or requests related to privacy, please contact: