This Privacy Policy explains how the Pow Pow mobile apps for Android and iOS (including home-screen widgets), the Pow Pow web app, and the website at sickypowpow.com (together, “Pow Pow”, “we”, “us”) handle information. Pow Pow is a ski and snowboard weather app. We built it to be privacy-friendly: we do not have user accounts, and we do not sell your data.
Short version: Most preferences stay on your device. If you enable Powder Alerts, we store the selected resort rules and a notification token so we can send them. Pow Pow does not require an account, track you across apps, or sell personal data.
Information we process
- Location (optional). If you grant location permission, the app uses your device’s location to find nearby ski resorts and show local conditions. Your coordinates are used on your device and sent to our weather data provider (Open-Meteo) to retrieve a forecast for your area. If you deny location, the app still works and shows a curated list of popular resorts instead.
- App preferences. Settings such as your units (°F/°C), favorite resorts, headline tone, widget choices and which sections are shown are stored locally on your device. They are not uploaded to us unless they are part of a Powder Alert rule you explicitly enable.
- No account data. Pow Pow has no sign-up, login, or user profiles, so we do not collect names, emails, or passwords.
- In-app purchases (Pow Pro). If you buy Pow Pro, the purchase is processed by Google Play (Android) or the Apple App Store (iOS), and we use RevenueCat to validate the purchase and manage your entitlement. This involves purchase and transaction data (such as the product purchased and its purchase and renewal status) and an app-generated, anonymous identifier used to restore your purchase across reinstalls. We never receive your payment card details — those are handled entirely by Google or Apple. We do not use purchase data for advertising and we do not sell it.
- Powder Alerts (optional). If a Pow Pro subscriber enables alerts, we store an app-generated installation identifier, a push notification token, the anonymous RevenueCat identifier used to verify Pow Pro, the selected resorts, units, and alert thresholds. We use this information only to evaluate conditions and deliver the requested notification.
- Feedback (optional). If you send us feedback or email us, we receive whatever you choose to include and use it only to respond and improve Pow Pow.
- Website. When you visit sickypowpow.com, our hosting provider (Google Firebase) processes standard technical data such as your IP address and browser type to serve the page and keep it secure. The site does not use advertising cookies or third-party analytics.
How location is used
Location is used solely to (a) determine which ski resorts are near you and (b) request weather forecasts for those areas. We do not store a history of your locations on any server, and we do not use location for advertising or tracking.
Third-party services
Pow Pow retrieves data from, or relies on, the following providers. Requests to weather and webcam providers may include resort coordinates (and, for a local forecast, your approximate location):
- Open-Meteo — weather and forecast data. See open-meteo.com/en/terms.
- USDA NRCS SNOTEL — real snow-depth measurements for U.S. resorts (public U.S. government data).
- Windy — live mountain webcams. See windy.com/privacy-policy.
- Google Play Billing — processes Pow Pro purchases on Android. See policies.google.com/privacy.
- Apple App Store — processes Pow Pro purchases on iOS. See apple.com/legal/privacy.
- RevenueCat — validates purchases and manages Pow Pro entitlements. See revenuecat.com/privacy.
- Google Firebase — hosts the website, stores active Powder Alert registrations and delivers notifications through Firebase Cloud Messaging (which uses Apple Push Notification service on iOS). See firebase.google.com/support/privacy.
These services receive only the data needed to provide their part of Pow Pow. None of them is given account information, because we don’t collect any.
Data storage & retention
Local preferences and favorites remain on your device until you clear the app’s data or uninstall it. Active Powder Alert registration data is retained while alerts are enabled. It is deleted when you turn alerts off, when the notification token becomes invalid, when Pow Pro expires, or after 400 days without the app refreshing the registration. Feedback emails are kept only as long as needed to deal with them.
Children’s privacy
Pow Pow is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your choices
- You can grant or revoke location permission at any time in your device’s system settings.
- You can turn Powder Alerts off in Pow Pow settings and revoke notification permission in your device’s system settings.
- You can clear locally stored preferences by clearing the app’s data or uninstalling it.
- You can manage or cancel a Pow Pro subscription in your Google Play or Apple ID subscription settings.
- You can ask us what we hold about your install, or ask us to delete it, by emailing us (see Contact). Because we don’t have accounts, include your Pow Pow install details from the app if you can.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email justaniconlivingdesigns@gmail.com.