1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to the Alabama Beach Flag application (the “App”) and the related public Alabama Beach Flag website and support pages (together, the “Services”). It does not describe unrelated services or third-party websites.
2. Information we collect
Alabama Beach Flag does not require an account or login and does not deliberately collect personal information through the App. The App does not use advertising, advertising SDKs, analytics, or behavioral tracking. Alabama Beach Flag does not sell personal information.
Apple and the infrastructure providers that help deliver the Services may process ordinary technical information needed to complete a purchase, download the App, serve a webpage, or deliver network requests. Their handling of information is governed by their own terms and privacy practices. Information that you voluntarily send by email is addressed separately below.
3. Location information
The App does not request, collect, store, or transmit your device’s precise location to choose a beach. You manually choose a beach in the App. Geographic coordinates associated with supported beaches are used to retrieve conditions for those beaches; they are not your device’s location.
4. Local device storage
Your favorite-beach selection and relevant cached App data may be stored locally on your device. The favorite-beach preference and information needed by Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets may be shared between the App and its widget extension using Apple’s App Group storage.
The App may retain last-known conditions locally so it can identify or display cached information when current data is delayed or unavailable. These preferences and caches are used to provide App and widget functionality; Alabama Beach Flag does not use them for advertising or tracking.
5. Public data and third-party services
The App retrieves and displays public beach-flag, weather, water-quality, tide, marine, UV, alert, and safety information from government agencies, local authorities, Apple services where applicable, and other documented public providers. This public-source information is about coastal locations and conditions, not personal information about you.
Alabama Beach Flag uses a backend service to fetch, validate, normalize, cache, and deliver public information to the App. External providers operate under their own terms and privacy practices, and their information may be delayed, incomplete, unavailable, inaccurate, or changed at the source.
6. Website privacy
The public website does not use advertising, analytics, tracking pixels, or third-party marketing scripts, and it does not set cookies through its page code. When you visit, the hosting provider and network services involved in delivering the site may process ordinary request information, such as an IP address, browser details, requested page, and timestamp, for delivery, reliability, and security. Following an external link, including an App Store link, sends a request to that third party under its privacy practices.
7. Email communications
If you email support, privacy, or legal contacts, your message and related email details may contain information you voluntarily provide. That information is used to review and respond to your inquiry and to address related App, policy, safety-information, or legal issues. Please do not include sensitive information that is not necessary for your request.
9. Children’s privacy
The Services are intended for a general audience and do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the App or public website. If a child or parent voluntarily contacts Alabama Beach Flag by email, the communication is handled as described in the Email communications section.
10. Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes to the Services or their information practices. Material revisions will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
11. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy, email [email protected].
For app troubleshooting or technical assistance, visit Support or email [email protected].