Privacy Policy

1. Our approach

This Privacy Policy describes how Windbreaker (“Windbreaker,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you use the Windbreaker iOS app, this website, and our support channels. Windbreaker is a golf wind compass and planning tool. You do not create a Windbreaker account, and the current app contains no advertising or advertising tracking.

An account-free app still processes some information. Apple services provide location, maps, weather, purchases, and optional iCloud storage. RevenueCat manages subscription access. This policy explains those flows separately from the information stored only on your device.

2. Information we process

We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, payment-card details, photos, contacts, microphone, or camera access to use the app. We receive contact information only if you choose to contact us. We do not operate a Windbreaker server that stores your shot history or a history of your movements.

3. Location, sensors, and weather

Windbreaker requests “While Using the App” location access after an explicit action, such as Enable Location. You may decline and use course search and map-based weather without granting location access. The live, location-based Compass calculations depend on usable location, heading, and weather data.

The app requests location updates while active and stops its location, heading, and gyroscope updates when the app leaves the active scene. It does not request background location permission or build a location trail. Silent background notifications used for iCloud sync are separate from location tracking.

Weather requests use coordinates for your current position or the course you selected. The app groups nearby requests into rounded coordinate cache regions and keeps a temporary in-memory weather cache. This reduces repeated requests; it does not make the coordinates sent to Apple anonymous. Windbreaker itself does not save this cache as a permanent weather or location record.

You can change or revoke access in iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Windbreaker. The Precise Location setting is also controlled there. Reduced precision or denied access can limit local wind calculations. Device heading and motion readings remain on your device within the app’s sensor pipeline.

4. Your bag and private iCloud sync

Your club bag and saved favorite courses are stored using Apple’s on-device storage and configured to mirror to a private CloudKit database associated with your Apple Account when iCloud is available. Windbreaker does not require a separate account and does not make these records public or share them with other golfers.

Local storage remains available when you are signed out of iCloud. If the app cannot initialize its iCloud-backed store, it can fall back to a local-only store. Sync availability depends on your Apple Account, device settings, connectivity, and Apple’s services. Windbreaker does not receive your Apple Account password.

Your unit choices, Compass input and output choices, and setup progress use local preferences. Onboarding drafts are removed when setup completes. Club records created during setup remain until you change or delete them.

5. Apple purchases and RevenueCat

Windbreaker uses RevenueCat and RevenueCatUI to display Pro offers, validate and restore purchases, and keep subscription access up to date. The SDK is configured at app launch, including for people using the free version. It generates an anonymous app user identifier rather than asking you to sign in.

Apple and RevenueCat process purchase receipts or transaction data, product identifiers, subscription status, purchase and renewal dates, and entitlement information. RevenueCat’s SDK also sends technical request information such as device model, operating-system version, app and SDK versions, preferred language/locale, and storefront information. On supported iOS devices, it can include Apple’s identifier for vendor (IDFV). IDFV is distinct from an advertising identifier. Network service providers also receive the IP address associated with a request.

RevenueCatUI records paywall events such as display, dismissal, and purchase interactions, including offer/session identifiers and purchase error information. We use purchase and paywall information to provide paid features, prevent fraud, assist with purchases, and understand subscription performance. An anonymous identifier does not mean no data is processed.

The current app does not send club records, course favorites, device heading, or location coordinates to RevenueCat, does not set customer attributes containing your name or email, and does not request Apple’s advertising identifier (IDFA). Apple handles billing; Windbreaker does not receive your full payment-card number. See RevenueCat’s Privacy Policy and Apple’s Privacy Policy for their practices.

6. Website and support

This website is hosted by Vercel. Standard web requests can include an IP address, browser and device information, requested URL, referring site, and request time. Vercel processes request and infrastructure information to deliver the site, maintain service reliability, and protect it from abuse. Its retention is governed by its service configuration and Privacy Notice.

We have not added advertising scripts, analytics tools, cookies, or local-storage tracking to the website. We use local image assets and system fonts, so reading a page does not require loading a third-party font or analytics library. Hosting-level operational processing still occurs.

If you email us, we receive your email address, message, and any attachments you provide. We use them to respond, investigate issues, and meet legal obligations. Please do not send passwords, payment-card details, or other unnecessary sensitive information. A screenshot can reveal a course, location, or personal club nickname; remove anything you do not want to share. This website has no support submission form. To send a support or privacy request, use the email address on our Support page.

7. Sharing and safeguards

We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. The current app has no advertising SDK, and neither the app nor this website includes social sign-in or social sharing integrations.

Information is processed by Apple, RevenueCat, Vercel, and the email service used when you contact us, for the purposes described above. We use providers with published privacy commitments and appropriate data-protection terms. We require providers processing personal information on our behalf to provide at least the same level of protection described in this policy and required by applicable law, and to use it only for permitted service purposes. Apple may separately control information processed through your Apple Account, purchases, and its services.

We may disclose information in our control when legally required, to respond to lawful requests, protect rights and security, or handle suspected fraud. If the operation of Windbreaker is transferred, relevant information may transfer with it subject to this policy and required notices. We do not publish support correspondence or private club/course records as marketing content.

We use the platform’s storage, access controls, and encrypted network transport and restrict access to information we hold to what is needed for the service. No method of storage or transmission can guarantee absolute security.

8. Retention and deletion

• Location and sensor state: kept in memory as needed for the active experience. The app can hold the last displayed heading/weather temporarily during interruption and recovery; it does not retain a movement history.
• Weather cache and search text: kept in memory for the running session. A cold app restart needs fresh data. Apple may maintain its own caches and service records.
• Clubs and favorites: remain locally and, where syncing is active, in your private iCloud store until removed. Deleting a record in the app is intended to propagate through iCloud when sync is available. Sync and backups may take time to reflect deletion.
• Local preferences: remain until changed or the app’s local data is removed. Deleting the app generally removes its local data; offloading the app preserves it. Device backups and iCloud records can remain and can restore data later.
• Purchase records: Apple and RevenueCat retain information needed to provide subscriptions, restore purchases, prevent fraud, and comply with their legal obligations and retention practices. Deleting the app or requesting deletion does not cancel an Apple subscription or erase Apple’s transaction records.
• Support correspondence: retained only for as long as reasonably needed to resolve the request, handle related issues, or satisfy legal obligations, then deleted or anonymized. We do not promise a fixed period for records that must be retained by law.
• Website infrastructure records: managed under Vercel’s service retention practices. We have not added a separate visitor database.

To remove clubs, open My Bag and swipe left on a club to Delete. To remove a favorite while Pro is active, use the star control in course search. Turning off iCloud sync or uninstalling the app is not the same as deleting existing private iCloud records. Use Apple’s iCloud storage controls where available and contact us if you need help removing records, including favorites you cannot access after Pro expires.

For information within Windbreaker’s control, contact support@windbreakergolf.com to request access, correction, or deletion. We will explain any verification needed and any legally required retention. For a RevenueCat record, enough information to locate the anonymous subscription record may be needed; we will request only what is necessary through the support channel. Private iCloud content is controlled through your Apple Account; we cannot promise to erase Apple-managed backups or Apple purchase records.

9. Your choices and rights

You can decline or revoke location permission, edit or delete your clubs, manage available favorite records, change units, and use Apple’s settings to control iCloud and subscriptions. Canceling a subscription, deleting app data, and revoking location permission are separate actions.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, and complain to your local data-protection authority. These rights are subject to applicable exceptions. Contact support@windbreakergolf.com to exercise rights concerning information in our control. We do not discriminate against you for making a privacy request.

Where European Economic Area, UK, or similar data-protection laws apply, our purposes and legal bases are providing requested functionality or support, your consent where required for optional access, legitimate interests in secure operation and fraud prevention, and legal obligations for required records. Withdrawing consent affects future consent-based processing and can limit the feature that uses it.

Our providers may process information in the United States and other countries. When applicable law requires protection for an international transfer, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as contractual commitments and recognized transfer mechanisms. Provider notices explain their processing locations and safeguards.

10. Children

Windbreaker is a general-audience golf utility, not a service directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through our support channels. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us so we can investigate and delete it where appropriate. A parent or guardian should supervise a minor’s use of paid features and Apple Account permissions.

11. Changes and contact

We will update this policy if Windbreaker’s functionality or information practices change and update the date above. Material changes will receive additional notice where required. A future addition of advertising or another data service would require updated disclosures before use.

For privacy questions, contact support@windbreakergolf.com. For practical help, see the Support & FAQs page.