Information we handle
Information you provide
You may provide your name, email address, selected topic, comments, station-request details, or launch-list email address. When you submit the website contact form or launch-list form, that information is transmitted to Brevo and stored in an Outgoing Tide Brevo contact list so we can respond to your request or deliver the requested launch notification. Station-request links elsewhere on the website may prepare an email addressed to support@outgoingtide.com; that information is transmitted only if you send the prepared email from your email application.
Location and station information
If you allow location access, your browser provides coordinates so we can identify nearby tide stations and center weather, radar, and marine-condition views. Your selected station and related preferences may be stored locally on your device. You can deny or revoke location permission through your browser or device settings and search for a station manually.
Browser and service data
Like most websites, our hosting provider and third-party data services may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, request time, and referring page. Outgoing Tide uses browser storage for theme, station, and filter preferences. We use Google Analytics to understand visits and improve the service, and Google AdSense may deliver or measure advertising after you interact with the page. These services may collect page views, ad interactions, session statistics, approximate location, browser and device information, and identifiers stored in cookies or similar browser storage.
Our Analytics events may record a successful launch-list signup or contact-form submission, an App Store or Google Play click and its platform, or the public station selected through station search. We do not include email addresses, contact-form contents, raw station-search text, or precise device coordinates in these Analytics events.
How we use information
We use information to:
- provide tide, weather, swell, water-temperature, radar, and station features;
- remember your selected station, display theme, and interface preferences;
- respond to questions, feedback, and support requests;
- send the app-launch notification you requested;
- maintain security, diagnose errors, and improve the service; and
- comply with applicable law and protect the rights and safety of users and Outgoing Tide.
Third-party services
Outgoing Tide retrieves, displays, or processes information using services that may include NOAA, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, RainViewer, Windy, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Zippopotam for ZIP-code coordinates, Wikipedia for optional species images, Brevo for contact-form processing, launch-list management, and email delivery, and Google reCAPTCHA for contact-form and launch-list abuse prevention. Website fonts are served directly by Outgoing Tide. Open-Meteo weather and marine requests are relayed through Outgoing Tide so the commercial API credential is not sent to your browser. When your browser or Outgoing Tide connects to an external provider, that provider may receive technical request data and the information needed to provide the requested service, and it may apply its own privacy policy. External conservation and regulation links take you to websites we do not control.
When information may be shared
We do not sell personal information. We may share information with vendors that host or operate the service, when you direct us to do so, to comply with legal obligations, to protect users or the service, or as part of a merger, financing, acquisition, or sale of assets. Vendors are expected to use information only for the services they provide to us.
Retention and your choices
Local preferences remain in your browser until you clear site data or remove them. Information sent directly to us may be retained only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose collected, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and security. Contact-form and launch-list information may remain in Brevo until the response or notification purpose is complete or you ask us to remove it.
You can unsubscribe using a link included in a launch-list email or request removal through the contact page. You can also clear Outgoing Tide's browser storage, block location access, use browser controls to limit cookies and other storage, or install Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on. Blocking some features may affect station selection, maps, saved preferences, or other functionality.
Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information we handle. No online service or storage system can guarantee absolute security.
Children's privacy
Outgoing Tide is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can address it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the service evolves. The effective date above will change when revisions are posted. Material changes may also be announced through the service when appropriate.
Contact
Questions or requests about privacy may be submitted through the contact page or sent to support@outgoingtide.com.