Privacy Policy for Night Astro Planner

Effective Date: October 22nd, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Night Astro Planner handles your data. We prioritize your privacy by keeping processing on-device and strictly limiting data collection to the functional requirements of the app.

Information Collection and Use

• Location Data: The app requests your device's location strictly to calculate local celestial coordinates, sunrise/sunset times, local weather/light-pollution readouts, and optimal imaging windows. Your location coordinates stay exclusively on your device and in your private iCloud container if you save an observing location. This data is never tracked, transmitted to telemetry servers, shared, or sold.
• Target Search Queries: When you search for celestial objects online, your search queries are sent securely over HTTPS to the public CDS SIMBAD astronomical database (and Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons for object summaries and imagery). These requests are strictly limited to the target name and do not contain any user identifiers, location data, or personal information.

Data Retention and Tracking

Night Astro Planner does not require you to create a proprietary account, nor do we collect personally identifiable information. Because your location and planning data are processed locally on your device (and synced solely via Apple's private CloudKit database under your Apple ID), we do not maintain a centralized server storing your usage history or coordinate logs. Furthermore, we do not integrate third-party advertising frameworks or behavioral analytics trackers.

Policy Updates and Contact

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in our practices or App Store guidelines. The latest version will always be available via this page and the App Store product page. If you have any questions, concerns, or require support regarding your privacy or the app's functionality, please contact us at:

• Email: climbbike+radar@gmail.com
• Support Page: /support