Contact: will@thepumpsoftwarecompany.com.
Location
If you allow it, the app reads your device location to center the map and to measure distance from you to a fire. A saved place stores the name you type, the coordinates of the pin, and the alert radius on the device. Location is used to decide which fires fall inside the free watch and which alerts can sound for that place. You can turn location off in the system settings. The app can still watch a place you saved.
Name and email
Name and email are optional. You can start without either. If you enter them, they stay in the profile on the device. We do not require an account to use the map, alerts, the go bag, or reporting.
Reports and photos
If you report a fire, the app stores the pin, the time, the smoke direction, your note, and any photo you attach. On the current build that record lives on the device. A report you submit can be shown inside Ember Owl to other people, labeled unverified until a reporter confirms it. Confirmation is still not an official incident. Do not send a photo you do not have the right to share. Reports may be uploaded to our servers for review. We do not sell reports.
Subscriptions
Premium is billed by Apple App Store or Google Play. RevenueCat tells the app whether the Premium entitlement is active. We receive a store app user id, the product id, and that entitlement status. We do not receive your card number, and we do not store it. Products are ember_owl_premium_monthly at $2.49 a month, ember_owl_premium_yearly at $19.99 a year, and ember_owl_family_yearly at $29.99 a year. Monthly and yearly include a 7-day trial. The family plan does not. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in the App Store or Google Play.
No ads
Ember Owl has no advertising and no ad SDK. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers.
Aircraft positions
Aircraft positions are requested from adsb.lol and shown on the map. That data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Credit: Aircraft positions © adsb.lol contributors, Open Database License (ODbL). We do not attach your name or email to those positions. Positions are delayed.
Public fire and weather data
Incidents, perimeters, and weather alerts come from public sources, including NIFC WFIGS, CAL FIRE, and the National Weather Service. Those feeds are not mixed with your profile for sale.
How long it stays
On-device data stays until you delete the item or delete the app. A saved place can be removed in the app. Subscription status lasts while the store says the entitlement is active.
Access and deletion
To request access to personal information we have about you, or to ask us to delete it, email will@thepumpsoftwarecompany.com.
California privacy rights
If you live in California, the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA) give you rights to know, delete, and correct personal information, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell or share personal information. Email will@thepumpsoftwarecompany.com to use these rights.
Children
Ember Owl is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
Contact
The Pump Software Company, LLC
will@thepumpsoftwarecompany.com
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