Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 23, 2026
Overview
Along Weather (the "App") is developed by Fire Studio. This policy explains how the App collects, uses, and protects your information.
In short: Fire Studio does not operate a server that receives your data. App settings remain on your device, while weather and routing requests go directly from your device to the relevant service provider.
Information We Collect
Location (When In Use)
The App accesses your device's location while you are actively using it, for the following purposes:
- To help you quickly fill in the origin, stop, or destination when setting up a commute or multi-stop trip
- To display real-time weather at your current location on the app's dashboard
Your location is never transmitted to any Fire Studio server. You can revoke this permission at any time in iOS Settings.
Commute and Trip Settings
The commute and multi-stop trip configuration you create (origin/stop/destination coordinates, departure/arrival times, active days, etc.) is stored in a local database on your device and is never uploaded or synced to any server.
Information We Do Not Collect
The App does not require account registration and does not collect your name, email address, phone number, or any other personally identifiable information.
How We Use Your Information
Your commute and trip data is used solely to:
- Query Apple MapKit for directions across multiple travel modes
- Query Apple WeatherKit or QWeather, when selected, for weather forecasts at multiple points along your route
- Schedule local push notifications on your device (notifications are generated on-device and do not pass through Fire Studio's servers)
Weather and routing requests go directly from your device to the relevant service provider. Fire Studio does not receive this data as an intermediary. Apple Weather always remains the fallback weather source.
Third-Party Services
The App uses the following services:
- Apple WeatherKit: Provides weather data. Subject to Apple's Privacy Policy.
- Apple MapKit: Provides mapping and routing data. Subject to Apple's Privacy Policy.
- QWeather: In mainland China, even when Apple Weather is selected, your device may automatically send latitude and longitude rounded to 0.01° directly to QWeather when Apple Weather cannot provide severe-weather alerts; this automatic fallback is used only for alerts. When you select QWeather as the weather source, your device sends coordinates at the same precision for weather, UV, air quality, and severe-weather alerts. These requests do not include route, trip, or place names, account IDs, or device identifiers. Apple Weather remains the fallback for full-weather requests. See the QWeather Privacy Policy and QWeather Developer Service Agreement.
AI Interpretation Services
AI interpretation is optional. By default, it runs only when you initiate generation, regeneration, or a connection test. You may also enable “Automatically Get AI Interpretation” in AI Settings; when enabled, the main App may automatically generate an interpretation when it displays new weather data in the foreground and no current cache is available. You can disable this setting at any time. Automatic generation does not run in the background, widgets, Apple Watch, notifications, or archived trips. When you use Apple's on-device model, interpretation is performed locally. When you select a cloud AI service, after you confirm the data notice for that service host, your device sends the weather and travel context needed to generate an interpretation directly to the selected provider. This may include the time window, travel mode, current and forecast weather, weather alerts, the App's existing base advice, locale, and an internal scope identifier. It does not include precise coordinates, addresses, place names, route/commute/trip names or notes, account IDs, or device identifiers.
The selected cloud AI provider processes requests and generated content under its own privacy policy and terms. Fire Studio does not receive this data as an intermediary. Any API key you configure is stored only in the local iOS Keychain with this-device-only protection and is not uploaded or synced by Fire Studio.
The App does not integrate any third-party analytics or advertising SDK.
Data Storage and Security
- All data is stored locally on your device, protected by iOS device encryption
- Forecast cache is stored in an App Group shared container (shared only between the main app and the widget on your device)
- AI service settings and generated results are cached locally; API keys are stored in the local iOS Keychain
- No cloud sync and no server-side storage by Fire Studio
Children's Privacy
The App is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Deleting Your Data
You can delete an AI service configuration or reset AI settings to remove its associated Keychain API key. Uninstalling the App removes app-local databases and caches; to ensure an API key is removed, delete the configuration or reset AI settings before uninstalling.
Changes to This Policy
If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
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