Privacy Policy — Dart Weather for Galaxy
Updated October 16, 2026 · the Samsung Galaxy Store edition, by Dart Technologies. The Google Play edition has its own policy.
Location
With your permission the app uses your device’s location for local weather; you can pick a place instead. Weather requests round coordinates to two decimals (about 1 km); routing and destination search can send exact route points and your search text, and map tiles reveal the area viewed. These go to the providers for your region — Pirate Weather, Open-Meteo, MET Norway, official weather authorities, LibreWXR, RainViewer, IEM, Geoapify, TomTom, OpenStreetMap-based services, LocationIQ and, where enabled, Google for pollen (credits) — which also see your IP address. Saved places, recent destinations, settings and your last reading stay on your device.
Usage and diagnostics
Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics (Google) and PostHog receive usage events, crash reports, app, OS and device details, and random installation IDs; we copy analytics into our Google BigQuery warehouse. Events record which features are used and how reliably weather loads (failures and their causes, timings, a new install’s first launches, why the minute rain card was not shown, and, in categories only, whether a route planned on the phone reached Android Auto, and, from the first Galaxy build after 1.37.26, the general sky condition at a route’s destination, one of 13 categories such as rain or clear), the size class and fold posture of the app’s window (also kept with crash reports), how the app was installed, and whether it is our own test traffic. On Android Auto they also record Android Auto’s package name, version and car-app level, and whether the car was parked or driving. Events never contain your coordinates, places, routes, a speed, your name, email or advertising ID; providers derive approximate location (city, region, country) from IP addresses. To improve the app and measure ads, installation IDs are linked across Firebase, PostHog and RevenueCat. Analytics and this linking are always on.
Advertising
Google AdMob shows one banner at the end of the forecast page, and RevenueCat measures ad impressions and revenue; they may process your IP address, device and app details, your device’s advertising ID where your device settings and consent choices allow it, other pseudonymous identifiers, consent choices and ad interactions. On Android 13 and later, Android may also tell AdMob ad topics it infers on your device from app use (Privacy Sandbox), which Android’s ad privacy settings let you turn off. Our analytics never receive the advertising ID. Where your region requires it, Google’s User Messaging Platform asks for consent before ads load; “Ad privacy choices” at the end of the page reopens your choices. Ad requests carry no coordinates, places or routes, and radar, alerts and Android Auto show no ads. See the Google, RevenueCat and PostHog privacy policies.
Retention, choices and contact
Crashlytics keeps crash reports about 90 days and PostHog keeps events 12 months; our warehouse and the other providers keep records under their own configured retention. You can revoke location access in Android settings, remove saved places, or clear the app’s data, which also resets its installation IDs; records already sent stay with the providers, so email us to request access or deletion. Data may be processed outside your country, requests use HTTPS, and the app is not directed to children. This policy changes with the app; the date above marks this version. Contact: weather@dart.art