PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your preferences

Settings like your viewing location and accessibility preferences are saved in your browser's local storage so the site remembers them between visits. This data stays on your device.

Location searches

If you search for a location or share your current position, the query is sent through our server to a geocoding service to find your coordinates. We don't store your searches.

Visibility and weather

If you share a viewing location, those coordinates are sent through our server to Open-Meteo to pull weather data for your visibility prediction. We don't store your coordinates.

Email alerts

If you subscribe, we collect your email address to send you launch alerts. Your email is stored encrypted in our database. You can update which launch sites you receive alerts for at any time via the “Manage Preferences” link in any alert email, or by re-subscribing with the same email. When you unsubscribe, your data is permanently deleted from our database.

Third-party services

External services FalconWatch uses and what data they receive.

• Open-Meteo — receives city search queries and coordinates through our server to provide weather forecasts and geocoding
• Zippopotam.us — receives ZIP codes through our server to resolve them to coordinates
• OpenStreetMap — receives coordinates through our server for reverse geocoding; map tiles load directly from your browser to render the visibility map
• Resend — delivers launch alert emails and stores your email address
• Supabase — hosts the database where encrypted email subscriptions are stored
• Vercel — hosts the application and may retain standard server logs