Effective August 25, 2026. SNOWD is operated by WaWe, LLC.
No accounts, no user database, no ads. Your favorites, units, and saved location live in your browser and never reach our servers.
SNOWD is operated by WaWe, LLC ("WaWe," "we," "us," or "our"). This policy explains what happens to information when you use SNOWD (the "Service").
The short version: SNOWD has no user accounts and no user database. Your favorites, unit preference, and saved location are stored in your own browser and are never transmitted to us. We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not serve ads.
SNOWD saves your preferences using your browser's local storage and session storage. This data stays on your device. It is not transmitted to WaWe, is not accessible to us, and is not backed up or synced across your devices.
SNOWD can use your device's location to center the map and find nearby stations. Your browser asks for permission before this happens, and you can decline or revoke that permission at any time in your browser or operating system settings. Declining does not prevent you from using the Service; you can select locations manually instead.
When you grant permission, coordinates are used in your browser and saved to local storage on your device. They are not sent to WaWe's servers, are not logged by us, and are not shared with third parties.
Weather, snowpack, and avalanche-region data is requested by SNOWD's own servers on your behalf and then delivered to your browser. Because those requests originate from our servers, the upstream providers do not receive your IP address or device information.
Map imagery is the exception. Map tiles load directly from third-party tile providers to your browser, which means those providers receive your IP address and standard request information, and their handling of it is governed by their own privacy policies.
SNOWD uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand aggregate traffic patterns, such as which pages are visited and roughly where visitors are located. It is configured to be privacy-oriented: it does not use cookies to track you and does not build a cross-site profile of you.
Analytics data is aggregated and is not used to identify individual users. Vercel processes this data as our service provider under its own privacy terms.
The Service is hosted on Vercel. Like essentially all web hosts, Vercel processes standard technical request information, which can include IP address, user agent, and requested URL, in order to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. We do not use these logs to build user profiles.
If you choose to submit feedback, that form is hosted by Typeform and any information you enter, including anything you volunteer such as an email address, is processed by Typeform under its privacy policy. Submitting feedback is entirely optional.
If you choose to make a voluntary contribution, that transaction is handled by Buy Me a Coffee under its own privacy policy and terms. WaWe does not receive or store your payment details.
The Service links to third-party sites, including avalanche centers, weather sources, and ski areas. Once you follow a link, that site's privacy policy governs, not this one.
Because your preferences live in your browser rather than on our servers, you control them directly.
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the feedback form, contact privacy@teamwawe.com and we will work with the form provider to delete it.
We do not maintain a user database, so there is no stored profile for us to retain or delete. Preferences persist on your device until you clear them. Feedback submissions are retained in Typeform, and contribution records are retained by the payment processor, in each case subject to those providers' policies.
We take reasonable measures to protect the Service, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date shown at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Questions or privacy requests may be sent to privacy@teamwawe.com. Please include enough detail for us to understand and respond to your request.