Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 7, 2026 | Operator: Alebo Enterprises | Contact: privacy@burn.observer

Privacy Principle: Burn Observer does not sell your personal data, does not track your location in the background, and does not build advertising profiles. Location data is processed only in the foreground to resolve your local open-burning regulations.

1. Overview

Alebo Enterprises ("we", "us", or "our") provides the Burn Observer mobile application and web services (the "Service"). This policy describes how we handle information collected through our application.

2. Location Data & Geolocation Usage

To provide accurate local fire safety regulations, Burn Observer requests access to approximate or precise location:

Foreground Use Only: Location lookups occur exclusively when you tap "Use Current Location", open the application, or manually query an address. We do not request or utilize background location tracking (ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION).
Local Storage: Your resolved township, county, and coordinates are stored locally on your device within application private storage.
Zero Profiling: Coordinates sent to our servers to check NWS point alerts and DNR status are processed transiently in memory. We do not maintain historical movement logs or sell location records to third parties.

3. Push Notifications

With your explicit opt-in permission (POST_NOTIFICATIONS), the app schedules local daily sync tasks to alert you at 8:00 AM regarding morning burn permits, or to display emergency burn bans issued by local fire authorities.

4. Third-Party Infrastructure

Our service communicates with:

Cloudflare: Secure serverless API execution and DDoS protection under HTTPS/TLS 1.3 encryption.
National Weather Service (weather.gov): Public meteorological endpoints for real-time wildfire weather alerts. No user identifiers are transmitted.

5. Data Deletion & Device Controls

You can revoke permissions at any time in Android Settings. Because we do not require civilian user accounts, clearing application data or uninstalling the app permanently purges all locally stored preferences.

6. Contact Us

For questions or privacy inquiries, contact:
Alebo Enterprises
Email: privacy@burn.observer
Website: https://burn.observer