Live Radar Weather Privacy Policy

In effect from November 12, 2026

Live Radar Weather is a weather, hazard-alert and family-safety app for the United States and Canada. It is published by MoviesBox Global Limited, United Kingdom ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information the app uses, why, who else is involved, how long we keep it, and the choices you have.

Live Radar Weather is not an official government app. We show official alerts and data from government sources without changing them.

The short version

• Weather, alerts, radar, earthquakes, storms, fires, air quality and radio work without an account.
• We use your approximate location only while the app is open, and only if you allow it. We never track your location in the background.
• Family circle features need an account (guest or Google). What you share in a circle is visible only to the people in that circle.
• We do not sell your personal information and we do not use it for advertising.
• You can delete your account at any time in the app, or by email (see "Your choices and rights").

1. Information we use

a. Without an account

• Places you choose. The cities, ZIP or postal codes you search for and save. We send the place or its coordinates to our servers to get the forecast and alerts for it.
• Approximate location (optional). If you allow location access when you set up the app, the app reads your approximate (coarse) location while it is open to show the forecast and alerts where you are. The app does not request precise location and never reads your location in the background. You can say no and search for a place instead.
• Install identifier. A random identifier created when you install the app. It is not linked to your name. We use it to protect our service from abuse (rate limits) and to count usage.
• Notification settings. Which alert types you want (for example Severe, Moderate, hurricanes, earthquakes) and your quiet hours.
• Push notification token. A token from Google Firebase Cloud Messaging that lets us send alerts to your device. To send area alerts, your device is subscribed to alert topics for the general areas of your saved places.
• Technical information. Your IP address, device model, Android version and app version reach our servers and our security provider when the app makes a request. We use them to deliver the service, keep it secure and fix problems.
• Usage statistics and crash reports. If enabled, the app sends anonymous usage statistics and crash reports through Google Firebase (Analytics and Crashlytics). They never include your location, your chat messages or anything from your family circles. You can turn usage statistics off at any time in Settings › About › Usage analytics.

b. With an account (family circles)

You need an account to use family circles. You can use a guest account (it exists only on your phone) or sign in with Google.

• Account information. Your account identifier from Google Firebase Authentication, your display name (1–30 characters, chosen by you), and, if you sign in with Google, your Google email address.
• Circles. The circles you create or join, your role (owner or member), when you joined, and invite codes you create.
• Check-ins. When you tap "I'm safe", the time and status are shared with your circles. Check-ins are kept for 72 hours.
• Location you choose to share. Only when a member asks and you agree, your location is shared with that circle, rounded to about 1 km, for the time you pick (once, 1 hour or 8 hours). Requests expire after 15 minutes. Sharing updates only while the app is open.
• SOS. When you send an SOS, your circles receive a high-priority alert with your approximate location (rounded to about 1 km). SOS records are deleted after 24 hours.
• Chat. Text messages you send in a circle. Chat is text only; photos, files and links cannot be sent. Messages are deleted automatically after 30 days.
• Reports. If you report a message or a member, we keep the report, the reported content and the reason so our team can review it.

2. How we use information

• To show forecasts, alerts, maps and radio for the places you choose.
• To send the alert notifications you asked for.
• To run family circles: check-ins, location requests, SOS and chat.
• To keep the service safe: preventing abuse and spam, reviewing reports, enforcing our Terms of Use and our child safety standards.
• To understand how the app is used and fix crashes (only if usage statistics are on).
• To meet legal obligations.

We do not use your information to build a profile for advertising, and we do not sell it. Live Radar Weather currently shows no ads. If we add ads in the future, we will update this policy first.

3. Who else is involved

We share information only with service providers that help us run the app, and only for that purpose:

• Google (Firebase): sign-in (Authentication), push notifications (Cloud Messaging), app integrity checks (App Check), usage statistics and crash reports.
• Hosting and security: our servers are hosted by Hetzner in Germany; Cloudflare protects and speeds up our network.
• Map and data sources: map images and some weather layers may be loaded from our map and data providers, which then see your IP address.
• Radio broadcasters: radio streams play directly from the broadcaster's server, which sees your IP address like any website you visit.
• Your circles: the information you choose to share in a circle is visible to its members.
• Authorities: when the law requires it, or to protect someone's life or safety, including reports of child sexual exploitation to NCMEC (US) and Cybertip.ca (Canada).
• A buyer or successor, if our business or this app is sold or merged, under this policy.

4. International transfers

We are based in the United Kingdom, our servers are in Germany, and some providers (such as Google and Cloudflare) process data in the United States and other countries. We use providers that protect personal information with appropriate safeguards.

5. How long we keep information

• Check-ins: 72 hours. SOS: 24 hours. Chat messages: 30 days. Location requests: 15 minutes; shared locations end when the time you chose ends.
• Account, circles and settings: until you delete your account (plus the 7-day waiting period).
• Closed abuse reports: only as long as needed for safety and legal reasons.
• Usage statistics: up to 14 months (Google Analytics retention).
• Server security logs: a short time, then deleted.

6. Your choices and rights

• Location: you can refuse or later remove location permission in Android settings; the app keeps working with places you search for.
• Notifications and quiet hours: choose them in Settings.
• Usage statistics: turn off in Settings › About › Usage analytics.
• Delete your account: in the app at Settings › Account › Delete account, or by email. See our account deletion page for details.
• Access, correction, deletion: depending on where you live (for example California and other US states, Canada, the UK or the EU), you may have the right to know what we hold about you, to get a copy, to correct it, to delete it, and to object to or limit certain uses. Write to [email protected]. We will answer within the time the law requires and will not treat you differently for using these rights.
• Sale and sharing: we do not sell personal information and do not "share" it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

7. Children

Live Radar Weather is not directed to children under 13. Family circles and chat are for people aged 13 and over. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information through a family circle, contact [email protected] and we will delete it. Read our child safety standards for how we protect young people.

8. Security

We protect information with encryption in transit, access controls and monitoring. No system is perfectly secure, so please keep your phone and Google account secure.

9. Changes

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app.

10. Contact

MoviesBox Global Limited, United Kingdom Privacy: [email protected] · Support: [email protected]