Privacy Policy · Updated July 28, 2026
Privacy Policy for FlipClock Display
This policy applies specifically to the FlipClock Display macOS application. The core clock works locally; weather and location are optional.
FlipClock Display has no advertising, analytics SDK, account system, cross-app tracking, or user profiling. The app does not sell personal data. Network and location access are used only for optional product features that you enable.
1. Data processed on your Mac
The app can store the following information locally on your Mac:
- Clock, theme, sound, display, idle-time, and accessibility preferences.
- A coarse location rounded to two decimal places (approximately 1–2 km) or exact latitude and longitude, depending on the mode you choose.
- Location save timestamps, cached weather responses, and cached city/region labels.
- App Store entitlement state needed to unlock Pro features.
This local information is not synced to a FlipClock account or uploaded to a developer database. Forecast cache entries are refreshed according to your selected 10, 30, or 60 minute interval. Reverse-geocoding results may be cached on the Mac for up to 30 days. Settings and saved coordinates remain until you reset them or remove the app data.
2. Location permission and exact coordinates
FlipClock Display requests macOS Location Services only when you press Save Coarse or Save Precise. Precise mode stores and transmits the latitude and longitude returned by macOS. Coarse mode rounds both values to two decimal places before they are stored or sent.
When optional weather is active, the selected coordinates are used to request a forecast, determine a city/region label, and select official regional weather alerts. The app does not collect continuous location history and does not request location in the background simply because the clock is running.
3. Network providers, purposes, and retention
Direct providers receive your public IP address automatically when your Mac connects to them. They may also receive request time, requested URL and query parameters, response status, TLS/network information, and the FlipClock Display user-agent, which includes the app version. Provider policies can change; the periods below reflect their published notices as of July 28, 2026.
| Provider | Data and purpose | Published retention |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo | Selected latitude/longitude, IP address, app version, and request details to return current conditions and forecast data. | API web-server logs, which may contain coordinates, are deleted after 90 days. Aggregated call counts may remain longer. |
| OpenStreetMap / Nominatim | If FlipClock reverse geocoding is enabled, the selected coordinates go through the configured FlipClock proxy to an OpenStreetMap-based provider to obtain a city and region label. The proxy receives the device IP and request data; the upstream provider normally sees the proxy IP plus the coordinate query. The current production configuration has reverse geocoding disabled. | OSMF states that detailed Piwik usage information is retained for 180 days. Its policy does not publish a separate fixed period for every Nominatim/API server log. |
| U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) | Selected latitude/longitude, IP address, app version, and request details to retrieve active official alerts for U.S. locations. | NWS states that HTTP logs may be preserved indefinitely for security and service-integrity purposes. |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | A small bounding box centred on the selected coordinates, plus IP address, app version, and request details, to retrieve Canadian alerts and lightning information. | Government of Canada web-analytics personal information has a maximum 18-month period. A separate fixed period for all GeoMet security/server logs is not published in the linked notice. |
| MeteoAlarm | Country feed, IP address, app version, and request details to obtain official European alerts. Coordinates are not placed in the MeteoAlarm feed request; matching to the locally derived area is performed on the Mac. | MeteoAlarm’s published API notice says security and operations logs are retained for 180 days, then deleted or anonymized. |
4. How to disable weather or location
- Turn Weather off in FlipClock Display Settings to stop weather requests.
- Turn Use my location off to stop using the saved coordinates.
- Revoke permission in macOS System Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → FlipClock Display.
Turning Weather or Use my location off stops active use but does not by itself erase the previously saved coordinates.
5. How to delete local coordinates and caches
- Open FlipClock Display Settings.
- Select Reset.
- Keep Shared app settings selected to delete saved coarse/precise coordinates and their timestamps.
- Keep Weather cache selected to delete cached forecasts and native reverse-geocoding results.
- Confirm the reset.
Removing FlipClock Display and its application data also removes locally stored settings and caches. A local reset cannot delete provider security logs that were already created; those follow the provider periods above.
6. Website, purchases, and contact
These product pages are hosted separately from the app. The web host receives ordinary IP and request data, and the portfolio website’s consent-based analytics choices are described in its separate website privacy notice. FlipClock Display itself contains no analytics or advertising.
Apple processes App Store purchases, subscription management, refunds, and related transaction data under Apple’s own policies. FlipClock Display receives only the entitlement result needed to unlock purchased features.
For privacy questions or requests, email [email protected]. General product support is available at [email protected].