Privacy

Last updated: 2026-05-27

The short version

SkyMinute works without tracking you. The astronomy runs in your browser. Your location stays on your device. No accounts, no profiling.

What we keep

• Nothing about you on our servers.
• Your chosen city or GPS coordinates live in your browser's localStorage so you don't have to enter them again. Clear browser data, they're gone.
• Standard web server logs (IP address, timestamp, page) for up to 14 days, for debugging and abuse prevention.

External data sources

While the app runs, your browser talks directly to a few public APIs to fetch fresh data. We don't proxy these:

• Open-Meteo — cloud cover forecast.
• NOAA SWPC — aurora Kp index.
• A public Celestrak mirror — ISS orbit.

Geolocation

If you tap "use my exact location," your browser asks you for permission, then passes coordinates to the app on your device. They sit in localStorage. You can clear them any time by changing your city or by clearing site data.

Cookies

None for tracking. We only use localStorage and sessionStorage for your saved city and short-lived API caches — purely functional.

Ads

None right now. If we ever add ads, we'll update this page and ask for consent where the law requires it.

Children

The site is family-friendly. We don't knowingly collect data from children.

Your rights (GDPR, CCPA)

We don't store personal data on our servers, so there's nothing to access, correct, or delete. For privacy questions write to privacy@skyminute.com.

Changes

When this page changes, we bump the "last updated" date. Material changes get flagged at the top for 30 days.