Privacy Policy

Apple Health and data stored on your devices

If you connect Apple Health, Brightside reads your Time in Daylight to show your progress and history. Brightside processes these Health readings on your devices and does not upload them to Brightside servers, Mapbox, or other providers. Brightside does not write data to Apple Health.

Brightside stores your preferences, bookmarks, and manually added or confirmed daylight minutes on your device. It can sync those daylight minutes with your paired Apple Watch. You can remove saved places in the app.

Maps and place search by Mapbox

Brightside uses Mapbox to display maps and find places. The Mapbox SDK may collect the data listed below for app functionality and analytics, including keeping the map working and improving Mapbox products.

• Precise or approximate device location, depending on your location permissions
• Technical identifiers, such as Mapbox session identifiers (listed as User ID in the App Store)
• Product interactions and other app usage data
• Performance data and other technical diagnostics

Mapbox describes its location and usage telemetry as de-identified. The Mapbox SDK declares these categories as unlinked to your identity and unused for tracking under Apple’s App Store definitions. Brightside does not sell your personal data. Mapbox’s privacy policy explains its retention and deletion practices. You can manage telemetry through the information (ⓘ) button on the Mapbox map.

When you search for a place, Brightside sends your search text and, when available, the coordinates of the area being searched to Mapbox Search Box to return relevant results. Mapbox’s public documentation does not specify whether it retains the search text after responding.

Weather and maps by Apple

Brightside uses Apple Weather (WeatherKit) to request weather and UV information for the selected map coordinates. It also uses Apple services for satellite maps, address lookups, and walking route estimates. Apple handles these requests under Apple’s privacy policy.

Children’s privacy

Brightside does not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Your choices and rights

You can change Brightside’s location permission in Settings and revoke its access to Time in Daylight in Apple Health. The map remains available without Health access. To ask about your data or request deletion, use the contact details below. For data Mapbox processes, see the choices and contact details in its privacy policy.

Optional website analytics

If you allow analytics, brightsidesun.com uses Google Analytics 4 to measure website visits, referring websites, device information and interactions, including clicks to the App Store. Analytics cookies identify your browser across visits and can last up to two years, depending on your browser. Google receives technical request data, including your IP address, and derives approximate location information from it.

You can decline analytics or withdraw your consent using Privacy choices at the bottom of each website page. Withdrawing consent clears this website’s Analytics cookies. Your choice is stored in your browser for up to 180 days. Read Google’s privacy policy for details about how Google processes information, including international processing and your rights.

Changes

We may update this policy. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Contact Frederic Ohnemüller at hello@brightside.app.