PIC Weather Ops is an operational weather, terrain, fire-awareness, and mission-support application for UAS and drone operations.
Data Collection
PIC Weather Ops may use the device location to provide weather, mission, map, terrain, fire-awareness, and operational risk information. Location access is used only to support the app's core functionality, including current-location weather, mission point selection, map tools, operational briefings, environmental context, and mission-risk assessment.
The app does not require users to create an account.
Camera and Photos
PIC Weather Ops may request access to the device camera for AR Wind View and to allow operators to attach photos to local FIRES field reports.
Photos attached to local FIRES reports are stored locally on the device. PIC Weather Ops does not upload those photos unless the user explicitly chooses to share or export them.
Weather and Environmental Data
The app may connect to external data providers to retrieve forecasts, wind, gusts, precipitation, visibility, humidity, pressure, sunrise, sunset, air-quality information, thermal detections, fire context, and other environmental information used by the app.
Third-Party Services
PIC Weather Ops may use third-party weather, map, air-quality, terrain, fire-data, aircraft-traffic, and airspace services to provide operational and location-based information. These services may receive location coordinates or selected place information only as needed to return the requested data or map content.
Optional Live Air Traffic sends the selected Mission Point coordinates and a search radius to ADSB.lol to retrieve nearby aircraft observations. Optional U.S. weather alerts send the selected coordinates to the U.S. National Weather Service. Optional FAA airspace layers send a coordinate-based search area to FAA data services hosted on Esri ArcGIS. These requests are made when the corresponding feature is enabled; aircraft traffic refreshes while the Map is active in the foreground.
A Mission Point may be a planned destination rather than the device's current position. Providers receive the requested coordinates or search area and the network information needed to deliver their response, such as the connection IP address. Their handling and retention of requests are governed by their own policies. PIC Weather Ops does not sell user data to these services.
The airport and heliport index is bundled with the app and searched locally. PIC Weather Ops does not upload or maintain a server-side history of aircraft observations.
Optional Smart Notifications
When you enable Smart Notifications in a version that supports remote monitoring and grant iOS notification permission, the app sends your active Mission Point coordinates, a random installation identifier, an Apple push notification token, the selected language, country code and notification category preferences to the PIC Weather Ops notification service hosted on UpCloud. These data are associated with your app installation and used only to monitor the selected point and deliver notifications. Saved Points are not monitored. The app does not continuously upload your device location.
The service sends the selected coordinates and language/country information to Apple WeatherKit to obtain weather information. Apple Push Notification service delivers the notification payload to your device. The public service uses Cloudflare and an HTTPS reverse proxy to process requests. These infrastructure providers process network information needed to operate and protect the service. We do not use notification data for advertising or cross-app tracking.
The service keeps one current monitor per installation, with recent notification state for duplicate suppression and cooldowns; it does not maintain a history of Mission Point coordinates or weather observations. Monitoring expires seven days after the last successful registration or renewal. Reopening the app while notifications remain enabled renews the registration. Expired coordinates and push tokens are removed from the active database during the next monitoring cycle. A minimal installation authentication and revision record may remain for up to 30 days after the last update to prevent delayed requests from restoring old monitoring.
You can turn Smart Notifications off in the app. When the device can reach the service, this removes the active monitor. If offline, removal is retried when connectivity is restored and the app retries or reopens; the interface shows removal as pending. Revoking notification permission in iOS stops display, and the app removes monitoring when it next opens and detects the change. Notifications already queued by iOS may still appear. Deleting the app does not immediately notify our server; the seven-day expiry applies.
Voice Brief and Purchases
Voice Brief uses iOS speech synthesis. The app does not send briefing text to a PIC Weather Ops speech service. Apple manages system voices and any voice downloads.
Subscriptions and purchase restoration use Apple's StoreKit services. Apple processes payment information; PIC Weather Ops does not receive or store your payment card details.
Stored Data
PIC Weather Ops may store mission points, selected locations, alert preferences, checklist status, app settings, local FIRES reports, and report photos locally on the user's device.
Locally stored data is used to support the app experience and is not sold.
Tracking and Advertising
PIC Weather Ops does not use third-party advertising tracking and does not sell user data.
Data Retention and Deletion
Data stored locally on the device can be removed by deleting the app or by deleting locally stored content within the app where that functionality is available.
User-Initiated Sharing and Export
PIC Weather Ops may allow users to share or export reports, photos, or operational files. Sharing occurs only when initiated by the user through the app or the operating system's sharing tools. Once information is shared or exported, its handling is governed by the destination service or recipient selected by the user.
Important Notice
PIC Weather Ops supports operational planning. The operator/RPIC remains responsible for checking official weather sources, local aviation regulations, airspace restrictions, NOTAMs, and final operational and flight safety conditions before every mission.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact: tsborder@icloud.com