Privacy
Snow Brief works without an account. This is what it keeps, who else sees it, and how to have it deleted.
What we keep
- Looking up a brief
The ZIP code, postal code, or place you search for is used to find its forecast. It isn't saved with anything that identifies you.
- Use my location
Your browser asks before sharing your location. The coordinates are sent once to find the nearest ZIP or postal code, then discarded.
- Notifications
We keep the delivery address your browser's push service issues, the area you picked (its name and center point, not your device's location), any school settings you tuned, and when we last notified you.
- The morning poll
We keep your answer with the area and date. To stop the same person answering twice, we also keep a one-way code made from your IP address and that day's date, never the address itself. Your browser remembers your answer on this device.
- SMS waitlist
We keep your email address and use it once: to tell you when texts are ready.
Ads and analytics
Ads on Snow Brief are served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to show ads, including ads based on your visits to this and other sites. How Google uses this data.
PostHog sets a cookie so it can recognize a returning browser. We use what it measures to improve Snow Brief, not to target ads.
Who handles it
Each one handles data to run its part of Snow Brief. The database is in the United States.
- Cloudflare
Hosts the site. Like any web host, it keeps request logs, including IP addresses, for a short time for security and fault-finding.
- Neon
Stores the database: notification settings, poll answers, and waitlist addresses.
- Push services
Your browser's push service (Google, Apple, Mozilla, or Microsoft) carries each notification to your device.
- Resend
Sends waitlist email.
- PostHog
Measures how the site is used: pages viewed, briefs opened, and notifications turned on.
Forecasts come from the National Weather Service and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Our servers request them by area, so nothing about you is sent.
Turning things off
To stop notifications, block them for snowdaypredictor.org in your browser's settings, or remove Snow Brief from your Home Screen. We stop sending the next time a notification fails to deliver.
To turn off personalized ads, use Google's Ad Settings or opt out of participating ad networks at aboutads.info. You can also block or clear cookies in your browser; Snow Brief works without them.
To have your notification settings, poll answers, or waitlist address deleted, or to see what we hold, email contact@snowdaypredictor.org. We reply within 30 days.
Children
Snow Brief is for a general audience and isn't directed at children under 13. If a child has given us an email address, write to us and we'll delete it.
Changes
When this policy changes, the date below changes with it.
Last updated October 2026.