Privacy policy.

Surferswind is an AI-assisted wind forecast service for kiteboarding, windsurfing, and wingfoiling in the Netherlands. This page explains what personal data we process and how you can control it.

Who we are

Surferswind (“we”, “us”) operates the website and mobile apps at surferswind.com. For privacy questions, contact us at privacy@surferswind.com.

Data we collect

When you create an account or use Surferswind, we may process:

Account details: email address and password (stored hashed).
Forecast preferences: sports, skill level, language, notification settings.
Tracked surf spots and generated personal forecast digests.
Push notification tokens for web and mobile devices (if you opt in).
Technical data: session cookies and basic server logs needed to run the service.

How we use your data

We use your data to provide personalised wind forecasts, send optional digest notifications, and improve the service. Forecast text is session advice for windsports — not professional meteorological or safety-critical guidance.

Third-party services

We rely on external providers for weather, maps, and AI summaries:

Wind forecast data: KNMI via Open-Meteo.
Surf spot data: OpenStreetMap.
AI-generated forecast text: Google Gemini.
Email delivery and mobile push may use additional infrastructure providers configured for our deployment.

We pass spot coordinates and weather context to these services as needed to generate forecasts. We do not sell your personal data.

Retention

We keep account and preference data while your account is active. Server logs are retained only as long as needed for operations and security.

Your rights and account deletion

You can request deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time:

Delete my Surferswind account

When you confirm deletion, we remove your account, preferences, tracked spots, push tokens, and personal digests from our systems. This action is permanent.

Depending on your location, you may also have rights to access, correct, or restrict processing of your data. Contact privacy@surferswind.com for help.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.