Privacy policy
This covers the DriftLogic iPhone app and this website, rockyriversteelhead.com. Both are made by Eric Fortuna, an independent developer in Ohio. Where this page says “I,” that is me.
The DriftLogic app
What stays on your phone
Your catch log, the rivers you star in My Rivers, your rig choices and your settings are stored on your device. I never receive them. If you use Export on the catch log, the CSV file is built on your phone and goes only where you choose to send it.
Location
DriftLogic can ask for your location while the app is open, so it can pick the nearest river and show where you are on the map. Your location is used on your phone. I do not receive it, and I run no server that could store it. If you decline, everything still works. You just pick your river by hand.
Services the app talks to
When you open a river, your phone asks a few public services for the data it needs:
- USGS Water Data for the gauge readings (flow, gauge height, water temperature) at that river’s gauge.
- Open-Meteo for air temperature, wind, and sunrise and sunset at that river’s location.
- GitHub (raw.githubusercontent.com) for a public file of recommended gear.
- Apple Maps to draw the map.
Like any website you visit, these services can see your device’s IP address and the request itself. What they do with that is covered by their own privacy policies. The requests are about a river, not about you, and I do not get a copy of them.
Links that leave the app
Gear buttons open Amazon, and technique videos open YouTube. Once you tap one, you are on their site under their rules, and they may set their own cookies. The Amazon links carry my affiliate tag. If you buy something after tapping one, Amazon pays me a small commission and it costs you nothing extra. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Buying the app
DriftLogic is a one-time $4.99 purchase through the App Store. Apple handles the payment. I never see your card, your Apple ID or your name. Apple gives me sales and download totals that do not identify anyone.
What I do not do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No ads, and no advertising identifier.
- No analytics, crash-reporting or tracking tools inside the app.
- I do not sell, rent or share personal information, because I do not have any.
That is why the App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected.”
This website
What I collect
Nothing on purpose. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics scripts and no cookies set by me. The site is hosted by Hostinger, and like any web host its servers keep standard logs (IP address, browser, the page requested and the time) to keep the site running and secure.
Live data and embeds
Gauge readings load from USGS straight into your browser, and the DriftLogic page also asks Open-Meteo for the weather at the river you pick. To make pages load faster as you move around, your browser keeps the latest reading for about ten minutes in its own session storage. It stays on your device and goes away when you close the tab. Fonts load from Google Fonts. The Conditions page embeds the water-quality dashboard from NEORSD, and the river camera link opens a page hosted by Cleveland Metroparks. Those sites can see your visit and may set their own cookies under their own policies.
If you email me
If you write to info@rockyriversteelhead.com, I get your email address and whatever you send. I use it to reply and I do not share it.
Children
Neither the app nor the site is aimed at children, and neither collects personal information from anyone, including children. The app is rated 4+.
Changes
If something here changes, such as a new feature that handles data differently, I will update this page and the date at the top before it ships.
Questions
Write to info@rockyriversteelhead.com.