Privacy Policy for PlayBuoy.no

Last updated: July 15, 2025

Welcome to PlayBuoy.no — the only place where water temperatures are cool, but our data practices are even cooler. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect (spoiler: not much), how we use it, and how seriously we take your privacy — even if our floating buoys are bobbing happily in public waters.

1. What We Collect (And What We Don't)

Let's be honest — we're more interested in buoy locations and water temperature than in you. But when you visit our site, like every other website on the planet, we may collect:

• Basic analytics via privacy-friendly tools (e.g., page views, device type, bounce rate)
• Your IP address (temporarily, for analytics or security)
• Data you submit voluntarily (like if you contact us through email)

We do NOT:

• Track you across the web
• Sell your data
• Store your personal life story in a secret vault

2. Cookies (The Boring Kind, Not the Delicious Ones)

We may use:

• Necessary cookies to keep the site working
• Analytics cookies (if any) to understand traffic and performance

We do NOT use:

• Third-party advertising trackers
• Cookie pop-ups that annoy you every time you visit

3. Buoy Data Is Public

All the data shown on this site — like water temperatures, wave height, GPS coordinates, etc. — comes from floating buoys deployed in public waters. None of that is personal data. Unless you're somehow living inside a buoy (in which case: hi, are you okay?).

4. Contact Forms & Communication

If you contact us:

• We'll receive your email and whatever info you provide
• We'll use that info only to respond to your query
• We won't add you to a newsletter or forward your message to anyone

5. Data Storage

We store any collected data:

• On secure servers in the EU/Norway
• With appropriate access control and encryption where necessary
• For only as long as needed

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Know what we store about you (if anything)
• Ask us to correct or delete your info
• Complain to Datatilsynet (Norwegian Data Protection Authority) if you think we are being shady

7. Third-Party Tools

We may use services like:

• Leaflet/OpenStreetMap (to show where the buoys are — not where you are)
• Yr.no weather API (for fetching air temperature and forecast data)

These services may collect limited data (like your IP address). Please refer to their privacy policies for details.

8. Changes to This Policy

We might tweak this page occasionally. When we do, we'll update the “Last updated” date. But let's be honest: this isn't exactly beach reading.

9. Contact Us

Have questions, comments, or temperature jokes? playbuoy-sensor @ proton.me

Stay safe. Stay hydrated. Swim responsibly. — The PlayBuoy.no Team