Privacy
Outside? has no accounts, no tracking analytics, no ads and no third-party scripts or fonts. It runs in your browser and talks directly to the weather and location services below. Like any website, it can't avoid sending normal network information such as your IP address to the services it uses.
Your location
- Outside? asks for your location only when you press Use my location, and only once each time.
- Your position is rounded to two decimal places (roughly 1 km) before it is used or sent anywhere, and the precise position is not kept. Rounding reduces precision but does not make you anonymous.
- There is no reverse lookup of your address; a device location is shown as “Current area”.
- You can always search for a city instead.
What is sent, and to whom
| Data | Sent to | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rounded coordinates of the chosen place | Open-Meteo weather API | Their policies apply; Outside? can't delete data they receive. |
| City search text | Open-Meteo geocoding API | Sent as you type (after a short pause). Search history is not saved. |
| IP address and normal request details | The website host and Open-Meteo | Managed by those providers' own logs and policies. |
What is stored in your browser
| Data | Where | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Activity, units, outing length and preferences | Local storage | Until you reset or clear them |
| Your chosen place (rounded) | Local storage, only if you tick “Remember this location” | Until you choose Forget location or clear all data |
| Recent forecasts (up to five places, rounded) | Session storage | Until the tab closes, at most two hours each |
Nothing is stored on a server by Outside?. If your browser blocks storage, settings last only until you close the page.
Your controls
Under Preferences and saved data on the home page:
- Remember this location is off unless you turn it on; turning it off removes the saved place.
- Forget location removes the saved place and all stored forecasts.
- Reset all preferences restores the defaults.
- Clear all local data does all of the above.
You can also clear this site's data in your browser settings at any time.
Location links
Outside? never puts your coordinates in its page addresses, so sharing a link does not share your location.