Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

TrueSwell is designed to work without knowing who you are. There are no accounts, no ads, and we never sell data. We use one analytics tool (Google Analytics) to understand which pages people find useful.

What we process, and why

• Your IP address — used once, transiently, to estimate your approximate location so we can suggest your nearest surf spot and default Wave Hunter to your coast. The lookup goes to the geolocation service geojs.io; we cache the approximate coordinates briefly in server memory and do not build a profile or store it durably.
• Server logs — like almost every website, our hosting provider (Render) keeps standard request logs for operations and abuse prevention.
• Theme preference — your light/dark choice is saved in your own browser's localStorage. It never leaves your device.

Third parties

• Map tiles load from OpenStreetMap; chart and map libraries load from public CDNs (unpkg, jsDelivr). Those services see the same basic request data any web resource does.
• Surf cam links go to their providers' own sites (e.g. SurfChex), which have their own policies.
• The contact form is delivered by FormSubmit; what you submit there (name, email, message) is sent to us as email.
• Google Analytics measures anonymous, aggregate usage — which pages are visited and roughly from where — so we know what to improve. Google's processing is covered by its own policy; you can opt out with browser tracking protection or Google's opt-out tools.

Cookies

Google Analytics sets its measurement cookies (e.g. _ga) to tell returning visitors from new ones; we set no other cookies and run no ad trackers. localStorage is used only for your theme preference and your last-viewed spot, both saved on your own device.

Changes & contact

If this policy changes materially we'll update the date above. Questions? Contact us.