Privacy

Pier Scout has no user accounts, no sign-up, and no login — there is nothing to create an account for. As of this writing, the site does not run any analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking scripts, and it does not sell or share visitor data, because it doesn't collect any beyond what any web server sees by default.

• The site is hosted on Vercel, which — like effectively any web host — logs standard request metadata (IP address, requested URL, timestamp, user agent) for operating and securing the service. This app doesn't read or query those logs; they're Vercel's infrastructure-level records, not a feature this site builds on.
• Your device fetches live tide data (NOAA CO-OPS) and weather data (National Weather Service) through this app's own server-side API routes — your browser talks to Pier Scout, not directly to NOAA/NWS, so those services don't see your IP address from a page visit.
• Map imagery tiles (Esri satellite/topo/historical imagery) load directly from Esri's tile servers as you pan or zoom the map, the same way any embedded map works.
• Nothing you type or click on this site — there's no search box, no form, no comment field — is stored anywhere. There's simply no mechanism here that would collect it.

The one preference this site remembers is your Simple/Technical display choice, saved in your browser's localStorage — not a cookie, never sent to any server, and readable only by this site in this browser. Clearing your browser's site data resets it back to the default.

This is a small, one-person hobby project, not a company with a legal team — but if something here reads as inaccurate or you have a real privacy question, see the contact info on the About page.