Skyglance
Skyglance Privacy Policy
Date: November 11, 2026
What Skyglance does
Skyglance is a free Chrome extension. It shows the weather forecast for the places you choose. It has no account, no sign-up, no ads and no tracking.
What stays on your device
Skyglance saves these in Chrome on your device (chrome.storage.local):
- Your saved places
- Your units and settings
- The last forecast
Nothing is saved on any server run by the developer. There is no developer server at all.
What is sent and to whom
To get the weather, Skyglance sends coordinates rounded to two decimal places (about 1 km or 0.7 miles). Like any web request, these services can see your IP address. Their own privacy policies apply.
| Service | What is sent | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com) | Rounded coordinates | To get the forecast |
| Open-Meteo (air-quality-api.open-meteo.com) | Rounded coordinates | To get air quality |
| US National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) | Rounded coordinates, only for places in the United States | To get official weather alerts |
| BigDataCloud (api.bigdatacloud.net) | Rounded coordinates, only when you use "my location" | To turn coordinates into a city name |
| Open-Meteo (geocoding-api.open-meteo.com) | The city name you type in search | To find the place |
What Skyglance never does
- No accounts
- No analytics
- No ads
- No tracking
- No selling of data
- No sharing of data for any other purpose
Limited use
Skyglance uses your location only to show you the weather. Its use of information follows the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Permissions
- storage: saves your places, settings and the last forecast on your device.
- alarms: refreshes the forecast and the toolbar icon every 15 minutes, updates the countdown on the icon, and sends the optional briefs at the times you set.
- geolocation: finds the forecast for where you are. It is used only for that.
- notifications: optional. Used only for the notifications you turn on in settings: the rain and snow heads-up, official weather alerts, and the morning, daily and evening briefs.
Your choices
- Turn off location: pick a city instead of using "my location".
- Turn off notifications: switch each one off in settings. All of them are off by default.
- Remove the extension: this deletes everything it saved.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: use the Support tab on the Skyglance page in the Chrome Web Store.