Privacy Policy

CloudEx Inc. ("we", "us", or "our") operates the "Live Webcams" app (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you. By using the Service, you are deemed to have agreed to the practices described in this Policy.

1. Our Core Principle

Live Webcams lets you look at public webcams around the world — mountains, beaches, harbors, cities and roads — together with the local time, the sun and the weather at each camera. There is no account and no sign-up. Your favorites, your recently viewed cameras and your settings are stored only on your device, and we never collect them. Your location is used only when you ask for cameras near you, only approximately, and only once each time you tap the button. Specifically, we do not have access to any of the following:

  • Your name, email address, phone number, or contacts
  • Your favorites, favorite lists, recently viewed cameras, or settings
  • Your precise location, or your location in the background
  • Which cameras you watch, or for how long

2. What the App Fetches From the Internet

The camera images, maps and weather shown in the app come from the services below. To show them, the app sends only what is needed for the content you are viewing. As with any connection to a web server, each server also receives your device's IP address and the app's name and version (in the User-Agent header).

  • Webcam lists and map points: The app asks our relay server (Cloudflare Workers, operated by us) for cameras, and the relay forwards the request to the Windy Webcams API (Windy.com). A request contains what you are looking at — the map area, a category, a country, camera IDs and the display language — and, only when you use "Use my location" for "Webcams near you", the approximate coordinates described in Section 3. The relay does not record the requests it forwards; responses (not your identity) may be cached by Cloudflare for up to 5 minutes.
  • Camera images: Images are loaded directly from Windy's image servers using the addresses provided by the Windy Webcams API.
  • Timelapses and live video: Playing a timelapse or a live stream opens Windy's web player inside the app. The player is provided by Windy.com, which may display its own advertising and use cookies under its own privacy policy.
  • Weather: The weather for a camera is requested from MET Norway using the camera's coordinates rounded to two decimal places — not your location.
  • Maps: Map styles and map tiles for the area you view are loaded from OpenFreeMap.
  • Road cameras: Road camera lists and images are loaded from Fintraffic (digitraffic.fi, Finland) and Transport for London (TfL).
  • Searching for a place: Built-in places and coordinates you type (such as "35.68, 139.76") are handled on your device. Other place names you type are looked up with your device's built-in Android geocoder (a Google service), when your device has one.
  • Link lists: Once a day the app downloads the lists of ski resort, YouTube and road camera links from our relay server. Tapping a link opens it in your browser or the YouTube app, where that site's own policies apply.

3. Location

  • The app requests only approximate location (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION). It never requests precise location or location in the background.
  • Your location is read once, only when you tap "Use my location". It is rounded to two decimal places (roughly 1 km) and used as the center of the "Webcams near you" list.
  • Those rounded coordinates are sent through our relay server to the Windy Webcams API to find nearby cameras, and are kept on your device as the place you chose until you choose another one. We do not store them on our servers.
  • You can always search by a place name instead, and you can withdraw the location permission in your device settings at any time.

4. Information We Collect

4.1 Information Collected Automatically

  • Anonymous crash reports: Via Firebase Crashlytics. When the app crashes, we collect the stack trace, device model, OS version, and app version. This does not include personally identifiable information, your location, or your favorites.
  • Purchase information: We use purchase tokens issued by Google Play to verify your one-time "Premium" purchase. We never receive any payment information such as credit card numbers.
  • List of our other apps: To show our other apps, the app downloads their names, descriptions, and icons from our content server (static files hosted on Cloudflare Pages). The request contains no personal data from the app. Tapping an app in the list opens its page on Google Play.

The app does not include any analytics or advertising SDK and does not use your device's advertising ID.

4.2 Information Stored Only on Your Device

  • Favorites and favorite lists, and the order you arranged them in
  • Recently viewed cameras (you can clear them with "Clear recently viewed" at any time)
  • The "Webcams near you" place you chose (a place name or rounded coordinates)
  • Settings: map style, units, theme, auto refresh, Wi-Fi-only background updates, hiding dark cameras, the cameras and timing for sunrise and sunset alerts, and the camera shown in each home screen widget
  • Cached content: camera lists, images, map tiles and weather that the app has already downloaded are kept in the app's cache so that screens open faster. You can clear them with "Clear downloaded images" in the app's settings.
  • Android backup: If backup is turned on in your device settings, Android may include your favorites and settings in the backup it saves to your own Google account, and may copy them to a new phone when you transfer your data directly. Cached content is excluded. This is handled by Android; we have no access to it.
  • When you uninstall: Uninstalling the app or clearing its data deletes everything listed above from your device.

4.3 Information We Explicitly Do Not Collect

  • Your name, email address, phone number, or contacts (the app has no account or sign-up)
  • Your precise location, or any location in the background
  • Your favorites, viewing history, or settings
  • A history of the websites you visit outside the app, or the contents of your communications
  • The contents of your screen or of other apps

4.4 Permissions the App Requests and Their Purposes

  • Internet (INTERNET) — Loads camera lists, images, timelapses, maps, weather and road cameras as described in Section 2, and is used for crash reports, Google Play purchase verification, in-app reviews and in-app updates, the list of our other apps, and showing this privacy policy in the app.
  • Network state (ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) — Checks whether you are online, and whether you are on Wi-Fi when "Background updates on Wi-Fi only" is on.
  • Approximate location (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) — Used once, only when you tap "Use my location", to list cameras near you (Section 3).
  • Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS, Android 13+) — Shows the sunrise and sunset alerts you turn on for the cameras you choose (Premium). Requested only when you turn the alerts on.
  • Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED) — Reschedules the home screen widget updates and your sunrise and sunset alerts after your phone restarts.
  • Google Play Billing (com.android.vending.BILLING) — Lets you buy Premium through Google Play.

5. How We Use Information

The limited information we collect is used only for the following purposes:

  • Operating the Service: showing cameras, images, maps and weather
  • Verifying your Premium purchase
  • Diagnosing and fixing crashes
  • Responding to support inquiries
  • Complying with applicable laws

6. Third-Party Services

Live Webcams uses the following third-party services. Each service has its own privacy policy.

  • Windy.com (Windyty, SE) — the Windy Webcams API, camera images, and the timelapse and live player
  • Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Pages (Cloudflare, Inc.) — our relay server for camera lists and link lists, and the static list of our other apps
  • MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute) — weather forecasts
  • OpenFreeMap — map styles and map tiles
  • Fintraffic (digitraffic.fi) and Transport for London (TfL Open Data) — road cameras
  • Firebase Crashlytics (Google LLC) — anonymous crash diagnostic data
  • Google Play Billing (Google LLC) — the one-time Premium purchase; payment is completed on Google Play, and we receive only a purchase token
  • Google Play In-App Review and In-App Updates (Google LLC) — let you rate the app and install updates without leaving it; handled by Google Play
  • Android geocoder (Google LLC) — looks up place names you type, when your device provides it

We do not share your data with advertising networks. Webcam images belong to each camera's owner and are provided by Windy.com.

7. Data Retention

  • Crash reports: retained for 90 days, then deleted.
  • Our relay server does not keep a record of the requests it forwards. Cached responses are kept by Cloudflare for up to 5 minutes.
  • Your favorites, history, settings and cached content on your device: kept until you delete them, uninstall the app, or clear the app's data.

8. International Data Transfers

We are based in Japan. The services described in Sections 2 and 6 may operate infrastructure in various countries. When you use the Service, the minimal information described above may be processed outside your country of residence under standard contractual safeguards.

9. Your Rights

Depending on where you reside (e.g., the EEA, UK, California, Japan), you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the limited information we hold. You can:

  • Remove favorites, clear your recently viewed cameras, and clear cached images in the app at any time
  • Withdraw the location or notification permission in your device settings at any time
  • Uninstall the app or clear its data to erase everything it stores on your device
  • Contact us at the address below to make a request regarding the information we hold

10. Children's Privacy

Live Webcams is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the minimum age applicable in your region). If we inadvertently collect information from such a child, we will delete it promptly upon being contacted.

11. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. The latest version is always published at this URL together with its effective date. We will also notify you within the app of significant changes as appropriate.

12. Contact

For questions about privacy, data requests, or to report concerns, please email us at .

CloudEx Inc. (Japan)

Effective Date: November 7, 2026