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Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 28, 2026

1. Introduction

Firevector (“the Service”) is an open-source wildfire observation platform operated by AI Aerial Solutions (“we”, “us”, “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.

2. Information We Collect

  • Account information: When you sign in with Google OAuth, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture. We do not access your Google password.
  • Observation data: Fire behavior observations you submit, including location coordinates, weather conditions, and field notes.
  • Session data: Authentication tokens to maintain your login session.

3. How We Use Your Information

  • To authenticate and maintain your user session
  • To store and retrieve your fire behavior observations
  • To compute derived fire behavior metrics (EWS, ROS calculations)
  • To display observation locations on the map

We do not sell, share, or distribute your personal information to third parties. We do not use tracking cookies, analytics services, or advertising networks.

4. Data Storage

Your data is stored in a PostgreSQL database hosted by Supabase (AWS us-east-1). All connections are encrypted via TLS. The application is hosted on Vercel's global edge network with HTTPS enforced.

5. Third-Party Services

  • Google OAuth: Authentication provider (Google Privacy Policy applies)
  • Mapbox: Map tile rendering (Mapbox Privacy Policy applies)
  • NASA FIRMS: Satellite fire detection data (public government data)
  • USGS: Earthquake data (public government data)
  • OpenWeatherMap: Weather overlay tiles (OpenWeatherMap Privacy Policy applies)
  • Supabase: Database hosting (Supabase Privacy Policy applies)
  • Vercel: Application hosting (Vercel Privacy Policy applies)

6. Cookies

Firevector uses only essential cookies required for authentication session management and user preference storage (theme, cookie consent). We do not use tracking, analytics, or advertising cookies.

7. Your Rights

You may request deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. As an open-source project, you can also inspect exactly what data is collected by reviewing the source code.

8. Contact

For privacy inquiries, contact Brian Gorzelic at [email protected] or visit aiaerialsolutions.com.