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RF Modeller Privacy Policy
The short version: RF Modeller collects nothing. It has no accounts and no servers of ours, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. Your projects are files on your own Mac.
What the app handles
- Your projects — sites, RF parameters, map position and computed coverage
are stored in the
.rfprojdocuments you save, wherever you save them. They are never uploaded anywhere. - Cached map data — elevation, land-cover, ITU digital maps and basemap tiles are downloaded on demand and cached on your device so later runs work offline.
- Location — if you allow it, your approximate location is used once, on the device, to centre the map when you create an empty project. It is not stored and never leaves your Mac. Declining costs you nothing else in the app.
- Your Google Map Tiles API key, if you choose to add one, is stored on your device and sent only to Google when loading their tiles.
What we collect
Nothing. The app contains no analytics or telemetry libraries, sets no identifiers, and has no server of ours to talk to. We cannot see your projects, your sites, your location, or even whether you use the app.
Network connections
The app connects only to the open-data sources it needs, and only when you compute coverage, pan the map or import towers: Geoscience Australia and Copernicus (elevation), ESA WorldCover (land cover), the ITU (digital maps), the ACMA (the Register of Radiocommunications Licences extract), and the basemap provider you have selected — Apple, the Queensland Government, Digital Earth Australia, Geoscience Australia, EOX, or Google if you supplied a key. These requests carry only the map area being fetched. All connections use TLS. There are no other network requests.
Purchases
The free trial and the one-off unlock are handled entirely by Apple's App Store. We never see your payment details; the app only asks StoreKit whether this Apple Account holds the trial or the full version.
Crash reports
We do not collect crash reports ourselves. If you have opted in to sharing analytics with Apple, Apple may provide us anonymised crash information under Apple's privacy policy.
Your data, your control
- Projects are ordinary files: move, copy, back up or delete them like any other document.
- Deleting the app removes its settings and cached map data from your device. Your saved projects are untouched.
- Location access can be revoked at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new effective date. Because the app collects nothing, changes are expected to be rare.
Contact
Questions about privacy in RF Modeller? Contact us via the form at outwest.ai.