Terms of Use
These Terms of Use govern the use of the Windtrack application and of the web version at windtrack.tr. By using the application, creating an account or taking out a subscription, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, you should not use the service.
1. Parties and Definitions
One Tower AVM — Business Club
Oran Mah. Kudüs Cd. 6/1 Kat:1, 06550 Çankaya / Ankara, Türkiye
E-mail: info@windtrack.tr · Phone: +90 312 985 03 97
- Windtrack / the Service: a decision-support application that records, at regular intervals, the forecasts produced by publicly available meteorological models for a given point and hour, and shows how those forecasts change over time.
- User: the natural person who opens an account with the Service.
- Tracked Point: the coordinate the User selects on the map together with the target date and hour they set.
- Windtrack Premium: the paid subscription tier.
- Store: Google Play and the Apple App Store.
2. Description of the Service
Windtrack does not produce weather forecasts. It records, several times a day, the forecasts given for the same point and hour by global and regional meteorological models produced by various institutions (e.g. ECMWF, ICON, GFS, Météo-France, UKMO, HCMR/POSEIDON), and visualises how far those forecasts diverge from one another and how they change over time.
The AI-assisted commentary in the application is generated automatically to make the recorded numerical data easier to read. This commentary is informational; it is not advice, instruction or professional consultancy, and it may be wrong.
3. Limits of the Service and Disclaimer
The decision to put to sea always rests with the skipper.
All global forecast models can be wrong. Windtrack does not produce forecasts; it tracks and analyses how the forecasts of existing models change over time. No data, graphic or text in the application replaces the decision to sail or not to sail.
Windtrack is none of the following:
- It is not a navigation tool. It does not provide positioning, route planning, route tracking or any advice concerning the safety of navigation.
- It is not an official meteorological service. It does not replace the Turkish State Meteorological Service or any equivalent authority and does not issue official warnings. Official warnings must always be followed through the competent authority's own channels.
- It is not a safety-of-life application. It is not suitable for emergency, search-and-rescue or safety-of-life use.
- It does not provide wave forecasts.
Regional limits. The high-resolution model layer and the historical comparison features cover the Aegean region only. For points outside this coverage the application states clearly in the interface which data is unavailable.
Dependence on third-party data sources. All forecast data offered by the Service is obtained from third-party providers. Whether those providers update, delay, alter, publish erroneously or entirely discontinue their data is outside the Service Provider's control. Accordingly, no undertaking whatsoever is given as to the accuracy, timeliness, continuity or uninterrupted availability of the data.
User responsibility. The User accepts that they will use the information in the application only as a source assisting their own assessment, and that responsibility for decisions taken for navigation, sport, business or any other purpose rests solely with them.
4. Accounts and User Obligations
You may open an account by signing in with your Google or Apple account. The person opening the account becomes a party to this agreement.
The person opening the account must have the legal capacity to enter into a contract. Users under the age of eighteen may use the Service only with the knowledge and consent of a parent or guardian; taking out a paid subscription is likewise subject to that consent.
As a User:
- You are responsible for the security of your account credentials and for all activity carried out through your account.
- You may not transfer, share or rent out your account.
- You may not use the Service in breach of applicable law or of these terms.
- You may not attempt to reverse-engineer the source code, circumvent security measures, harvest data in bulk by automated means (scraping), place excessive load on the service, or access it other than through the interface.
- You may not resell data obtained through the Service or distribute it as part of your own product.
5. Free Use and Subscription
The free tier of the Service is limited as to the number of tracked points, the lifetime of a point and the number of AI commentaries. The paid tier, Windtrack Premium, extends those limits. Current features, limits and prices are shown on the subscription screen inside the application.
Purchases are made through the store. Windtrack Premium subscriptions are purchased solely through Google Play or the Apple App Store. Payment, invoicing, automatic renewal, cancellation and refunds are handled under the rules and user agreement of the relevant store; the Service Provider is not a party to those transactions. You can manage and cancel your subscription from the subscription settings of your store account.
Unless cancelled, the subscription renews automatically at the end of the period through the store. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period; you continue to use the paid features until then.
Undertaking to existing users. Tracked points created before the free-tier limits came into force and exceeding the new limits will not be deleted. Such points are set to a passive state, remain readable, and you choose which of them to keep active.
6. Continuity of the Service and Changes
No undertaking is given that the Service will operate without interruption or error. The service may be temporarily suspended for maintenance, infrastructure updates, faults in third-party sources, cyber-attack or force majeure.
The Service Provider reserves the right to develop, change or remove features. Changes materially affecting undertakings made in favour of paying subscribers are not applied unilaterally so as to take effect within a current subscription period.
7. Intellectual Property
The Windtrack trade mark, logo, interface design, software, database structure and the analytical graphics it produces belong to the Service Provider or its licensors. These terms grant you the right to use the service for personal purposes; it is a non-transferable, non-exclusive and limited right of use. They transfer no other rights.
Data from the source models is subject to the terms of the respective institutions. The tracked points you create belong to you; the Service Provider processes that data solely for the purpose of providing the service and in the manner described in the Privacy Policy.
8. Limitation of Liability
The Service is provided as-is and as-available. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:
- The Service Provider is not liable for damage arising from the inaccuracy, incompleteness or delay of third-party forecast data.
- The Service Provider is not liable for the consequences of navigational or other decisions taken in reliance on information in the application.
- No liability is accepted for indirect damage, loss of profit or loss of data.
In any event, the Service Provider's total aggregate liability is limited to the subscription fees collected from the relevant user during the twelve months preceding the date on which the damage arose.
The limitations in this article do not cover liability arising from the Service Provider's intent or gross negligence, or from mandatory provisions of consumer protection law.
9. Suspension and Termination
In the event of a material breach of these terms, your account may be suspended or closed after a warning, or directly where the nature of the breach so requires.
You may delete your account at any time from within the application; the deletion process is explained on the Account and Data Deletion page. If you have an active subscription, cancelling it must additionally be done through the store.
10. Protection of Personal Data
The purposes for which and legal grounds on which your personal data is processed, the parties to whom it is transferred and your rights are explained in the Privacy Policy and Information Notice.
11. Changes to these Terms
These terms may be updated. Material changes are announced in the application or by e-mail before they take effect, and the effective date on this page is updated. Continuing to use the service after a change constitutes acceptance of the current terms.
12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These terms are governed by Turkish law.
For persons using the service as consumers, the Consumer Arbitration Committees and Consumer Courts have jurisdiction according to the applicable monetary thresholds. Applications may be made to the arbitration committee or court at the consumer's place of residence or at the place where the transaction was carried out.
For users who are not consumers, the Courts and Execution Offices of Ankara have jurisdiction.
13. Contact
For any question, notice or request: info@windtrack.tr