Latitude Privacy Policy
Updated 5 November 2026
Latitude is a night-sky app made by QUANTYX (PTY) LTD. This policy describes the iOS app as it is built and shipped.
Who is responsible
QUANTYX (PTY) LTD, registration number 2025/964679/07, registered office 3 Bradford Rd, Germiston, Gauteng, 2007 ("Quantyx"), is the responsible party under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) for the personal information described on this page. Information Officer: Vuyo Nkadimeng, director. Contact: vuyo@quantyx.co.za.
Why we may process it: we process personal information to answer your messages, run our apps for you, meet legal duties and run our business (the lawful grounds that apply are to be confirmed by our attorney). Supplying information to us is voluntary, but without some of it a feature or reply cannot work.
The short version
There is no account and no analytics. Most of Latitude is computed on your device. To work, it does send your location to a weather service and a few public data sources, listed below.
Your location
- Open-Meteo receives the latitude and longitude of your location, to fetch cloud cover for your sky. Open-Meteo is a third party and not a Quantyx service.
- Apple receives your coordinates when the app turns them into a place name (reverse geocoding).
- If you prefer not to share location, you can choose a city instead.
Other network requests (no location sent)
- CelesTrak: satellite orbit data.
- wheretheiss.at: the current position of the International Space Station.
- NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, fetched through a small service run by Quantyx at quantyx.co.za (on Vercel). It receives your device's IP address when the app asks for the picture, and calls NASA for us.
What stays on your device
Your kept skies and the birth details you enter for astrology, your own or other people's, are stored on your device. Sharing them with widgets uses an App Group on the same device. Reminders and Live Activities are scheduled on your device. Camera access is used for the augmented-reality sky mode, motion sensors for pointing the sky, photo access only to save an image, and alarms only if you set one.
Other people's information
If you enter another person's birth details, you are responsible for having their agreement. The details stay on your device.
Transfers outside South Africa
POPIA section 72 lets information leave South Africa only if the recipient must protect it to a similar standard or you agree. Here is what leaves your device:
| Recipient | What it receives | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo | Your latitude and longitude, your IP address | Operated by OpenMeteo GmbH, Switzerland (not operated by Quantyx); server location not yet confirmed |
| Apple (place-name lookup) | Your coordinates | United States and other Apple regions |
| CelesTrak | Your IP address | United States (expected) |
| wheretheiss.at | Your IP address | United States (expected) |
| Vercel (Quantyx picture service) | Your IP address | Vercel (a US company; servers in several regions) |
| NASA (through the Quantyx service) | The request for the picture, not your identity | United States |
How long we keep it
Quantyx keeps no personal information about you from the app. Request logs at Vercel are kept for the period Vercel sets. Support emails: 24 months (proposed, pending attorney confirmation).
Children
This app has no age check and is not designed for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your rights and complaints
Under POPIA you may ask whether we hold personal information about you, ask for a copy, ask us to correct or delete it, and object to how we use it. Email vuyo@quantyx.co.za and we will respond. If you are not satisfied, you may complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa). Complain through the Regulator's complaints page at inforegulator.org.za/complaints. PAIA complaints go on Form 5 to PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za.
If we learn of a breach of your personal information we will notify the Information Regulator and you as POPIA section 22 requires. Report a suspected incident to vuyo@quantyx.co.za.
Contact
Questions about privacy in Latitude: vuyo@quantyx.co.za.
Published by QUANTYX (PTY) LTD, reg. 2025/964679/07. Read the Quantyx privacy notice and the PAIA page. Support · quantyx.co.za