Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 13, 2026
This policy covers the Morse Watcher applications for iOS and Android, as well as the Morse Watcher website.
Morse Watcher for iOS requests camera access only to detect flashing light patterns and decode Morse code timing. Camera access is used only while the app is actively monitoring a selected light source.
Morse Watcher for iOS does not collect personal information, does not require account creation, and does not use advertising identifiers.
Morse Watcher for iOS does not store photos, videos, or camera recordings. The app does not transmit camera data, decoded output, or any personal data to external servers.
All signal analysis and decoding are performed on-device. No camera data or decoded messages leave your device through Morse Watcher.
Morse Watcher for iOS requests microphone and speech recognition access only when you tap the microphone button to dictate a message. Your speech is transcribed entirely on your device using Apple's on-device speech recognition. The audio is never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere, including to the developer or to Apple's servers. You can deny or revoke these permissions at any time in iOS Settings without affecting the rest of the app.
The iOS app may store settings and purchase entitlement status locally on your device for functionality purposes. This information is not shared with the developer.
For the iOS app, in-app purchases are processed by Apple. The developer does not receive or store your payment information.
Morse Watcher for Android requests camera access solely to detect visible flashing light patterns and decode Morse code timing in real time. Camera access is active only while monitoring a designated light source. The app does not capture, store, or transmit photographs, video recordings, or raw camera feeds. All optical signal analysis and Morse code decoding occur strictly on your device.
The Android app does not require account creation or personal login credentials.
Morse Watcher for Android requests microphone access only when you tap the microphone button to dictate a message. Dictation uses your device's speech recognition service (typically provided by Google), which may process the audio on its servers to return the transcribed text, under that provider's privacy policy. Morse Watcher does not record or store the audio and does not send it to the developer. You can deny or revoke microphone access at any time in Android Settings without affecting the rest of the app.
The free version of Morse Watcher on Android displays advertisements provided by Google AdMob. To serve relevant ads, limit ad frequency, prevent fraudulent impressions, and measure ad performance, Google AdMob and its advertising partners may automatically collect and process certain device information, including:
Depending on your jurisdiction, device settings, and choices made in consent dialogs (such as European Economic Area / GDPR consent prompts), ads may be personalized or non-personalized. For details on how Google handles and protects advertising data, please review Google's Advertising Policies and Google's Privacy Policy.
You have control over how your advertising data is used on Android:
Morse Watcher for Android offers an optional "Remove Ads" subscription (or one-time purchase) to provide an ad-free experience:
Except for technical and advertising data collected automatically by the Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob) and its certified ad technology partners as described above to serve ads and prevent fraud, Morse Watcher does not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties. We never share camera access, image feeds, or decoded Morse transmissions with ad partners.
The Morse Watcher website is a public informational site. We do not provide user accounts, and we do not intentionally collect personal information through the site.
If you contact us directly by email, we may receive the personal information you choose to include in your message, such as your name, email address, and the contents of your inquiry. We use that information only to respond to you and handle your request.
We do not use advertising trackers, behavioral profiling, or social media tracking pixels on this site.
Like most websites, basic technical request data (such as IP address, browser details, and access time) may be processed by hosting, DNS, and content-delivery providers to serve the site and maintain security.
This site also loads typography from Google Fonts, which may involve requests from your browser to Google servers for font files.
We do not sell personal information. We never share app camera data, images, or decoded messages with third parties. For the Android app, technical advertising data and identifiers may be processed by Google AdMob and its advertising partners as detailed in the Android App Privacy section.
If you have questions about this policy, contact support@morsewatcher.com.