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Terms & Privacy

1. What the service is

GetWeather gives you an hour-by-hour weather forecast along the Trans Baviaans route, timed to your own average speed and checkpoint stops. Access is delivered instantly and digitally: sign up, and (during a free-access period, or after paying the once-off pass price shown on the site) the planner is available in your browser immediately. Your pass is valid through the 2026 race weekend.

2. Independence from the race

GetWeather is an independent service. We are not affiliated with, connected to, or endorsed by the organisers of the Trans Baviaans, and the race name is used only to describe which route the forecast covers. Checkpoint details are drawn from publicly available race information and may change — the organisers' official rider communications always take precedence.

3. Weather disclaimer & your safety

Forecasts are estimates produced by numerical weather models (data from MET Norway) and can be wrong — particularly in mountain terrain like the Baviaanskloof, where conditions vary sharply over short distances and change quickly. The service is provided for general planning information only. It is not a substitute for the race organisers' instructions, official South African Weather Service warnings, mandatory kit requirements, or your own judgement on the day.

You ride at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, GetWeather accepts no liability for any loss, injury, or damage arising from decisions made in reliance on the forecasts or from the service being unavailable, including on race day.

4. Payments & refunds

• Payment is a once-off amount, in South African Rand, processed securely by PayFast. Your card or banking details never reach our servers.
• If you paid but can't access the service, contact support@getweather.co.za and we'll fix it or refund you in full.
• Otherwise, all sales are final: we don't offer refunds for change of mind once payment is complete.

5. Your account & acceptable use

• Access is personal and non-transferable: one account, one rider (or one team sharing a single device). Pages are watermarked with your account email.
• Don't share your login, republish, or redistribute the forecast content. We may suspend accounts used this way, with a refund at our discretion.
• You're responsible for keeping your password confidential. You can reset it any time via the sign-in page.

6. Privacy (POPIA)

We collect the minimum needed to run the service:

• Your email address — used to sign you in, send account emails (welcome, payment confirmation, password resets), and service updates relevant to your pass.
• Your mobile number — used only for race-week weather alerts about your event (for example a final-forecast message before the start). Never sold, never shared, and never used for unrelated marketing.
• Your password — stored only as a cryptographic hash; we cannot read it.
• Payment records — confirmation data sent to us by PayFast (amount, status, payment reference). We never see or store card numbers.

We don't sell or share your information with anyone, and we don't use tracking or advertising cookies — the only cookie is the one that keeps you signed in. To have your account and data deleted, email support@getweather.co.za from your account address and we'll action it within a reasonable time.

7. Weather data attribution

Forecast data is provided by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway / YR) under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence.

8. General

These terms are governed by South African law. If we update them, the current version will always be at this address with the date above. Questions or complaints: support@getweather.co.za.