Operator: HydroComplete LLC. Effective November 2, 2026
These Terms are a binding agreement between you and HydroComplete LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company ("Lightning Log", "we"), the operator of the Lightning Log service. By linking your Ring account to Lightning Log, or by using your log page, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not link your account or use the service. You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract.
Lightning Log shows lightning flashes within 25 miles of the centre of your ZIP code, read from NOAA's GOES-19 Geostationary Lightning Mapper: counts, approximate distance and direction, and relative brightness. Where a connected Ring camera recorded an image at the moment of a nearby flash, an AI model labels what the image shows. Flash positions are approximate (typically within a few miles), the satellite misses some flashes, data arrives about a minute late and can be delayed or missing, and AI labels can be wrong. The service covers the lower 48 United States only. It is not a lightning warning or safety system. Do not rely on it to decide whether it is safe to be outdoors, or for insurance claims, legal matters, engineering design or any safety decision; follow National Weather Service guidance and go indoors when you hear thunder.
Our data practices are set out in the Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms. In summary: we keep the flashes near your ZIP code for 30 days and daily counts for up to 400 days; camera images from the moment of a close flash are labelled by Anthropic's Claude API and kept only when they show lightning (at most 50); nothing is sold or used to train AI; no location or account data is sent to any data service; and you can delete everything at any time from your log page, or by removing Lightning Log in the Ring app, either of which erases it immediately. The Privacy Policy controls if it and this summary differ.
The service, including its software, design, name and documentation, is owned by HydroComplete LLC. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use it for your own property. You keep all rights in your Ring recordings and grant us only the limited permission to retrieve and store the images described above to provide the service. Lightning data is produced by NOAA. "Ring" and "Amazon" are trademarks of their owners; Lightning Log is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ring LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Anthropic or NOAA beyond taking part in the Ring developer program.
The service depends on Ring and Amazon (camera access and account linking, under your agreement with Ring), NOAA (lightning data), Anthropic (image labels) and Fly.io (hosting). We are not responsible for their outages, changes or acts.
The service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy and fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent the law allows, HydroComplete LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising from use of or inability to use the service, including decisions made using its lightning information. Total liability is limited to the amount you paid for the service in the twelve months before the claim.
By you: use Delete my data on your log page, or remove Lightning Log in the Ring app; either ends access and erases your data immediately. By us: we may suspend or end access for breach of these Terms, unlawful use or abuse, or if Ring, Amazon or the law requires it, and where practical we will tell you by email. We may discontinue the service with reasonable notice. On any termination your data is deleted as on unlinking. Sections 4 to 7 survive termination.
We may update these Terms. Material changes will be posted here with a new effective date and, where feasible, announced on your log page or by email before they take effect.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.