Terms of Use

Last updated: 5 October 2026

1. Who we are

BorneoSky ("we", "us", "the site") is operated by Syarikat Kawan Kita, a business that offers data processing services, registered in Malaysia with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN), registration number 011503646250, and owned by Llewelyn L., of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, at borneosky.com and data.borneosky.com. By using the site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. What the site provides

BorneoSky presents satellite fire-hotspot detections, smoke forecasts, wind forecasts, weather forecasts, and links to official air-quality readings for Borneo, compiled from the third-party sources listed on our About page. Much of it is detected or forecast, not measured at your location, and it is labelled accordingly.

It also shows official outage notices published by SESB for Sabah and Labuan, which we read automatically from its outage portal and show, with attribution and a link to the source.

It also shows notices from Sarawak Energy about power interruptions in Sarawak, which we read automatically from its public posts on X and show as facts, with a link to each post.

It also shows weather warnings published by MetMalaysia, which we read automatically and show with attribution.

Its Explore section adds weather forecasts for places people visit, and lists of festivals and public holidays that we compile from official announcements.

3. Not an official advisory

The site is independent and is not operated by, endorsed by or affiliated with any government authority. Nothing on it is an official air-quality advisory, health advice, financial advice or an instruction to act.

For decisions about health, outdoor activity, school attendance or travel, rely on the official authorities: the Department of Environment, MetMalaysia and NADMA (Malaysia); the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation and the Ministry of Health (Brunei Darussalam); and BMKG, KLHK and local authorities (Indonesia). Where our information differs from theirs, theirs prevails.

If you have a medical condition affected by air quality, consult a qualified healthcare professional.

Outage notices are published by the utility, not by us. We read them automatically and can misread or miss one. Work can be postponed or run late, and notices do not cover faults, so no notice does not mean there is no outage. For faults, planned interruptions and safety, use your utility’s own channels.

Sarawak Energy notices are its own posts, not ours. We read them automatically and can misread or miss one. Not every interruption is posted, a repair time is an estimate that can slip, and no notice does not mean there is no outage. For faults, planned interruptions and safety, use your utility’s own channels.

Weather warnings are issued by MetMalaysia, not by us. We read them automatically and can misread, miss or show one late, and a warning can change or end before we read it again. No warning does not mean the weather is safe, and we do not read warnings for Kalimantan or Brunei. For rain, floods and storms, follow the agencies and your local authorities.

The Warnings button, the warning cards and the Alerts page show the agencies’ warnings when we have read them. They are not an alarm system: they can be late or missing, an animated button is not a promise to warn you, and the site cannot reach you when it is closed. Do not rely on BorneoSky to warn you of danger. In an emergency, call your local emergency number and follow the official channels.

Explore’s best day, holiday dates and event dates are for planning only. A holiday or event can be moved or cancelled, a replacement day we show as expected may not be granted, and a day that is dry in the weather forecast can turn out wet. Confirm with the official source or the organiser before you book or travel. Whether a boat, climb or trip goes ahead is for its operator to decide.

4. No warranty

The site is provided "as is" and "as available". We do not warrant that the information is accurate, complete, current or uninterrupted. Data may be delayed, missing, wrong or misleading because a source failed, a satellite pass was obscured by cloud, a model was inaccurate or a feed was offline. Forecasts are predictions and are often wrong.

If you use the site without a connection, it shows the last copy saved on your device, which can be hours or days old. Check the “updated” times, and do not rely on an offline copy for any safety decision.

Outage notices can be wrong, late, missing or out of date, because the utility’s portal was wrong or unchanged, or because we misread or could not read it.

Sarawak Energy notices can be wrong, late, missing or out of date, because a post was wrong, late or deleted, or because we misread it or could not read it.

Weather warnings can be wrong, late, missing or out of date, because an agency’s feed was late or unavailable, or because we misread it or could not read it.

5. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss, injury, illness, damage or expense arising from your use of, or reliance on, the site or anything on it, including decisions made or not made on the basis of information shown here. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

6. Third-party data and attribution

Information on the site comes from third parties, each under its own terms and licences, as listed on the About page. Your use of that data is also subject to the originating provider’s terms. We do not claim ownership of source data.

Outage notices belong to the utility that publishes them (SESB for Sabah and Labuan). We show them, including the utility’s own titles and lists of areas, with attribution and a link to its portal, and do not claim ownership of them.

Sarawak Energy’s posts belong to Sarawak Energy and are provided through X, whose own terms also apply to that data. We keep only facts and a link to each post, for at most 48 hours, remove a notice when its post is deleted, and do not claim ownership of them.

Weather warnings belong to MetMalaysia. They are published as Malaysia’s open data (CC BY 4.0); we show them with the agency named and do not claim ownership of them.

7. Our content

The site’s design, text, code, charts, and the data files and compilations we produce (including the processed files served from data.borneosky.com) are © Syarikat Kawan Kita 2026, except for third-party data and maps as described in section 9. You may share links to any page freely.

8. Use of our data and content: permission required

You may view the site for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of our data or content requires our prior written permission, including:

Exception: AI crawling and training are allowed. Search engines, AI crawlers and AI assistants may crawl the public pages of this site in line with our robots.txt, and may use our own text, charts and figures from those pages to train, fine-tune or ground machine-learning or AI systems and to answer people’s questions, without asking us. Where practical, please name BorneoSky and link to the page. This permission does not cover bulk downloading of the files on data.borneosky.com, third-party data, maps and photos, which stay under their own licences (section 9), or content that belongs to others (section 6). It also does not allow republishing our pages or data as a competing website, app, feed or service; that still needs our permission.

To ask for permission, including for bulk, research or commercial access, contact us at [email protected]. Quoting a single figure with a link to the page it came from, for news reporting or public safety, is allowed without asking.

9. Third-party data remains under its own licence

Much of what the site shows is based on data published by others under their own licences (listed on the About page). These Terms do not limit any rights you have to that original data under its licence. If you want to reuse it, obtain it from the original source and follow that source’s terms. Our restrictions apply to our site, our processed files and compilations, and our own content.

10. Prohibited activities

You must not:

We may block access, and take any action available to us under law, against anyone who breaches these Terms.

11. Links to other sites

We link to official portals and other sites we do not control and are not responsible for their content.

12. Advertising

The site does not currently show advertising. If it does in future, advertisements will be clearly separate from the data and will never alter readings or forecasts.

13. Changes

We may update the site or these Terms at any time. The "last updated" date above shows when they last changed; continuing to use the site means you accept the current version.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Malaysia, and the courts of Malaysia have jurisdiction over any dispute.

15. Language

These Terms are written in English. Translations into Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia are provided for convenience only. If there is any conflict, difference or ambiguity between a translation and the English version, the English version applies and prevails.

16. Contact

Syarikat Kawan Kita, B424-Bt433, Lot 11054, Tower B2, Level 4, ICOM Square, Jalan Pending, 93450 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Email: [email protected]

borneosky.com is not an official advisory. For school closures and health decisions follow your national agencies (DOE Malaysia, MetMalaysia and NADMA; Brunei’s Department of Environment; BMKG and KLHK in Indonesia). Weather forecasts: MET Norway. Smoke and wind forecasts: Copernicus CAMS. Fire detections: NASA FIRMS. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.
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