# Sorton Tech Privacy Policy & Agreement Center
**Effective date: July 24, 2026**
Welcome to the Privacy Policy and Agreement Center for applications and games provided by **Sorton Tech** (“Sorton Tech,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
This single page applies to Sorton Tech mobile applications and games that link to it (collectively, the “Products”), including **Weatherly** (package name: `com.sorton.weatherly`). Because our Products provide different features, a section applies only when the relevant Product includes or uses that feature. This company-wide policy integrates the privacy practices, service-provider references, and terms required by our Products.
By downloading, accessing, or using a Product, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy and agree to the Terms of Service on this page. If you do not agree, please do not use the Product.
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# Part I — Privacy Policy
## 1. Information We Access or Collect
### Information you provide
Depending on the Product and features you use, you may provide:
- a display name, profile information, or account details;
- messages, feedback, support requests, survey responses, or contest entries;
- gameplay choices, saved content, preferences, or other information you submit; and
- an email address and any attachments or information you include when contacting support.
Most Sorton Tech Products, including Weatherly, do not currently require users to create an account. If a Product offers an account, additional account and deletion information may be shown within that Product.
### Location information
Products that provide location-based services may request access to approximate or precise location after asking for permission. For example, Weatherly uses location to:
- show weather conditions and forecasts for your area;
- provide weather alerts and enabled notifications;
- update weather widgets; and
- help you search for and manage weather locations.
You can deny or revoke location permission in Android Settings. Weatherly can still be used by manually searching for and selecting a city. Weatherly does not request Android background-location permission. Weather updates may continue using a city or location you previously selected or saved.
Location coordinates, a selected city, and related request information may be sent to service providers only as needed to provide the requested location-based feature.
### Device, app, game, and usage information
We and our service providers may automatically process limited technical and usage information, including:
- device model, operating-system version, language, country or region, and time zone;
- Product name, version, package name, installation source, and configuration;
- feature usage, gameplay progress, scores, achievements, session information, and interactions;
- IP address, network state, performance information, and diagnostic information;
- crash logs, error reports, and technical identifiers;
- purchase status and transaction confirmation information, but not full payment-card details; and
- advertising identifiers or similar device identifiers where permitted by applicable law and device settings.
### Information stored on your device
Our Products may store settings, saved content, game progress, selected cities, weather preferences, units, themes, widget settings, notification settings, and cached content locally on your device.
Depending on your operating-system settings, some local Product data may be backed up by Google, Apple, or another platform backup provider.
## 2. How We Use Information
We use information to:
- provide, operate, personalize, and maintain our Products;
- provide forecasts, radar, alerts, widgets, game features, saved progress, or other requested content;
- remember settings and preferences;
- deliver notifications that you enable;
- process and verify purchases or rewards;
- understand usage, gameplay, Product performance, and feature popularity;
- troubleshoot crashes and improve quality;
- respond to support requests and communicate important Product information;
- prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, cheating, and invalid advertising activity;
- provide and measure advertising, subject to applicable consent requirements; and
- comply with legal obligations and enforce our agreements.
## 3. Advertising
Some Products may use Google AdMob, Google Mobile Ads, or other disclosed advertising services to display banner, interstitial, native, app-open, rewarded, or rewarded-interstitial advertisements.
Depending on your region, consent choices, device settings, and applicable law, advertising providers may process information such as IP address, advertising identifier, general location, device information, ad interactions, and diagnostic information to provide, limit, personalize, measure, and protect advertising.
Where required, a Product will request consent before using data for personalized advertising. If you do not consent, you may receive non-personalized or limited ads. You can manage advertising privacy choices through device or Google settings and through consent controls presented in the Product.
Sorton Tech does not sell personal information for money. Certain advertising activities may be considered “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under some privacy laws. Where applicable, you may exercise the choices described in Section 10.
## 4. Analytics and Crash Reporting
Our Products may use Google Firebase services, including:
- **Google Analytics for Firebase**, to understand Product usage, events, and performance; and
- **Firebase Crashlytics**, to identify crashes, errors, affected device types, and technical causes.
These services may process app-instance identifiers, device and Product information, usage events, crash traces, IP addresses, and diagnostic data under Google’s terms and privacy practices.
## 5. Purchases
If a Product offers in-app purchases or subscriptions, payments are processed by the relevant app store or payment provider. Sorton Tech generally receives transaction identifiers, purchase status, Product information, country, and limited transaction metadata needed to verify and manage the purchase. We do not directly receive full payment-card details from Google Play or the Apple App Store.
## 6. Third-Party Services
We may share or transmit limited information to third parties that provide services on our behalf or support Product functionality, including:
- weather forecast, radar, air-quality, map, and severe-weather data providers;
- Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics;
- Google AdMob, Google Play services, and app-store purchase services;
- cloud hosting, content-delivery, storage, and background-image providers;
- game services, leaderboards, achievements, or cloud-save providers when included in a Product; and
- customer-support, fraud-prevention, and security providers.
These providers may process information under their own privacy policies. Relevant resources include:
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Firebase Privacy and Security: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
- Google Advertising: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
- Google Play Terms: https://play.google.com/about/play-terms/
We may disclose information when required by law or valid legal process; to protect users, the public, our rights, or our property; or in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or transfer of a Product, subject to appropriate safeguards.
## 7. Permissions
A Product requests only the permissions required for its available features. Depending on the Product, features, and operating-system version, permissions may include:
- **Approximate or precise location:** for local weather or other location-based features;
- **Notifications:** for alerts, forecasts, game events, rewards, reminders, or other notifications you enable;
- **Internet and network state:** to download content and communicate with online services;
- **Alarms, wake lock, foreground service, and device restart access:** to schedule and refresh enabled widgets, alerts, or time-sensitive features;
- **Storage, photos, camera, or microphone:** only if a Product includes a feature that clearly requires the permission and after the operating system requests your consent; and
- **Advertising ID and ad-services access:** to provide, measure, secure, or limit advertising where permitted.
You can manage Product permissions in your device settings. Some features may not work correctly if a required permission is denied.
## 8. Data Retention
Local settings, cached information, saved progress, and other on-device data generally remain until you clear the Product’s data or uninstall it, subject to platform backup settings.
Analytics, advertising, purchase-verification, and crash-reporting data are retained according to our settings, legal requirements, and service providers’ policies, or for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Support communications may be retained until the request is resolved and for a reasonable period afterward for security, legal, fraud-prevention, and recordkeeping purposes.
## 9. Data Deletion
For Products without accounts, you can delete locally stored data by clearing the Product’s storage in device settings or uninstalling it.
If a Product supports account creation, that Product will provide an account-deletion method or instructions as required by applicable platform rules.
To request deletion of support communications or other personal information that may be under Sorton Tech’s control, email **gpsorton@gmail.com** with the subject:
**Data Deletion Request — [Product Name]**
Include the Product name and enough information for us to identify the relevant request. We may need limited information to verify and complete it.
## 10. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction or objection to certain processing of personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw consent, opt out of targeted advertising or certain data sharing, or receive a portable copy of certain information.
You can:
- revoke Product permissions through device settings;
- reset or delete your advertising identifier and manage ad privacy settings;
- update consent choices through controls presented in a Product, where available;
- clear locally stored data or uninstall a Product; and
- contact Sorton Tech to submit a privacy request.
We will respond to valid requests as required by applicable law. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.
## 11. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards designed to protect information. Network communications with supported service providers are generally protected using encrypted HTTPS connections. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
## 12. Children’s Privacy
Unless a Product and its store listing expressly state otherwise, Sorton Tech Products are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13 or the minimum age required by local law.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact **gpsorton@gmail.com** so we can take appropriate action.
If a Product is specifically designed for children or participates in a platform’s families program, it may provide additional child-specific disclosures and will use age-appropriate advertising and data practices.
## 13. International Data Transfers
Sorton Tech and its service providers may process information in countries other than where you live. These countries may have different data-protection laws. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.
## 14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our Products, service providers, business, or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page and revise the effective date. Material changes may also be communicated within the relevant Product where required.
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# Part II — Terms of Service
## 1. Acceptance
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Sorton Tech Products that link to this page. By downloading, accessing, or using a Product, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Product.
You must be legally capable of agreeing to these Terms. If you use a Product for an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization.
## 2. License
Subject to these Terms, Sorton Tech grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the Product for lawful, non-commercial purposes, unless the Product expressly permits another use.
You may not:
- copy, sell, rent, sublicense, distribute, or commercially exploit a Product except as permitted by law;
- reverse engineer, modify, or attempt to extract source code except where applicable law expressly permits it;
- bypass security, payment, advertising, access-control, or anti-cheat systems;
- use automation, exploits, unauthorized software, or deceptive methods to manipulate a Product;
- interfere with servers, networks, other users, or normal Product operation; or
- use a Product for unlawful, harmful, fraudulent, or abusive purposes.
## 3. Weather, Horoscope, and Informational Content
Weather forecasts, alerts, radar, air-quality information, horoscope content, and other informational content may be supplied by third parties, generated automatically, delayed, incomplete, or inaccurate.
Weatherly and other Sorton Tech Products are not emergency, safety-critical, medical, legal, or financial services. Do not rely exclusively on a Product for decisions involving personal safety, property, health, travel, or emergency response. Always follow official government alerts, local authorities, and qualified professionals.
Horoscope and similar lifestyle content is provided for entertainment and personal reflection only.
## 4. Purchases, Subscriptions, and Virtual Items
Purchases and subscriptions are processed under the rules of the applicable app store. Prices, billing periods, renewal terms, trial conditions, cancellation methods, and refund eligibility are shown during purchase.
Unless required by law or app-store policy, virtual currency, rewards, game items, and unlocked digital content have no monetary value, are non-transferable, and may not be exchanged for cash.
## 5. Advertising and Third-Party Content
Products may contain advertisements, links, or content supplied by third parties. Sorton Tech does not control and is not responsible for third-party websites, products, offers, or privacy practices. Your interactions with third parties are governed by their own terms and policies.
## 6. Intellectual Property
Products, software, designs, graphics, text, trademarks, and other content owned by Sorton Tech are protected by intellectual-property laws. Third-party content remains the property of its respective owner. These Terms do not transfer ownership rights to you.
## 7. Updates and Availability
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any Product or feature. Updates may be required for continued use. We do not guarantee that every Product or feature will always be available, error-free, compatible with every device, or supported indefinitely.
## 8. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Products are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE.” Sorton Tech disclaims warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, availability, non-infringement, and uninterrupted or error-free operation.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
## 9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Sorton Tech and its service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, loss of data, loss of profits, loss of virtual items, business interruption, or damages resulting from reliance on forecasts or other informational content.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
## 10. Termination
You may stop using a Product at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you materially violate these Terms, create security or legal risk, abuse a Product, or where required by law. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will remain in effect.
## 11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms when our Products, business, or legal obligations change. We will post updated Terms on this page and revise the effective date. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.
## 12. Contact
For support, privacy questions, legal notices, or data requests:
**Company:** Sorton Tech
**Support email:** gpsorton@gmail.com
**Agreement Center:** https://sites.google.com/view/sortonweatherly