Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and share your personal information when you use our Weather application ("the App"). Please read this policy carefully to understand your rights and how we handle your data.
Information Collection and Use
To provide you with a better experience, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information. However, any information you provide remains on your device and is not collected by us directly.
The App does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.
How We Collect Personal Data
We collect personal data through the following channels:
Information you provide directly to us
Information we collect automatically when you use the App
Information we receive from third parties
The specific data we collect depends on how you interact with us, your privacy settings, and the features you use.
Information You Provide to Us Directly
When you download, install, launch, or interact with the App, we may collect:
Communications with us – such as your email address when you request customer or technical support, or contact us for other reasons.
Business development and strategic partnership information – when we assess or pursue potential business opportunities with individuals or third parties
Information Collected Automatically
We may automatically collect the following types of information:
Device information – device name, model, region and language settings, device identifier, hardware and status info, IP address, MAC address, operating system version, and device settings.
Log information – when an error occurs, third‑party tools may collect Log Data including IP address, device name, OS version, time and date of use, and other statistics.
Location information – device location ID and network service provider ID when you use location‑based features (e.g., weather services). We will ask for your permission before enabling location services. You can disable location access in your device settings. Disabling location may impair certain App functions.
Usage information – App version, language settings, IP address, device type, IMEI, visited websites, and how you interact with content provided through the App.
Information Collected from Other Sources
We may obtain information about you from advertising companies, advertisers, ad networks, third‑party services, and other organizations.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
Provide our services – to fulfill our contract with you and deliver weather and related features.
Administrative purposes – including direct marketing, research and development, network and information security, fraud prevention, security incident detection, improving/enhancing our App, internal quality control, debugging, sharing with third parties as needed to provide services, enforcing agreements, and complying with legal obligations.
Marketing, advertising, and service improvement – to tailor and show you interest‑based advertisements and content personalization, as permitted by law.
With your consent – for other purposes disclosed to you at the time of data collection or when we obtain your consent.
Security of Your Information
We process your personal data with appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to safeguard your information.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain your personal information as long as you use our Services, or as necessary to:
Fulfill the purposes for which it was collected
Provide our Services
Resolve disputes and establish legal defenses
Conduct audits
Identify you if you re‑install the App
Pursue legitimate business purposes
Enforce our agreements
Comply with applicable laws
The retention period is determined based on legal requirements, the nature and sensitivity of the data, risk factors, processing purposes, and whether we can achieve those purposes by other means.
Children’s Information
The App is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information without your consent, please contact us at helic264@gmail.com. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete it (unless we are legally required to keep it) and terminate the child’s account.
Other Provisions
Third‑Party Websites/Applications
The App may contain links to third‑party websites or apps, and those sites may link to us. We do not control these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. Providing personal information to third parties is at your own risk.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If material changes are made, we will notify you as required by applicable law. By continuing to use the App after the updated policy takes effect, you are deemed to accept the changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your rights, please contact us at: helic264@gmail.com