This Privacy Policy explains how WeatherSight ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our services ("Services").
We take your privacy seriously. This Policy outlines the types of personal information we may collect, how we use it, and the steps we take to safeguard your data. WeatherSight may act as a data controller when we determine the purposes and means of processing your information, or as a data processor when handling data on behalf of third parties.
By using our Services, you consent to the practices described in this Policy. We encourage you to read this document carefully to understand our practices regarding your data. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use our Services or provide us with any personal information. Please note that choosing to limit the processing of certain data may affect your access to certain features or parts of the Services.
Your continued use of our Services constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally information. The information that we request is retained on your device and is not collected by us in any way.
The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.
Our channels for collecting personal data include: 1. personal data that you provide to us directly; 2. personal data that we automatically obtain when you interact with our Services, such as information on your interactions with our Services or us, and/or; 3. personal data that we obtain about you from third parties.
The personal data we collect depends on the environment in which you interact with us and the choices you make, including your privacy settings and the features and Services you use.
Information You Provide to Us Directly
We may collect the following personal information that you provide to us when you download, install, launch, and/or interact with the Application.
Your Communications with Us. We may collect personal information, such as email address, when you request information about our Services request customer or technical support, or otherwise communicate with us.
Business Development and Strategic Partnerships. We may collect information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue potential business opportunities.
Information Collected Automatically
Device information: This may include the device name, device model, region and language settings, device identifier, device hardware information and status, IP address, MAC address, operating system version and the settings of the device used to access the Service.
Log information: Whenever you use our service, in a case of an error in the app, we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the time and date of your use of the service, and other statistics.
Location information: This may include the device location ID and network service provider ID when you access some location-based services (for example when you use the weather app). We will ask you if you want to enable location-based services for each of the various location-based apps. You can disable the location settings of your device from the device settings. If you disable location information, the functionalities of the apps that use location information to provide Services to you may be impaired.
Other information about your use of the Service: This may include the version of the app being used, language settings, IP address, device type, IMEI, websites visited and how you interact with content provided through the Service.
Information Collected from Other Sources
We may obtain information about you from other sources, including without limitation advertising companies, advertisers, ad networks, third-party services and organizations.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We will use your personal data for the following purposes:
Provide Our Services: We use your information to fulfil our contract with you and/or provide you with our services.
Administrative Purposes: We use your information in our legitimate interest, such as: Pursuing our lawful business purposes such as direct marketing, research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention; Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity; Improving, upgrading, or enhancing our Services; Ensuring internal quality control and safety; Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services; Sharing information with third parties as needed to provide the Services; Enforcing our agreements and policies; and Other uses as required to comply with our legal obligations.
Marketing, Advertising and improving our services: We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with interest based advertisements and/or content personalization. We may provide you with these materials as permitted by applicable law.
With your Consent: We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent, where required.
Our Legal Bases for Processing Your Data
We process your personal data for the purposes described in this policy based on the following legal grounds:
To Fulfill Our Contract with You: We process your data to provide the services you request, verify your identity, and maintain your account.
To Comply with Legal Requirements: We process data where necessary to meet legal or regulatory obligations, such as tax reporting or responding to lawful requests.
For Legitimate Business Interests: We process data to support our business operations, such as improving service security, managing user relationships, and communicating relevant updates or offers. We always balance these interests with your rights.
Based on Your Consent: In some cases, we rely on your consent to process data—for example, for certain advertising activities or the use of specific cookies.
Please note that certain personal data is required for us to provide the services you have requested. If you choose not to provide this information, you may not be able to access all features of the app.
Your Privacy Rights
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, or Switzerland, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. You can contact us at developer@houpumobi.com to exercise these rights.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. Please note that in some situations, we may not be able to fulfill your request, such as when:
It is required or allowed by law;
It could negatively impact someone else's privacy;
It would harm our rights or property; or
The request is clearly unreasonable or excessive.
a) Withdrawing Consent
If we process your data based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the legality of any processing that occurred before you withdrew consent.
b) Access and Correction
You can ask us what personal data we hold about you and request a copy. You may also ask us to correct or update any inaccurate or incomplete information.
c) Deletion
You can request that we delete your personal data, unless we need to keep it for reasons such as:
Security or fraud prevention;
Fixing errors or debugging;
Exercising freedom of expression; or
Other internal uses consistent with your relationship with us.
d) Restrict Processing
You may ask us to temporarily limit how we use your data if:
You believe the data is inaccurate;
The processing is unlawful;
We no longer need the data, but you need it for legal purposes; or
You’ve objected to processing and we are verifying your request.
e) Object to Processing
You may object to the processing of your personal data in certain situations. We may still process your data if permitted by law.
f) Data Portability
Where technically possible, you can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format, or ask that we transfer it to another service.
g) Automated Decisions
You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that significantly affect you, unless authorized under applicable law.
h) Filing a Complaint
If you believe we have not complied with data protection laws, you may contact us or lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
To submit a request, please email us with enough information to verify your identity and clearly specify what right you wish to exercise. We respond to all valid requests within the time required by law. There is generally no fee for requests unless they are repetitive or excessive.
Third-party Partners’ Privacy Policy
Here we list the links to the third-party partners’ privacy policy. Please note that these policies are governed by third parties and we have no control over them.
Google Admob & Firebase
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use Google’s services
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Facebook Audience Network & Facebook Analytics
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Children’s Privacy
Our app is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal data, we will delete it from our servers as soon as possible. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has shared information with us without your consent, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. If we make changes that significantly affect your rights or how we use your data, we will notify you through the app or by email when appropriate.
By continuing to use the app after changes are posted, you agree to the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Policy, you may contact us at email: developer@houpumobi.com