# Privacy Policy Last updated: December 15, 2024 This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. ## Interpretation and Definitions ### Interpretation The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural. ### Definitions For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: - __Account__ means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service. - __Affiliate__ means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority. - __Application__ refers to WeatherWear, the software program provided by the Company. - __Business__, for the purpose of CCPA/CPRA, refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California. - __CCPA__ and/or __CPRA__ refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA") as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the "CPRA"). - __Company__ (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Forecast Fusion LLC, 43 East Chestnut Street, Asheville, NC 28801. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller. - __Consumer__, for the purpose of the CCPA/CPRA, means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose. - __Cookies__ are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses. - __Country__ refers to: United States - __Data Controller__, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data. - __Device__ means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet. - __Do Not Track__ (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites. - __Facebook Fan Page__ is a public profile named Forecast-Fusion specifically created by the Company on the Facebook social network, accessible from [https://www.facebook.com/ForecastFusion/](https://www.facebook.com/ForecastFusion/) - __GDPR__ refers to EU General Data Protection Regulation. - __Personal Data__ is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA/CPRA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You. - __Service__ refers to the Application or the Website or both. - __Service Provider__ means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors. - __Third-party Social Media Service__ refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service. - __Usage Data__ refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). - __Website__ refers to Forecast Fusion, accessible from [http://forecast-fusion.com](http://forecast-fusion.com) - __You__ means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service. ## Collecting and Using Your Personal Data ### Types of Data Collected #### Personal Data While using Our Service, We may collect and process different types of Personal Data. The purpose and legal basis for each type of processing are outlined in the **[Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data](#legal-basis-for-processing-personal-data)** section.The Personal Data we collect may include: - Email address - First name and last name - Phone number (optional, for account recovery or support purposes only) - Coarse location information (e.g., city/region) - Usage Data We do **not** require or collect your full home address (e.g., Street, ZIP, or Postal Code) unless you voluntarily choose to share such details for a specific customer service or billing request. In addition to the data outlined in this policy, we may collect information regarding your travel plans, including: - Destination(s) - Planned travel dates This information is provided at your discretion to personalize weather forecasts and packing/clothing advice for your trip. ### Location Permissions in the App WeatherWear collects approximate location data (such as your city or region) to provide weather forecasts and recommendations relevant to your area. Precise location (GPS-level) data is *not* collected. You can manage WeatherWear’s access to your location at any time by adjusting the settings on your device. #### Usage Data Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device. #### Information from Third-Party Social Media Services The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services: - Google - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account. You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. ### Information Collected While Using the Application While using Our Application, in order to provide the features of the Service, We may collect, with Your prior permission: - Information regarding your approximate location (coarse location data). This may include your city or region but will not include precise GPS-level data. If You choose to opt out of location tracking, You can still use core parts of the Service by manually entering a city or region to receive relevant weather forecasts and recommendations. You can manage Your location tracking preferences through your Device settings at any time. ### Your Rights Regarding Location Data You have the right to control and manage how Your location data is used within the WeatherWear Application. If You do not wish to share Your location at all, You can: - Deny location access when prompted by the Application. - Enter Your city or region manually to use features such as general weather forecasts and recommendations. - Adjust Your Device’s permissions at any time to grant or remove location access. By providing approximate location data, WeatherWear ensures that data collection is limited to what is necessary for offering location-specific weather services. #### Tracking Technologies and Cookies We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include: - __Cookies or Browser Cookies.__ A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies. - __Web Beacons.__ Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity). Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the [Privacy Policies website](https://www.privacypolicies.com/blog/privacy-policy-template/#Use_Of_Cookies_Log_Files_And_Tracking) article. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below: - __Necessary / Essential Cookies__ Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. - __Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies__ Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website. - __Functionality Cookies__ Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website. - __Tracking and Performance Cookies__ Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them. - __Targeting and Advertising Cookies__ Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties Purpose: These Cookies track your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These Cookies use information about your browsing history to group You with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to your interests while You are on third party websites. For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy. ### Use of Your Personal Data The Company processes Your Personal Data for various purposes, as described below, in accordance with the legal basis outlined in the **[Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data](#legal-basis-for-processing-personal-data)** section. - __To provide and maintain our Service__, including to monitor the usage of our Service. - __To manage Your Account:__ to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user. - __For the performance of a contract:__ the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service. - __To contact You:__ To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. - __To deliver personalized weather forecasts__ and context-specific recommendations (e.g., clothing suggestions based on weather conditions) using approximate location data provided by You. - __To notify You about:__ Updates related to the Service and provide customer support as necessary. - __To manage Your requests:__ To attend and manage Your requests to Us. - __To deliver targeted advertising to You__: We may use Your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness. - __For business transfers:__ We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred. - **Weather and clothing advice:** To recommend appropriate clothing and packing suggestions based on the forecast for your destination. - **Advertising:** To show you advertisements for products and services relevant to your travel plans (e.g., destination-specific clothing, travel services) if you opt in. - __For other purposes__: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience. We may share Your personal information in the following situations: - __With Service Providers:__ We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service, to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service, for payment processing, to contact You. - __For business transfers:__ We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company. - __With Affiliates:__ We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us. - __With business partners:__ We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions. - **Advertising Partners:** If you consent, we may share anonymized travel plans (e.g., destination regions) with advertising partners to provide location-specific offers and services. - **Weather Services:** Your travel destinations may be used by our weather data providers (e.g., [Name providers like AccuWeather or WeatherAPI]) to personalize trip forecasts. - __With other users:__ when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile. - __With Your consent__: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent. ### Retention of Your Personal Data The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The retention period aligns with the legal basis for processing each type of data, as described in the **[Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data](#legal-basis-for-processing-personal-data)** section. We retain the travel information you provide only for as long as necessary to fulfill the intended purposes. Specifically: - Travel plans (e.g., destination and dates) will be automatically deleted after the travel dates provided by you have passed. - If you delete your trip data before the travel dates, we will remove it from our systems immediately. Your data will not be retained for any long-term purposes beyond the scope of the trip planner feature. The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. ### Transfer of Your Personal Data Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information. ### Delete Your Personal Data You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so. ### Disclosure of Your Personal Data #### Business Transactions If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. #### Law enforcement Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). #### Other legal requirements The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: - Comply with a legal obligation - Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company - Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service - Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public - Protect against legal liability ### Security of Your Personal Data The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. ## Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies. ### Analytics We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service. - __Google Analytics__ Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. You may opt-out of certain Google Analytics features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) - __Firebase__ Firebase is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) We also encourage you to review the Google's policy for safeguarding your data: [https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245) For more information on what type of information Firebase collects, please visit the How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps webpage: [https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) ### Advertising We may use Service Providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service. - __Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie__ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: [http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/](http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/) - __AdMob by Google__ AdMob by Google is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out from the AdMob by Google service by following the instructions described by Google: [https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en](https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en) For more information on how Google uses the collected information, please visit the "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or app" page: [https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) or visit the Privacy Policy of Google: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) ### Payments We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. - __Apple Store In-App Payments__ Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at [https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/) - __Google Play In-App Payments__ Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at [https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/) ### Behavioral Remarketing The Company uses remarketing services to advertise to You after You accessed or visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies and non-cookie technologies to help Us recognize Your Device and understand how You use our Service so that We can improve our Service to reflect Your interests and serve You advertisements that are likely to be of more interest to You. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies and to enable Us to: - Measure and analyze traffic and browsing activity on Our Service - Show advertisements for our products and/or services to You on third-party websites or apps - Measure and analyze the performance of Our advertising campaigns Some of these third-party vendors may use non-cookie technologies that may not be impacted by browser settings that block cookies. Your browser may not permit You to block such technologies. You can use the following third-party tools to decline the collection and use of information for the purpose of serving You interest-based advertising: - The NAI's opt-out platform: [http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/](http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) - The EDAA's opt-out platform [http://www.youronlinechoices.com/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/) - The DAA's opt-out platform: [http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN](http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN) You may opt-out of all personalized advertising by enabling privacy features on Your mobile device such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and Opt Out of Ads Personalization (Android). See Your mobile device Help system for more information. We may share information, such as hashed email addresses (if available) or other online identifiers collected on Our Service with these third-party vendors. This allows Our third-party vendors to recognize and deliver You ads across devices and browsers. To read more about the technologies used by these third-party vendors and their cross-device capabilities please refer to the Privacy Policy of each vendor listed below. The third-party vendors We use are: - __Google Ads (AdWords)__ Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: [http://www.google.com/settings/ads](http://www.google.com/settings/ads) Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) - __Facebook__ Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: [https://www.facebook.com/help/516147308587266](https://www.facebook.com/help/516147308587266) To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217](https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217) Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA [http://www.aboutads.info/choices/](http://www.aboutads.info/choices/), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada [http://youradchoices.ca/](http://youradchoices.ca/) or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe [http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/](http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/), or opt-out using your mobile device settings. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: [https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation](https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation) ### Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous We may use third-party Service Providers to maintain and improve our Service. - __Google Places__ Google Places is a service that returns information about places using HTTP requests. It is operated by Google Google Places service may collect information from You and from Your Device for security purposes. The information gathered by Google Places is held in accordance with the Privacy Policy of Google: [https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/](https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/) - __AccuWeather__ Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at [https://www.accuweather.com/en/privacy](https://www.accuweather.com/en/privacy) - __weatherapi.com__ Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at [https://www.weatherapi.com/privacy.aspx](https://www.weatherapi.com/privacy.aspx) ## GDPR Privacy If You are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), We process Your Personal Data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For detailed information on the legal basis for processing Your data, please see the **[Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data](#legal-basis-for-processing-personal-data)** section. ### Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data We process Personal Data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws. Each processing purpose is tied to one or more legal basis outlined below: ### 1. Performance of a Contract We process Personal Data when it is necessary to fulfill a contract or provide the services You have requested. This includes: - **Email address**: Required to create and maintain your account, including granting access to multiple devices. - **Password**: Used to secure your account and enable login across devices. - **Subscription or payment information**: Used to provide premium features or paid services. ### 2. Consent We rely on your explicit consent for the following activities: - **Location Data** (approximate): Used to deliver localized weather forecasts and recommendations tailored to your region. - **Marketing Communications**: Sending updates, promotional offers, or news related to WeatherWear via email, SMS, or push notifications. - **Travel plans (e.g., destination and dates)**: We use this data with your consent for functional purposes, such as recommending clothing and weather guidance for your trip. - **For advertising purposes**: We will only use your travel data to deliver destination-specific and relevant advertisements if you have explicitly consented to it. - **Cookies and Tracking Technologies**: Used to gather analytics, track website or app usage, and display targeted advertisements. Consent is obtained through cookies banners and related tools. > *You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your app permissions, opting out of marketing communications, or managing your cookies preferences through your browser or device settings.* ### 3. Legitimate Interests We process Personal Data based on our legitimate interests to improve the security, functionality, and usability of our platform. This includes: - **Analytics Data**: IP addresses, app usage activity, and other diagnostic data used to analyze trends, evaluate app performance, and improve services. - **Fraud Prevention**: Monitoring account usage to detect suspicious activity or protect against fraudulent transactions. - **Service Improvements**: Collecting anonymized feedback to develop new features or enhance existing functionality. > *When processing data under legitimate interests, we ensure that our business needs do not override your personal rights and freedoms.* ### 4. Compliance with Legal Obligations We may process Personal Data where it is necessary to comply with legal obligations, such as: - Retaining records for tax, audit, or accounting purposes. - Enabling you to exercise your rights under data protection laws (e.g., access, correction, deletion). - Responding to legal requests from authorities or law enforcement where required. In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract. ### Your Rights under the GDPR The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to: - __Request access to Your Personal Data.__ The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You. - __Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You.__ You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected. - __Object to processing of Your Personal Data.__ This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. - __Request erasure of Your Personal Data.__ You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it. - __Request the transfer of Your Personal Data.__ We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You. - __Withdraw Your consent.__ You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service. ### Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA. ### Your Rights Regarding Travel Data You have the right to manage your travel data at any time: - **Delete or modify travel plans**: You may edit or remove your submitted travel plans directly through the app. - **Withdraw consent for advertising use**: If you have opted into advertising personalization based on your travel plans, you can withdraw this consent through your privacy preferences or account settings. ## Facebook Fan Page ### Data Controller for the Facebook Fan Page The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected while using the Service. As operator of the Facebook Fan Page [https://www.facebook.com/ForecastFusion/](https://www.facebook.com/ForecastFusion/), the Company and the operator of the social network Facebook are Joint Controllers. The Company has entered into agreements with Facebook that define the terms for use of the Facebook Fan Page, among other things. These terms are mostly based on the Facebook Terms of Service: [https://www.facebook.com/terms.php](https://www.facebook.com/terms.php) Visit the Facebook Privacy Policy [https://www.facebook.com/policy.php](https://www.facebook.com/policy.php) for more information about how Facebook manages Personal data or contact Facebook online, or by mail: Facebook, Inc. ATTN, Privacy Operations, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. ### Facebook Insights We use the Facebook Insights function in connection with the operation of the Facebook Fan Page and on the basis of the GDPR, in order to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users. For this purpose, Facebook places a Cookie on the device of the user visiting Our Facebook Fan Page. Each Cookie contains a unique identifier code and remains active for a period of two years, except when it is deleted before the end of this period. Facebook receives, records and processes the information stored in the Cookie, especially when the user visits the Facebook services, services that are provided by other members of the Facebook Fan Page and services by other companies that use Facebook services. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: [https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation](https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation) ## CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. ### Categories of Personal Information Collected We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months. Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA/CPRA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of Our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us. - __Category A: Identifiers.__ Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. Collected: Yes. - __Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).__ Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. Collected: Yes. - __Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.__ Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). Collected: No. - __Category D: Commercial information.__ Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered. Collected: Yes. - __Category E: Biometric information.__ Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data. Collected: No. - __Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.__ Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement. Collected: Yes. - __Category G: Geolocation data.__ Examples: Approximate physical location. Collected: Yes. - __Category H: Sensory data.__ Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Collected: No. - __Category I: Professional or employment-related information.__ Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations. Collected: No. - __Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).__ Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. Collected: No. - __Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.__ Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. Collected: No. - __Category L: Sensitive personal information.__ Examples: Account login and password information, geolocation data. Collected: Yes. Under CCPA/CPRA, personal information does not include: - Publicly available information from government records - Deidentified or aggregated consumer information - Information excluded from the CCPA/CPRA's scope, such as: - Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data - Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 ### Sources of Personal Information We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources: - __Directly from You__. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service. - __Indirectly from You__. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service. - __Automatically from You__. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service. - __From Service Providers__. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors to provide advertising on our Service, third-party vendors to deliver targeted advertising to You, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You. ### Use of Personal Information We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA/CPRA), which may include the following examples: - To operate our Service and provide You with Our Service. - To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service. - To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your personal information to purchase a product or service, We will use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery. - To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations. - As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA/CPRA. - For internal administrative and auditing purposes. - To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities. - Other one-time uses. Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section. If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy. ### Disclosure of Personal Information We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes: - Category A: Identifiers - Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) - Category D: Commercial information - Category F: Internet or other similar network activity - Category G: Geolocation data - Category L: Sensitive personal information Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA/CPRA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed. When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. ### Share of Personal Information We may share, and have shared in the last twelve (12) months, Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties: - Service Providers - Payment processors - Our affiliates - Our business partners - Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with products or services We provide to You ### Sale of Personal Information As defined in the CCPA/CPRA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information by the Business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit. We do not sell personal information as the term sell is commonly understood. We do allow Service Providers to use Your personal information for the business purposes described in Our Privacy Policy, for activities such as advertising, marketing, and analytics, and these may be deemed a sale under CCPA/CPRA. We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information: - Category A: Identifiers - Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) - Category D: Commercial information - Category F: Internet or other similar network activity - Category G: Geolocation data - Category L: Sensitive personal information Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA/CPRA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of Our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return. ### Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain third party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission. We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the "right to opt-in") from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us. If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information. ### Your Rights under the CCPA/CPRA The CCPA/CPRA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights: - __The right to notice.__ You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used. - __The right to know/access.__ Under CCPA/CPRA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You: - The categories of personal information We collected about You - The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You - Our business or commercial purposes for collecting or selling that personal information - The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information - The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You - If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You: - The categories of personal information categories sold - The categories of personal information categories disclosed - __The right to say no to the sale or sharing of Personal Data (opt-out).__ You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request, please see the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or contact Us. - __The right to correct Personal Data.__ You have the right to correct or rectify any inaccurate personal information about You that We collected. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct (and direct our Service Providers to correct) Your personal information, unless an exception applies. - __The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Data.__ You have the right to request to limit the use or disclosure of certain sensitive personal information We collected about You, unless an exception applies. To submit, please see the "Limit the Use or Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information" section or contact Us. - __The right to delete Personal Data.__ You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data under certain circumstances, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to: - Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You. - Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities. - Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. - Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law. - Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.). - Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent. - Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us. - Comply with a legal obligation. - Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it. - __The right not to be discriminated against.__ You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights, including by: - Denying goods or services to You - Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties - Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You - Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services ### Exercising Your CCPA/CPRA Data Protection Rights Please see the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section and "Limit the Use or Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information" section for more information on how to opt out and limit the use of sensitive information collected. Additionally, in order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA/CPRA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us: - By email: support@forecast-fusion.com - By visiting this page on our website: [http://forecast-fusion.com](http://forecast-fusion.com) Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information. Your request to Us must: - Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative - Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot: - Verify Your identity or authority to make the request - And confirm that the personal information relates to You We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice. Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt. For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily usable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance. ### Do Not Sell My Personal Information As defined in the CCPA/CPRA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information by the Business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit. We do not sell personal information as the term sell is commonly understood. We do allow Service Providers to use Your personal information for the business purposes described in Our Privacy Policy, for activities such as advertising, marketing, and analytics, and these may be deemed a sale under CCPA/CPRA. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us. The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA/CPRA law, you may do so by following the instructions below. Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use. #### Website If applicable, click "Privacy Preferences", "Update Privacy Preferences" or "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" buttons listed on the Service to review your privacy preferences and opt out of cookies and other technologies that We may use. Please note that You will need to opt out from each browser that You use to access the Service. Additionally, You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service: - The NAI's opt-out platform: [http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/](http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) - The EDAA's opt-out platform [http://www.youronlinechoices.com/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/) - The DAA's opt-out platform: [http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN](http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN) The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again. #### Mobile Devices Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests: - "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" on Android devices - "Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device. ### Limit the Use or Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information If You are a California resident, You have the right to limit the use and disclosure of Your sensitive personal information to that use which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average Consumer who requests such services or goods. We collect, use and disclose sensitive personal information in ways that are necessary to provide the Service. For more information on how We use Your personal information, please see the "Use of Your Personal Data" section or contact us. ## "Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser. ## Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law) Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below. ## California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581) California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account. Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances. ## Children's Privacy Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information. ## Links to Other Websites Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services. ## Changes to this Privacy Policy We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. ## Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: - By email: support@forecast-fusion.com - By visiting this page on our website: [http://forecast-fusion.com](http://forecast-fusion.com)