Privacy Policy & Legal Notice

1. Legal Notice (Mentions Légales)

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 6-III and 19 of the Law for Confidence in the Digital Economy (LCEN), we inform you that:

  • Website Editor: Weatherwise
  • Contact Email: contact@weatherwise.fr
  • Host: Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA.

2. Introduction

Weatherwise.fr ("Website") respects your privacy and complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés). This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.

3. Data We Collect

  • Account Data: Email address, encrypted password (when you create an account).
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system.
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on site, and interaction with weather maps.
  • Location Data: Approximate location (IP-based) or precise location (GPS) only with your explicit consent for local forecasts.
  • Marketing Data: Data related to your interaction with our advertising campaigns (e.g., if you clicked an ad to reach our site).

4. Third-Party Services & Cookies

We use third-party tools to improve our service and manage our marketing efforts. These services may place cookies on your device if you consent.

  • Google Analytics (GA4): Used to measure website traffic and user engagement. IP addresses are anonymized.
  • Google Ads (Remarketing & Conversion): We use Google Ads to advertise Weatherwise across the internet. This service uses cookies to display relevant ads to you on other websites based on your past visits to Weatherwise.fr (Remarketing). It also helps us track if our ads are effective (Conversion Tracking).
  • Vercel Analytics: Performance and usage monitoring to ensure site stability.
  • Infrastructure: Vercel (Hosting) and AWS (Cloud Computing).

You can opt-out of personalized Google advertising by visiting Google Ad Center.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

  • Consent: For cookies, geolocation, and marketing tracking.
  • Contract: To provide you with account access and services you signed up for.
  • Legitimate Interest: For security monitoring, fraud prevention, and service improvement.

6. Cookie Management

We use a custom cookie consent banner integrated with Google Consent Mode.

  • Strictly Necessary: Always active. Required for the site to function (e.g., login session).
  • Analytics & Marketing: Disabled by default. Only activated if you click "Accept" on our banner.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by accessing the cookie settings in the website footer.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary:

  • Account Data: Until you request deletion or after 3 years of inactivity.
  • Analytics Data: Retained for 14 months (Google Analytics default).
  • Cookies: Maximum 13 months from deposit.

8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access, rectify, or erase your personal data.
  • Restrict or object to processing.
  • Data portability (receive your data in a structured format).
  • Lodge a complaint with the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) via cnil.fr.

9. Contact

For privacy questions, to exercise your rights, or to contact the Data Controller:

Weatherwise SAS Privacy Team
8 Place Roger Salengro, 31000 Toulouse, France

Email: contact@weatherwise.fr

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