Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 14, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how YourWeatherSite ("we", "us", "the site"), operated by Your Company / Your Name, collects, uses, and shares information when you visit. This is a general-purpose template — have it reviewed by a qualified professional for your jurisdiction before relying on it.

1. Location Information

When you load this site, we determine an approximate location (city-level) from your IP address using a third-party IP geolocation service, in order to show you a locally relevant weather forecast automatically. Your IP address is sent to that service for this lookup. If you use the "precise location" option, your browser separately asks your permission before sharing GPS-derived coordinates, which are used only to fetch weather for that position and are not stored on our servers.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use browser local storage to remember your unit preference (°C/°F), dark/light mode choice, and recent city searches, entirely on your own device — this data is not sent to us. If advertising is enabled on this site, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites.

3. Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site may display ads served by Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

4. Third-Party Services We Use

• OpenWeatherMap — supplies current conditions and forecast data.
• IP geolocation provider — resolves your IP address to an approximate city for the automatic forecast.
• Google Fonts / CDN-hosted icon fonts — deliver typefaces and icons; these providers may log standard request data (IP address, browser type) as part of normal web serving.
• Google AdSense (if enabled) — serves advertising as described above.

5. Data We Do Not Collect

We do not require account creation, do not ask for your name or precise address, and do not sell personal information.

6. Your Choices

You can clear recent-search and preference data at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site. You can decline non-essential cookies via the consent banner shown on your first visit. Depending on your location, you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR (EEA/UK) or CCPA/CPRA (California) to access, correct, or delete information held about you — contact us at contact@example.com to make such a request.

7. Children's Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time; the "last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to contact@example.com or via our contact form.