WillyWeather Android App Privacy Policy

1. Ownership:

The WillyWeather mobile applications ('WW app', 'the app') are owned and operated by WillyWeather IP Pty Ltd ('WillyWeather', 'us', 'we', 'our').

2. Acceptance of Terms:

By using the app, you accept and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document. This document may be amended from time to time with the addition of new features and services, or the alteration of existing features and services, or otherwise by our discretion. These amendments will be made without notice to you and will be effective as soon as the changes are made to this document.

3. Intellectual property:

You must not reproduce, modify or adapt anything on this app for use elsewhere, without our prior consent. Including but not limited to intellectual property rights and copyright which is owned or licensed by us, or used by permission from a third party.

4. Proper use:

The WW app and any of its contents must not be used:

  1. In breach of the law or any regulation,
  2. To infringe on the rights of a third party,
  3. In breach of any standards or requirements practiced and/or promoted by any relevant authority, or
  4. In association with any information that might be, or that might promote abusive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful, obscene, profane, pornographic or indecent conduct.

7. External data suppliers:

WillyWeather displays information produced by external organisations including the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), MET Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). WillyWeather is not affiliated with these organisations and is privately run.

8. Data disclaimer and liability indemnity:

  1. General - The information provided by WillyWeather is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
  2. Tide Variations - Unofficial tide variations and tide predictions for secondary ports which are calculated using average time differences should not be used for navigation.
  3. Emergency situations - Information provided by WillyWeather must not be used in emergency situations. In emergencies please refer to the Bureau of Meteorology warnings page.
  4. The nature of weather - It is important to remember that weather is unpredictable. Weather forecasting is not an exact science, and weather observations can contain errors, omissions or loss of data.
  5. System failures and technical glitches - It is also important to remember that system failures and technical glitches can occur that may result in errors, omissions, loss of data or notification failures. These include (but are not limited to) server failure, software logical errors, power outages, and anything else that results in WillyWeather systems failures.
  6. Liability indemnity - As a result of the nature of weather and the existence of system failures and technical glitches, WillyWeather does not accept responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage, whatever the cause (even by negligence), as a result of the use of information displayed on the WW app or provided by the app, or if the app is unavailable.

11. Privacy statement:

  1. General - There are a limited number of instances in which WillyWeather has access to user information of non-account holders that might be considered 'private'. To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the privacy of any current or future user of WillyWeather this privacy statement has been created, and will be updated from time to time as the WW app adds functions and services that might require changes to this document.
  2. Location Services - If the 'location based services' option has been enabled then the WW app will use this information to provide weather information specific to the users location. Some location information as well as other system related information (such as app version and operating system version) may also be used through the feedback and support section of the app in order to help us troubleshoot issues relevant to the support of users the WillyWeather service.
  3. WillyWeather Account Holders - WillyWeather respects the private and confidential Information given to it by account holders. This information is used to facilitate the features used in the account system with regards to the delivery of weather services, and will not be sold, loaned or rented to any third party, unless account holders have opted to receive relevant offers by our partners.
  4. Contact Information - WillyWeather will occasionally run online surveys and contests that may ask for the contact information of users (such as a name and email address). This contact information is used to contact users where necessary, and is only given to a third party if the third party is directly involved in the survey or contest.
  5. IP Address - The WW app captures the IP address of users that access the feedback and support section of the app, to help us diagnose any issues that may be outlined in correspondence between WillyWeather and its users. The WW app will also use IP addresses to view analytics data that help us to understand the demographic of WW app users as well as traffic numbers. This information helps us administer the app in many ways, including ensuring that our servers, software and data are performing correctly, and that any issues can be diagnosed.

WillyWeather built the WillyWeather app as an Ad Supported app. This SERVICE is provided by WillyWeather at no cost and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at WillyWeather unless otherwise defined in 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 identifiable information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app

Log Data

We want to inform you that 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 configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at support@willyweather.com