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What WeatherBug's terms say

F privacy grade · weatherbug.com · News & reference

WeatherBug's terms of service and privacy policy have 30 rated points: 1 serious, 15 bad, 11 worth knowing and 3 good. 24 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 6 only once you have an account.

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Whenever you use WeatherBug

Serious 1

  • Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not

    They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service

    If you installed the app, even if you didn't use it, location data can be collected, used and shared with third parties for advertising purposes.

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Bad 15

  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

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  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

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  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

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  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

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  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

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  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

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  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

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  • Your profile is combined across various products

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  • You have a reduced time period to take legal action against the service

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  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

    This service reserves the right to disclose your personal information without notifying you

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  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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  • Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

    Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user or 500$

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  • Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out

    Your Personal data may be sold unless you opt out

    This corresponds to the legal definition of sale. Users can opt out as explained in the privacy policy: "The right to opt out of our sale(s) of your personal information"

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  • Many third parties are involved in operating the service

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Worth knowing 6

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

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  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

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  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

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  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

    The court of law governing the terms is in the state of New York, USA

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  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

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  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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Good 2

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

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  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

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With an account

If you have a WeatherBug account

Worth knowing 5

Good 1

  • Copyright license limited for the purposes of that same service but transferable and sublicenseable

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.