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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 4/4/2025

Weather Revolution (operated by Weather Revolution, "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website (www.weatherevolution.ch), mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

We comply with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information from you in various ways, including:

  • Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, address, and demographic information (such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests), that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Service or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Service.
  • Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your browser type, your operating system, your access times. If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device name and type, your operating system, and other interactions with the application and other users via server log files, as well as any other information you choose to provide.
  • Financial Data: Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Service. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor (Stripe), and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
  • Location Data: We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application, to provide location-based services (e.g., weather for your current location). If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.
  • Data From Hosted Weather Stations: Data generated by weather stations we install and manage, including meteorological measurements (temperature, wind, humidity, pressure, etc.). This data is generally anonymized or aggregated for the public Service but may be linked to the station host's account.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Service to:

  • Create and manage your account.
  • Provide, operate, and maintain the Service, including displaying weather data and forecasts.
  • Process your transactions and subscriptions.
  • Email you regarding your account or order.
  • Send you newsletters, alerts, and promotional information, subject to your opt-out rights.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our Service.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our Service.
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Service.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Service.
  • Detect, prevent and address technical issues and fraudulent activities.
  • Comply with legal obligations.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
  • Contract: Processing your data is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

  • By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your 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.
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
  • Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for research, analysis, or other purposes.
  • With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

5. International Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, 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 from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Switzerland and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Switzerland and process it there. We 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 (e.g., using Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or Swiss authorities where applicable).

6. Your Data Protection Rights (FADP & GDPR)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, usually within one month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Switzerland, the competent authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). For residents of the EEA, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your member state.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information 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.

8. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Service to help customize the Service and improve your experience. When you access the Service, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Service. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

10. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 16. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 16, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. 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.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Weather Revolution
Lugano, Switzerland
[email protected]