Great Weather

"We may request access to or allow tracking of location information on your mobile device, which may persist or be tracked while you use our App to provide certain location-based services. If you wish to change our access permissions, you can do so in your device settings, but this may affect the basic functionality of the App."

The app tracks location persistently while in use, and warns that disabling location access 'may affect the basic functionality of the App,' pressuring users to keep location tracking enabled.

"Device information: This may include device name, device model, region and language settings, device identifiers, device hardware information and status, IP address, operating system version, and device settings used to access the service. Log information and usage data: When you access or use our services, our servers automatically collect diagnostic, usage, and performance information related to the service."

A weather app collects device identifiers, hardware information, device settings, and extensive log data — far more device information than needed to display weather forecasts.

"We use third-party services in our apps, including but not limited to analytics providers and advertising networks. These service providers may access your information as necessary to perform their functions. Below are links to the privacy policies of the third-party service providers we use: Google Play Services, Google Admob, Firebase, Facebook, Pangle."

User data is shared with at least five third-party services including Facebook and Pangle (ByteDance's ad network), each of which collects data directly from users through embedded SDKs.

"The length of time we retain personal information depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or the need to comply with applicable laws and establish, exercise or defend our legal rights. We will retain your information indefinitely unless otherwise required by law."

The policy explicitly states data is retained indefinitely with no defined deletion timeline, keeping personal information forever unless a law forces them to delete it.

"We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Therefore, it is recommended that you check this page regularly to learn about any changes. These changes will take effect immediately after they are posted on this page. Continued use of the Service is deemed to be acceptance of the new policy; if you do not agree, you must stop using it before it takes effect."

The company can change the privacy policy at any time with no direct notice to users — changes take effect immediately and continued use is treated as acceptance.

"This includes third-party technology companies that collect your data to build a profile of your preferences based on your activities when you visit or use our apps. We also use these companies to automatically collect your data when you use our apps to help us identify ads to serve to you and your behavior after seeing those ads."

Multiple ad networks (Google AdMob, Facebook, Pangle) collect device identifiers and build cross-service behavioral profiles, enabling tracking of users across apps and platforms.