PRIVACY POLICY

By visiting WeatherShogun and using our services ("Services"), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. In this Privacy Policy, we explain how we handle the Personal Data you decide to share, what information we collect when you use our Services, what we don’t collect, the way we handle the information, use, store and protect it. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy describes your rights and the options we provide for you to access, update, or otherwise take control of your personal data that we retain and process.

Submission of personal information is not required to browse WeatherShogun.

If you have questions regarding this statement, please contact us via email on our CONTACT page.

The Information We Collect

We collect a minimal amount of information from users that is required and necessary only to ensure a private and anonymous user experience when using our Services.

When you visit WeatherShogun, we automatically collect your browser type, IP address, and/or device type, along with the dates and times of your visit, access, or use of WeatherShogun.

In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies”, but we never store your personal data in our cookies.

Any improper collection or misuse of information provided on WeatherShogun is a violation of the WeatherShogun Terms of Use and should be reported by sending us an email.

Submission of personal information is not required to browse WeatherShogun anonymously.

We automatically receive and collect data such as browser type, IP address, and similar information in the event of errors, issues, or misuse of our website.

Cookies Policy

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer/smartphone/tablet) while you are browsing any website, including this one. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies to improve the user experience and to analyze our traffic. There are several types of cookies that we store:

First-party cookies (internal cookies or site settings cookies) are strictly necessary cookies, set by a website. They are absolutely necessary to make any website work correctly and to make the user experience better by remembering your preferences and customizing content based on your previous actions.
Third-party cookies are set by entities other than us (e.g., Facebook, Google, YouTube), when you visit or use the website. Our website does not control the use of these third-party cookies. You can turn them off, but not through us. We recommend reading the privacy policies of any third parties before using their websites and services.
Analytical/Performance cookies are used by us or third-party service providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to collect information about how you use our website and to analyze how it is performing. For example, these cookies count the number of visitors, track which content is most frequently visited, and determine from which locations our visitors come.
The collected information contains no personal data and is only used for statistical purposes. This information is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads on its own advertising network.
You can read more about Google Analytics cookies here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Targeting or Advertising Cookies are used to track your behavior across the web and to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They remember that you have visited the website and this information is shared with other parties, including advertisers and our partners. These cookies are used to optimize advertising, i.e., to serve you ads that are optimized for you. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. Depending on which browser and device you use, you may be able to control which cookies you allow, which cookies you want to block in the future, and delete cookies, but you should be aware that some services and features may not work or you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you enter WeatherShogun.

Email Policy

We NEVER (without your permission) share your email with any third parties unless it is a legal matter. We primarily use it to communicate with you. We NEVER send any spam emails. You can choose to stop all emails from us by sending the request via email on our CONTACT page.

We work with third-party advertising partners who may use profiling and tracking technologies to serve personalized advertisements based on your interests. In case of violation of your rights, you have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority.

Contacts/Personal Data Policy

Your contact information is not shared with any third party without your permission unless it is a legal matter. You can opt out of any promotional activity from WeatherShogun at any time by sending the request via email on our CONTACT page.

Third Parties

WeatherShogun contains links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, products and services. Advertisements that appear on WeatherShogun are sometimes delivered (or "served") directly to users by third-party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third-party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other identifiers and technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. While they do not have access to your name or email, they collect online identifiers (such as IP addresses and cookie IDs) which are considered personal data under certain jurisidictions like GDPR

This privacy policy covers the use of cookies and information collected by WeatherShogun and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers. However, we are not responsible for the content of any website that we link to, and external sites are governed by their own terms and conditions and privacy policies.

We use Google Analytics to analyze how visitors use our website. We only use analytics software to collect aggregated non-identifying information, such as the title of the page being viewed, screen resolution, out links, referrers, and page and website speed. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and without any personal data.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP Address
Operating System type
Operating System version
Device Type
Language of the website
Web browser type
Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Usage of Information Collected

We may use the information we collect to fulfill your requests for services, to show you services that might be relevant to your interests, to analyze the data to help us improve our services, to identify any misuse of our services, and to enforce our Terms of Use.

Terms of Use, Notices and Revisions

Your use of WeatherShogun and any disputes arising from it are subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of their dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time without notice to you. Any changes we make will take effect immediately. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy.

Copyrights and Trademarks

All content, graphics, format, design, user interface and other copyrighted material on our website are protected by copyright law and other intellectual property laws and are owned by WeatherShogun and/or free licensors (as the case may be). The materials from the website are only available for informational and non-commercial offline use, provided that the materials are not modified in any way, all copyright and other proprietary notices and markings are retained and reproduced in their entirety on any copy made from any material on the website; and WeatherShogun has, in its sole discretion, given its prior written approval to such use of the website's materials. Any requests to re-use the website's materials should be sent via email on our CONTACT page