FlatWeather privacy policy
FlatWeather compares how yesterday, today and tomorrow feel in a city you choose. You do not create an account or sign in to FlatWeather. The app does not request GPS or other device-location permission. Weather requests go to Open-Meteo; Google services handle advertising, consent choices and the optional purchase to remove ads.
Weather and city searches
When you search for a city, the search text is sent to Open-Meteo's geocoding service, which uses GeoNames place data. When you choose a city, its coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo to request weather for that place. These coordinates describe the city you selected; they are not obtained from your device's GPS.
Open-Meteo also receives information normally needed to handle an internet request, including your IP address and the requested URL. It may keep technical service logs under its own policy. Weather requests can occur when you refresh the app and when an installed home-screen widget updates in the background for your selected city. See Open-Meteo's privacy information.
Information stored on your device
| Information | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Selected city and its coordinates | Remember the place used for weather requests and widget updates. |
| Theme, temperature unit and animation preference | Keep your chosen appearance and units. |
| Weather and widget cache | Display recently fetched weather and update the home-screen widget. |
| Advertising consent choices | Remember and apply privacy choices through Google's User Messaging Platform. |
| Remove-ads purchase status | Keep ads off while purchase ownership is confirmed with Google Play. |
FlatWeather uses private app storage for its local settings and cache. Android backup and device-transfer backup of this app's data are disabled. We do not operate a FlatWeather user-account or personal-weather-history server, and the app does not include an analytics service of our own.
Advertising and consent
The free version can display a banner and at most one full-screen ad in a foreground session. A full-screen ad becomes eligible only after at least 60 seconds of foreground use and is shown at the next appropriate break in the interface. It is suppressed while a sheet or editing flow is open, while a consent form is open, or while a purchase or restore operation is in progress.
Google Mobile Ads and Google's User Messaging Platform provide advertising and consent handling. Depending on your choices, device settings and the service being used, Google may collect and share:
- your IP address, which can indicate an approximate location;
- advertising IDs, app-set IDs and other device or account identifiers;
- app, device and SDK diagnostic information;
- interactions such as app launches, ad views and taps;
- consent status and privacy choices needed to apply your selections.
These services use information to deliver and measure advertising, operate the services and prevent fraud. The app requests ads only when Google's consent framework permits it. Where a consent form is required, your choices are requested through that form. When required by the framework, Ad privacy choices is available in Settings so you can revisit your selections. You can also manage or delete your advertising ID in Android's privacy settings.
Choosing non-personalised or limited advertising does not necessarily stop all technical information from being sent to Google. Further information is available in Google's Mobile Ads data disclosure, how Google uses information from partner apps, and Google's privacy policy.
Removing ads
The optional Remove ads purchase is a one-time, non-consumable Google Play purchase, not a subscription. The app displays the price returned by Google Play before you buy. Google Play handles payment; JustDataPlease does not receive your payment-card details.
The app queries Google Play for purchase ownership, processes the purchase status and acknowledgement, and keeps a local ownership flag. An owned purchase removes both banner and full-screen ads. Restore purchase checks ownership with Google Play on an eligible installation using the purchasing Google account. Google's purchase and payment records are governed by its own policies.
Retention and deleting data
Local settings and cached weather remain in the app's storage until they are replaced or cleared. Clear FlatWeather's storage in Android settings or uninstall the app to remove its local settings and cache. This does not cancel or delete a Google Play purchase and does not erase records already held by Open-Meteo or Google.
Those providers set their own retention periods and handle requests concerning the data they control. Use their linked privacy policies and account or advertising controls for more information. For questions or requests about data handled by JustDataPlease, contact us at the address below. If you email us, we receive the contact details and information you include so we can respond.
Changes
We will update this page and its effective date when the app's data practices change.
Contact
JustDataPlease · [email protected] · justdataplease.com