Privacy Policy
Effective date: March 30, 2026
Overview
Blue Dot Weather provides weather information from public and third-party sources. This Privacy Policy explains what data is collected, how it is used, and your choices.
Advertising and cookies
We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites.
You can manage ad personalization through Google Ads Settings and other industry opt-out tools such as aboutads.info.
For regions where required, we use Google Privacy & Messaging (Funding Choices) to collect and manage consent signals for advertising and measurement.
When you choose non-personalized ads, we request non-personalized ad serving.
What we collect
- Search inputs (for example ZIP code or city/state) to retrieve weather results.
- Approximate or precise location values only when required for weather retrieval features.
- Basic product analytics events such as page, action, and device type.
- Technical request metadata such as user-agent and a hashed IP value for abuse prevention and aggregate reporting.
How we use data
- Deliver weather forecasts and related dashboard features.
- Improve reliability, measure feature usage, and troubleshoot errors.
- Protect the service against abuse and unusual traffic patterns.
- Support advertising operations.
Storage and retention
We use browser storage (localStorage/sessionStorage) for core app preferences and identifiers that help maintain session continuity and product analytics. Event records are retained only as long as needed for operational reporting and fraud/rate-limit protection.
Your choices
- You can clear browser storage at any time in your browser settings.
- You can deny geolocation access and still use manual location search.
- You can choose non-personalized ads from our consent experience.
Third-party services
Blue Dot Weather relies on third-party services and data providers including Google AdSense, NOAA/NWS, USNO, NASA, and Open-Meteo.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, contact: [email protected].