Privacy and Security
weNow is designed to give you accurate weather without compromising your privacy. Here's exactly what we do and don't collect.
What We Collect
| Data | Why | Where It's Stored |
|---|---|---|
| Your location (raw coordinates) | To fetch weather for your area | On your device only. Sent to weather services per request but never saved on our server in raw form. |
| Anonymized location aggregates | To score how accurate each provider is over time | On our server. Coordinates are rounded to ~1 km and not linked to any user, device, or IP. |
| Anonymized IP address | To prevent abuse (rate limiting) | Stored as an irreversible hash. Automatically deleted after 7 days. |
| Feedback messages | To improve the app | On our server, fully anonymous -- no identifying information attached. |
| Account data (Advanced subscribers only) | To recognize you as a subscriber across devices and the web | Email, password hash, OAuth identifiers, active device UUID, activation codes. Erased on account deletion. |
| Subscription records | To know whether you have an active Advanced subscription | An anonymous RevenueCat identifier and your platform — no name, no email tied to it. |
| Ad impression and click counters | To know which self-served ad cards perform | Plain integers per ad row. No foreign key, no IP, no timestamp — impossible to link back to any user. |
What We Don't Collect
- No user accounts or sign-ups for the free experience
- No email addresses (unless you subscribe to weNow Advanced)
- No names or personal identifiers
- No usage tracking or analytics
- No advertising identifiers (IDFA, GAID)
- No third-party ad networks or SDKs
- No tracking cookies — the website sets a single strictly-necessary
langcookie to remember your language preference (no tracking, expires after one year, clearable any time). The app itself uses no cookies. - No crash reporting or telemetry
- No data sold to third parties -- ever
Ads Without Tracking
Free-tier users see a single small ad card. Unlike most apps, our ads are entirely self-served:
- No third-party ad SDKs (no Google AdMob, no Meta)
- No user profiling or targeting
- No tracking pixels or cookies
- No way to link an ad impression to any user or device
- No consent banner needed -- because there's nothing to consent to
Affiliate links: Some ads link to merchants (e.g. Amazon) with an affiliate tag. weNow passes no user data through these links. Once you leave the app, the merchant's own privacy policy applies — they may use cookies on their site for affiliate attribution.
Weather Data Providers
When you check the weather, your coordinates are sent to these providers to fetch forecast data:
- Open-Meteo (Free tier)
- OpenWeatherMap (Free tier)
- WeatherAPI (Advanced)
- Visual Crossing (Advanced)
- Apple WeatherKit (Advanced)
- Google Weather (Advanced)
Each provider receives only your coordinates for the duration of the request. No other personal data is shared.
Your Rights
Under GDPR (Articles 15, 17, and 20) and similar regulations, you can access, delete, or export your data. weNow implements these as self-service actions in the app — you never need to email support or wait on a manual process:
- Export — Settings → Account → Export my data. Returns a JSON file of every row linked to your account.
- Delete — Settings → Account → Delete my account. Permanently removes every user-linked row from our database after a two-step confirmation.
Note: Deleting your weNow account does not cancel your Apple or Google subscription — cancel that in your device's Settings → Subscriptions first, otherwise you'll continue to be charged.
Contact
For privacy questions or data requests: support@wenow.name
For the full legal text, see the Privacy Policy.