Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Weatherzone is owned and maintained by The Weather Company Pty. Ltd ACN 078 711 930 (“The Weather Company”, “we”, us” etc).

The primary purpose of The Weather Company’s websites, apps and products is to provide weather enthusiasts with an access point for timely, accurate and in depth weather information. Membership of the site or app is required to access the components of the site or app that are not considered part of the public domain. 

By using the Weatherzone website or app, you are agreeing to The Weather Company's terms of use. You are also agreeing to the way in which The Weather Company may collect, use or disclose any personal information you may provide to us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  

What personal information may you collect?

Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable:

• whether the information or opinion is true or not; and
• whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.

When you:

• set up a Weatherzone account;
• access the site or app;
• use location features; or
• interact with our representatives (including through our customer support),

we may ask for or collect personal information such as your name, email address, address, phone number, location or other information. That information is personal information.

We may also collect anonymous data relating to your activity or usage on our websites or apps (including IP addresses) via cookies. Cookies are text files placed in your computer's browser to store your preferences. We generally use this information to report statistics, analyse trends, administer our services, serve more relevant advertisements, diagnose problems and target and seek to provide a more personalised experience. You acknowledge that anonymous data is not personal information and accordingly, the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) will not apply.

Why do we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information?

We collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information:

• to develop interesting content for our internet products and name;
• to keep you updated on new material and improvements on our site or app;
• to create new products that will be beneficial for Weatherzone users or clients of The Weather Company;
• to recommend products or services that may be of interest to our user group;
• to communicate with you;
• to compile and aggregate statistics;
• to customise your experience;
• to provide you with access to protected areas of our websites, apps or products;
• to investigate complaints made by you;
• as required or permitted by any law;
• for our administrative, marketing, product, planning, product development, quality control or research purposes or those of our contractors or external providers;
• to provide as part of business data to third parties if you have authorised to do so; or
• to verify your identity.

We may disclose your personal information to:

• our employees, affiliates, related bodies corporate, or external service providers;
• our existing or potential agents and/or business partners; 
• our sponsors; 
• our third parties including agents or subcontractors including IT service providers and data hosting service providers; or
• courts, police, tribunal or other regulatory or enforcement authorities as required by law in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings (including to exercise or defend our own rights),

or as otherwise required by applicable laws.

Some of the above persons may be located outside of Australia. By providing us with personal information, you consent to the disclosure of your personal information to third parties who are located outside Australia and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that those third parties comply with Australian privacy laws.

Handling personal information

The Weather Company is committed to honouring the privacy of Weatherzone members and visitors and we are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles established under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

We will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss or unauthorised access. If you suspect any misuse or loss of or authorised access to your personal information, please let us know immediately via the customer support ticket system.

Copyright

All the material on this site or app is copyright and cannot be copied or reproduced without our prior written permission. 

Links to other websites

Our site or app may contain links to other websites from time to time. We do not have any control over those websites and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

Amendments to this Privacy Policy

We may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy at our discretion. All personal information held by us will be governed by the most recent updated policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated in November 2019.

Should you have any questions relating to this site, or the privacy statement, please contact us. Thank you for using Weatherzone.