Monday, September 21, 2009

Privacy Policy

In an effort to create as much transparency between the viewer and the publisher as possible, this privacy policy will explain in detail what information is collected about your computer when you visit, and what use it serves on this blog.

(Most recently updated: September 21st, 2014)

What information is collected
When accessing The Weather Centre, Blogger collects information in order to provide the publisher with an idea of what content is most popular to the viewer, where the content is most popular, among other items. Explicitly, information collected includes:
- What website "referred" you to The Weather Centre (i.e. what website you were at when you clicked a link to visit The Weather Centre),
- Keywords used (if using the Google search engine) when searching online that then directed you to The Weather Centre,
- Your geographical location by country. Please note your specific location (i.e. city, county, state, etc.) is not recorded outside of the country you accessed the website in,
- What web browser you used when accessing The Weather Centre,
- What operating system you used when accessing The Weather Centre.
Extent of data collection: The Weather Centre publisher does not utilize third-party data collection methods, and does not store your data.

Information is also collected through a third-party source ("SuperCounters") to provide the publisher with additional views of what content is most popular with viewers, and where this content is most popular. Explicitly, informatio collected includes:
- The number of visitors that are currently on The Weather Centre.
- The number of visitors that have visited The Weather Centre on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and total basis.
- What web browser you used when accessing The Weather Centre.
- What operating system you used when accessing The Weather Centre.
- What country you accessed The Weather Centre from.
- Screen resolution your device possesses from which you accessed The Weather Centre.
- What website "referred" you to The Weather Centre.
- What web page the visitor is currently viewing when on The Weather Centre.
Through another third-party source, IP addresses are tracked when the visitor is on The Weather Centre. Please note that The Weather Centre publisher does not employ third-party methods of data collection relating to IP addresses, or any other form of information that may be collected.

You may contact The Weather Centre with questions, concerns and/or comments relating to what information is collected at theweathercentre2 (at) gmail (dot) com

What information is used for
The Weather Centre utilizes the aforementioned data for the following reasons:
- To analyze the popularity of content from individual post to post.
- To analyze the region where the content is most popular, in order to determine a "target audience".

The Weather Centre does not use data in malicious ways or with any intent other than the methods described above. The Weather Centre does not store this data, and will not store this data at any time.

How your Privacy is protected
In order to ensure your privacy while visiting The Weather Centre is protected, several measures have been taken.
- The Weather Centre remains under the (dot)blogspot URL to ensure that all Google-produced privacy measures are also employed when you visit the website.
- All Google-based information is visible solely to the publisher of this blog. To maximize privacy, only one person (Andrew) has the administrative authority to see these statistics. As mentioned earlier, The Weather Centre does not store these statistics.
- Special attention is paid to technology-related information; in the event of a data breach at Google or a company with relations to The Weather Centre, anti-virus software is in place at The Weather Centre to deter infiltration of viruses, and notices are issued through social media platforms to advise that the visitor perform a personal anti-virus scan of their device.
- Comments on content posted on The Weather Centre are moderated by a human being before publication, to ensure that no personal data, or other harmful mechanisms can be released to the public through such a manner.

If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns about the way your privacy is protected, please contact The Weather Centre at theweathercentre2 (at) gmail (dot) com

If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns about our Privacy Policy, or other privacy & security questions, please contact The Weather Centre using our email address above, so we may answer your question, or refer you to a trusted source who may be better able to field your problem.