Privacy Policy

Introduction

Send the Weather ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service to send virtual weather gifts.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you use our service, we collect:

• Sender information: Your email address and name (both optional)
• Recipient information: Recipient's email address and delivery address
• Personal message: Optional message included with your gift (max 100 characters)
• Location data: Geographic coordinates derived from the delivery address
• Payment information: Processed securely through Stripe (we do not store credit card details)

Automatically Collected Information

• Usage data: IP address, browser type, device information
• Cookies: Essential cookies for service functionality (see Cookie Policy below)
• Weather data: We monitor weather conditions at recipient locations to detect weather events

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Process and deliver your weather gift
• Send email notifications when gifts are shipped and delivered
• Monitor weather conditions at recipient locations
• Process payments securely through Stripe
• Provide customer support
• Prevent fraud and abuse
• Comply with legal obligations
• Improve our service

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We share your information only in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We use third-party services including:
  • Stripe for payment processing
  • Supabase for database hosting
  • Resend for email delivery
  • Google Maps/Geocoding API for address validation
  • Open-Meteo for weather data
  • Vercel for hosting and analytics
• Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, sale, or acquisition

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

Cookie Policy

We use essential cookies to make our service work properly. These cookies are necessary for:

• Maintaining your session and preferences
• Security and fraud prevention (hCaptcha)
• Processing payments (Stripe)
• Rate limiting and abuse prevention

We use Vercel Analytics to collect anonymous, aggregated data about website usage. Vercel Analytics is privacy-friendly and does not use cookies or collect personal information. It only tracks page views and basic metrics without identifying individual users.

We do not use advertising cookies or third-party tracking cookies. You can manage cookie preferences in your browser settings, but disabling essential cookies may prevent the service from functioning properly.

Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data:

• HTTPS encryption for all data transmission
• Secure authentication for API endpoints
• Input validation and sanitization
• Rate limiting to prevent abuse
• CSRF protection
• Regular security audits

Payment information is handled exclusively by Stripe and never stored on our servers.

Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our service:

• Gift tracking data expires and is automatically deleted after 1 year
• Delivered gifts are automatically deleted 2 weeks after delivery
• Email addresses are deleted when the associated gift data is removed
• Payment data is retained per Stripe's data retention policy
• Server logs are retained for 30 days for security purposes

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data
• Objection: Object to certain processing of your data
• Portability: Request transfer of your data

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the email address below.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy. Continued use of our service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at: