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Privacy and Cookie Policy

This policy explains how DryTime web app handles your information, specifically focusing on the collection and storage of location data for displaying information based on your local weather, and the use of third-party analytics.

This web app is designed to be privacy-friendly, using client-side storage mechanisms and no persistent server-side database for personal location data used in the delivery of the service.

1. Data Collection and Use

The primary function of this web app is to display localised refactored weather information. To achieve this, the application relies on the following data points:

a. Geolocation Data

• Source: We use your device's native geolocation services (upon your explicit permission) and/or the Nominatim API (OpenStreetMap) based on your manual input.
• Data Used:
  • Latitude and longitude coordinates clipped to 100 metre precision
  • Address data clipped to street level precision
• Purpose: These coordinates are immediately passed to the OpenMeteo API to retrieve accurate local weather forecasts.

b. Location Persistence (Client-Side Cookie)

• What is stored: The latitude and longitude coordinates & address data retrieved in step 1.a. are stored in a client-side cookie (a small piece of data stored directly in your browser).
• Purpose: This cookie is set solely to remember your preferred location for subsequent visits & page loads. This improves user experience by eliminating the need to search for your location on every refresh, significantly reduces the number of unnecessary API calls to geolocation services and speeds up the display of results.
• Duration: The cookie is given a defined expiry time of 365 days and will automatically be cleared by your browser after that period, or if you clear your browser data manually.
• Security: This data is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to, or stored on, our web server or any server-side database.

2. Third-Party API Services

We utilise third-party services to deliver core application functionality:

3. Cookie Policy

a. Functional Cookie

DryTime uses one primary functional cookie to store your location area:

• Cookie Name: location
• Type: Functional / Session persistence
• Data: Latitude, longitude and village level address (e.g., 51.507, 0.127, "Village, Region, Code").
• Opt-out: By continuing to use the web app after providing location permission, you consent to the storage of this cookie. If you wish to stop this data storage, you must manually clear this cookie via your browser settings. Clearing the cookie will prompt the web app to request or look up your location again on the next load.

b. Analytics Cookie (GA4)

GA4 uses cookies to track and report website traffic without personally identifying individual visitors. These cookies help us analyse how the web app is used and improve the user experience.

• Opt-out: If you wish to opt out of GA4 tracking, you can typically do so via your browser settings or by utilising browser add-ons that block tracking scripts.

4. Data Security and Storage

• No Server Storage: Your location coordinates and corresponding weather data are not stored in any server-side database maintained by us. The data flow is: Browser -> Client-Side Cookie.
• Anonymity: We do not link the location data stored in your client-side cookie with any personally identifiable information.

5. Your Rights

Since your location data is stored only on your device via a client-side cookie, you have full control over it:

1. Access: You can view the data stored in the cookie by inspecting your browser’s application storage settings.
2. Deletion: You can delete the stored location data at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and site data for this web app.

Last Updated: 5 October 2025

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