Privacy Policy

Introduction

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how the Weather Tab extension ("we", "our", or "the extension") collects, uses, and safeguards your information.

Information We Collect

Weather Tab collects the following information to provide you with accurate weather data:

• Location data: With your permission, we access your device's geolocation to provide weather information for your current location.
• Search queries: When you manually search for a location, we process this information to fetch weather data for that location.
• Settings preferences: We store your preferences for temperature units, wind speed units, and time format.

How We Use Information

We use the information collected solely to:

• Display accurate weather information for your selected location
• Save your preferences and settings
• Improve the functionality and user experience of the extension

We do not use your data for advertising or share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Data Storage

All information collected by Weather Tab is stored locally on your device using browser storage. No personal data is transmitted to or stored on our servers.

Your location data, saved locations, and preferences are stored in your browser's local storage until:

• You clear your browser data
• You uninstall the extension
• You manually remove saved locations through the extension interface

Browser Permissions

The Weather Tab extension requests the following permissions:

• Geolocation: To access your current location for local weather information (only with your explicit permission)
• Storage: To save your preferences and location history locally on your device
• chrome://newtab: To replace the default new tab page with our weather display

Third-Party Services

Weather Tab uses the following third-party services:

• Open-Meteo API: We use this service to fetch weather data. When you use our extension, your location coordinates (latitude and longitude) are sent to Open-Meteo to retrieve weather information. No personal identifying information is shared. You can view Open-Meteo's privacy policy here.
• OpenStreetMap/Nominatim: We use this service for geocoding (converting location names to coordinates and vice versa). When you search for a location or use geolocation, this information is sent to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service. You can view their privacy policy here.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website only, not in the extension itself. The extension does not collect usage statistics or analytics data.

Children's Privacy

Our extension is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Your Rights and Choices

Since all data is processed locally on your device, you maintain complete control over your information. You can:

• Choose whether to allow location access or manually enter locations
• Clear saved locations through the extension's interface
• Use Chrome's built-in tools to clear local storage data
• Uninstall the extension to remove all associated data

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the extension.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

Website: startupmachine.co