Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how SunorSnow.com ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. In line with our dedication to data minimalism and "Privacy by Design," we limit cookie tracking to the absolute minimum required to host an efficient, customisable, and reliable weather dashboard.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device by your web browser when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work properly, remember your preferences across sessions, and provide anonymous usage metrics to site owners. Cookies can be "Persistent" (remaining on your device after you close your browser) or "Session-based" (deleted automatically when your browser is closed).

2. How SunorSnow.com Uses Cookies

We do not use cookies to identify you personally, build marketing profiles, or track your browsing habits across other third-party websites.

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (Functional Preferences)

These cookies are required for our platform to remember your visual and interface choices.

• Purpose: To remember your temperature unit preference (°C/°F), wind speed unit preference (km/h/mph), and language configuration.
• Duration: Persistent (up to 1 year, or until you clear your browser cache).
• Type: First-party cookies (set directly by our domain).

B. Analytical and Performance Cookies

• Provider: Google Analytics (Anonymised).
• Purpose: To collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable information such as which pages are visited most frequently, approximate geographic regions (country level), device types, and browser types. This helps us improve performance and fix bugs.
• Cookies: _ga (duration: 2 years), _gid (duration: 24 hours).
• Data Anonymisation: We have configured Google Analytics to automatically anonymise your IP address. No PII is passed to Google.
• Type: Third-party cookies.

C. Advertising Cookies

We display advertisements on SunorSnow.com provided by Google AdSense to keep our tools free.

• Provider: Google AdSense.
• Purpose: To serve relevant advertisements based on your browsing activity. Google uses the DART cookie to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites.
• Duration: Up to 13 months.
• Type: Third-party cookie.
• Opt-out: You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or aboutads.info.

3. Your Rights and Choices Under GDPR & Global Privacy Laws

When you first access SunorSnow.com, a cookie consent banner will appear. You have the explicit right to accept or decline the activation of non-essential (Analytical and Advertising) cookies. You can change your cookie permissions at any point by clearing your browser's cookies or adjusting your browser settings.

4. How to Manage Cookies via Your Browser

• Google Chrome: Settings › Privacy and Security › Third-party cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings › Privacy & Security › Cookies and Site Data
• Apple Safari: Preferences › Privacy › Block all cookies
• Microsoft Edge: Settings › Cookies and site permissions › Manage and delete cookies and site data

Note: If you choose to block all functional cookies, SunorSnow.com will still function, but your preferred unit and language settings will reset to defaults on each visit.

5. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may periodically update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in our technical tools or evolving international data privacy regulations. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding how we manage cookies, please contact us via our contact page.