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Data Vendor Privacy Practices and Opt Outs
This page includes vendors who process personal data of users of our consumer weather products and visitors to our TWC Shop.
Consumer Weather Products
We offer free, trusted weather data thanks to personalized ads on our consumer weather sites and apps. If you choose to upgrade, you enjoy an ad-free experience. You can check out our Privacy Policy for more details.
- We work with vendors for advertising purposes. These vendors may use cookies or other identifiers to direct and measure “personalized ads,” which are tailored to your likely interests based on your activities across some of the other apps and websites you use.
- We work with analytics vendors that may use data collection technologies to track, analyze, and report data about the use of our websites or apps, and to analyze and optimize the performance of the websites or apps.
- We work with technology vendors to support our apps and websites; for transparency, we list those vendors below.
This page lists opt-out options provided by our vendors as well as links for you to find information about their privacy practices. We may use these vendors for all or some of our apps and websites, and may use different vendors in specific regions.
The vendor and industry opt-outs described below may be device- or browser-specific and may not be available for all devices. The scope of these opt-outs is determined by each vendor.
This page is updated periodically to reflect the most up-to-date information related to our vendors. It includes the current vendors operating on the latest versions of our apps but does not include vendors that operate on previous, older versions of our apps.
Please reference the following notes when reviewing our list of vendors below:
* These data vendors may control the collection of data on our websites or apps. Please refer to their privacy policies linked below for more details.
** The following regions do not apply to these identified vendors (see each vendor below), except for the vendor Sourcepoint, where they do apply:
- Brazil
- Quebec (province of Canada)
- China
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- European Economic Area (EEA) countries
- Peru
- Serbia
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
Industry Group Opt Outs
Some industry organizations offer centralized tools where you can opt out of the use of your data by multiple vendors at once. For more information about Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out tools to assist you in managing choices for participating companies that use cookies, visit the following sites:
- The DAA’s opt-out page
- The Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada's (DAAC’s) opt-out page
- One of the EDAA’s country-specific opt-out pages
The DAA also offers AppChoices, a separate tool for users to exercise control over the collection and use of data through mobile applications for personalized advertising and other related uses. To exercise choice for participating companies, you can install the DAA's AppChoices application on your mobile device. Visit here for more information.
Advertising Vendors
We work with advertising vendors that use data collection technologies to track usage behavior to deliver relevant content or ads on our or other websites or apps, and to analyze and report on content or ads that users see and interact with. Note: Companies that advertise with us have vendors who gather information about you when you see or engage with their ads on our websites and apps. This list doesn't include the vendors used by our advertisers themselves.
- Amazon (Global, excluding China & Quebec)
- AppsFlyer (Global, excluding China)
- Assertive Yield (Global, excluding China)
- BidMachine (US only)
- Blis Global (Global, excluding China & Quebec)
- Brainlabs (US only)
- Braze (Global, excluding China)
- Cadent (Global, excluding certain countries**)
- Claritas (US only)
Technology Vendors
We work with certain technology vendors that use data collection technologies to support our apps and websites. These vendors assist us with our business operations, with the provision of the apps and websites, or in delivering you the features and functionality that you have requested.
- Akamai
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AppsFlyer (Global, excluding China)
- Braze (Global, excluding China)
- Confiant (Global, excluding China)
- MoEngage (US only)
TWC Shop
Please reference the following notes when reviewing our list of vendors below:
* These data vendors may control the collection of data on our websites or apps. Please refer to their privacy policies linked below for more details.
- Shopify