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Privacy Policy

What AusWeather collects, how Google Analytics is used, and how any future advertising will be handled.

Last updated: 15 May 2026

The short version

  • We use Google Analytics 4 with Google Signals turned on. That lets Google count the same person across devices when they’re signed in, and gives us anonymous demographic / interest reports.
  • We may add advertising to the site in future. If we do, this policy will be updated before it goes live, and you’ll see a notice on the site.
  • We don’t have user accounts, registration, comments, or forms that collect names or email addresses.
  • We don’t sell your personal information. Standard analytics and (future) ad data may be shared with the relevant processors (Google and any future ad network) so they can do their jobs.
  • You can opt out of Google Signals from your Google account settings, regardless of which site you’re on.

Who runs this site

AusWeather is operated by Calligo IT in Australia. Contact: support@calligoit.com.au.

Hosting

The site runs on Cloudflare Workers. When you load a page, Cloudflare sees the usual web-server signals — your IP address, the page requested, your browser’s User-Agent — for security and performance. We don’t access or retain those logs. Cloudflare may set a short-lived bot-management cookie (see Cookies below).

Where the weather data comes from

Forecasts, observations, warnings and river heights are pulled by our server from public Australian and international weather sources. Your browser does not connect to those sources directly. The only weather provider your browser ever talks to is ours.

What loads in your browser

On every page, your browser makes requests to:

  • ausweather.com.au — the page HTML, CSS and fonts.
  • www.googletagmanager.com — loads the Google Analytics tag.
  • www.google-analytics.com — receives the analytics pings.

If we add advertising in future, additional domains belonging to the ad network will appear here, and we’ll list them.

Google Analytics

We run Google Analytics 4 with measurement ID G-RSV5BKBVEP. GA4 records standard browsing data:

  • Pages viewed and time on page
  • Approximate location (country / region) derived from IP
  • Device type, operating system, browser, screen size
  • Referring site, if any
  • Anonymous session and visitor identifiers (via the _ga cookies)

GA4 truncates IP addresses before storage on Google’s servers; raw IPs are not retained by Google. We do not link analytics data to any other identifying information that we hold (we hold none).

Google Signals is enabled

We have Google Signals turned on for this property. Google Signals lets GA join its analytics data with information from users who are signed in to Google and have opted into Ads Personalisation in their Google account. With it enabled, Google can:

  • Recognise the same person across devices when they’re signed into Google on each, giving us a more accurate “unique visitors” figure.
  • Report demographics (age band, gender) and interest categories derived from Google’s own profile data. We see these as aggregate buckets only — never as individual profiles.
  • Build audiences that we could later use for advertising. We don’t run ads today; if we begin, we’ll update the “Advertising” section below before any audience is used.

None of this is tied to any account or email we hold; we don’t hold any. The link sits inside Google’s systems.

How to opt out

You have several independent ways to keep your visit out of Google Signals:

Google processes this data on our behalf under its own terms:

Advertising (planned, not currently active)

We may introduce advertising to help fund the site. Possible options include direct sponsorships, contextual placements, or a third-party ad network such as Google AdSense. If and when ads launch:

  • This policy will be updated to name the ad provider(s) and list the additional cookies and network requests involved.
  • You’ll see a clear notice on the site when the change happens.
  • We won’t enable personalised / interest-based advertising without offering an in-browser consent control where required by law.

Note: because Google Signals is on, GA4 may already be assembling re-usable audiences from your visit. We have not yet used any such audience for advertising. If we begin, it will be disclosed here first.

Cookies and browser storage

The following items get set in your browser when you visit:

  • _ga, _ga_RSV5BKBVEP — set by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors and sessions. Lifetime: up to 13 months.
  • __cf_bm — set by Cloudflare for bot management. Lifetime: about 30 minutes. Security purpose only.
  • aw-cookie-ok (localStorage, not a cookie) — records that you dismissed the cookie banner so it doesn’t reappear. No tracking value; clearing site data removes it.

You can delete any of the above from your browser at any time and the site will continue to work normally.

Data we don’t collect

Outside of what Google Analytics aggregates, we don’t collect, store, log, or process personal information about visitors. There’s no user database, no marketing pipeline, no email list.

Your rights under Australian privacy law

Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you have the right to know what personal information an organisation holds about you, to request its correction or deletion, and to lodge a complaint. We’ll respond honestly to any request — in practice, since most of what flows through here is aggregate GA4 data tied to anonymous identifiers, there isn’t a personal record to look up.

Changes to this policy

We’ll update this page whenever something material changes — for example, when advertising is introduced, when an ad provider is added or removed, or when we begin or stop using a third-party service. The “Last updated” date at the top will always reflect the current revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@calligoit.com.au.

Complaints

If you believe we’ve breached the Australian Privacy Principles, please contact us first. If you’re not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: oaic.gov.au, 1300 363 992.