» What is Simcoe Weather Mobile Web?

Simcoe Weather Mobile Web is a site especially designed for advanced mobile phones (smartphones). Some of the features are experimental and are not supported on all of the mobile phones. We use some functions that are available on the phone inside the mobile web browser using Google Gears.

» What is Google Gears?

Google Gears allows you to take functions that are natively on the phone inside the mobile web browser. Google Gears Mobile is not available on all mobile phones, but more phones will be supported in the next few months.

» Do I have control what feature Moible Web tries to access on my phone?

Yes. Whenever you first use Gears you will be prompted to "Allow" the site to access functions from your phone. Your selection is either "Allow", which allows any activity from the mobile site to use functions from your phone, "Deny" which will not allow you to use functions from the phone on the mobile site for that particular visit and "Never Allow", which will permantly deny any request to access functions from your phone. All in all, it is your decision whether or not the mobile site will use features from your phone.

» What features of the phone does Simcoe Weather Mobile Web use?

Simcoe Weather Mobile Web currently only uses your GPS function of your phone to plot your location on the Interactive Map or automatically determine the forecast from where you are with the phone. More features will come within the next few months. All functions of your phone used by Simcoe Weather will always only be used when you request it (by clicking a button or link). Nothing happens automatically without your consent!

» When using the GPS function, what do you do with the data from my phone?

Simcoe Weather Mobile Web uses your data (latitude & longitude) from the GPS on your phone to only plot your location on the map or figure out what location your in for the local forecast. We do not store any information coming from your phone. Once we made the request of your phone the data will automatically be deleted from our servers. Additionally, security build into Google Gears help to keep your privacy safe. You can find out more about the Google Gears Privacy here.

» Does Simcoe Weather Mobile Web use cookies?

Cookies are a small string of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser. That string usually carries information on your preferences of the site, but also can be used for many other things. Simcoe Weather Mobile Web does use cookies to track what location you last searched for. However, that cookie is stored on your mobile phone and will be retrieved to determine the location for your local forecast for easier access. You can always delete all cookies in your mobile browser using your mobile web browser's settings. We do not save any information of your cookie on our servers.