Welcome to Reviewshouz.com. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your information. This policy is designed to comply with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, email address, and any contact information you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, participate in a survey, or contact us through our website.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, the dates and times of your visits, and the time spent on those pages. This information helps us analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website, including the device model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Location Data: With your consent, we may collect precise location data from your device. You can control the collection of location data through your device settings.
- Comments and Submissions: When you submit comments or other content to our website, we collect the information you provide, including your name (or chosen username) and the content of your submission. Please be aware that any information you disclose in these areas may become public.
We primarily collect information when you directly provide it to us (e.g., when subscribing to a newsletter) or automatically through your browsing activity on our site.
Cookies & Web Beacons
Like many websites, Reviewshouz.com uses cookies and web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to enhance your browsing experience and collect information about your activity on our site.
- Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies for various purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you experience any errors. This information helps us improve the performance and design of our website.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Web Beacons: Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) that may be used on our website and in our emails. We use web beacons to track the open rates of our emails, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our website to another, and to deliver or communicate with cookies.
You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website. You can typically find these settings in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser. For more information on how to manage cookies, please refer to your browser’s documentation.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
Reviewshouz.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This means that we may earn a commission if you click on an Amazon link on our site and make a purchase. These commissions help us to maintain and improve our website. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. These companies may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect this information.
Each of these advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for its user data. We encourage you to consult their respective privacy policies. Here are links to the privacy policies of some of our advertising partners (this list may not be exhaustive and is subject to change):
- Google Ads Privacy Policy
- Media.net Privacy Policy
- Other Ad Networks (Check individual network websites)
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights
If you are a California resident, the CCPA grants you specific rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:
- The Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
- The Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- The Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Reviewshouz.com does not currently sell your personal information. However, we may share data with third-party advertising partners, and to the extent that such sharing is considered a “sale” under the CCPA, you have the right to opt-out.
- The Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), the GDPR grants you specific rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- The Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, including for direct marketing purposes.
- The Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- The Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have infringed your rights under the GDPR.
To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within one month, unless we need to extend this period due to the complexity of the request, in which case we will inform you of the extension and the reasons for it.