Welcome to ReviewFone.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information when you visit our website, reviewfone.com (the “Site”). It also outlines your rights regarding your personal data under 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 Site, including:
Personal Information
This is information that identifies you as an individual. We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us. Examples of personal information include:
- Contact Information: such as your name, email address, and phone number, if you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us through our contact form, or participate in a survey or promotion.
- Account Information: If you create an account on our Site, we may collect your username, password, and other profile information. Note that account creation may not be directly offered but potentially linked through third party services.
- User Content: Any comments, reviews, or other content you post on our Site. Please be aware that any information you disclose in these areas becomes public.
- Purchase Information: While we don’t directly process payments, if you click on affiliate links and make a purchase on a third-party site (like Amazon), they will have their own privacy policies governing that transaction. We might receive anonymized reports from them regarding purchase patterns related to our links.
Non-Personal Information
This is information that does not directly identify you. We collect this information automatically as you navigate our Site. Examples of non-personal information include:
- Log Data: such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits.
- Device Information: information about the device you use to access our Site, such as the device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
- Usage Data: information about how you use our Site, such as the pages you view, the links you click, and the searches you conduct.
- Aggregated Data: We may aggregate personal and non-personal information to create statistical data that does not identify you individually. This data is used for analytical purposes.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to enhance your experience on our Site and to collect information about your browsing behavior.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Site. They enable you to navigate our Site and use its features.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze how users interact with our Site. We use this information to improve the performance and functionality of our Site. Examples include Google Analytics.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These may be placed by third party ad networks.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our Site to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced features.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our Site.
Web Beacons
Web beacons are small electronic images (also known as pixel tags) that may be used on our Site or in our emails. We use web beacons to track user activity on our Site, to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and to personalize your experience.
You can disable web beacons by disabling images in your email client or by adjusting your browser settings to block images.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewFone.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 when you click on links to Amazon.com from our Site and make a purchase, we may earn a commission. These commissions help us to maintain and improve our Site. We only recommend products that we believe are of high quality and relevant to our readers.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
ReviewFone.com may use third-party advertising networks to display advertisements on our Site. These advertising networks may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your browsing behavior in order to deliver targeted advertisements. We do not have control over the cookies and web beacons that are used by these advertising networks.
We use Google AdSense for serving advertisements. You can consult the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of ReviewFone.com. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ReviewFone.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
Note that ReviewFone.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
Users can opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal data.
CCPA Rights (California Residents)
- Right to Know: You have the right to request information about 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.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not currently sell your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within 45 days.
GDPR Rights (European Union Residents)
- Right to Access: You have the right to access your personal data and receive a copy of it.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to have your personal data erased, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your GDPR rights.
To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within one month. We may require you to verify your identity before we can process your request.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: [email protected]
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.