Welcome to ReviewDu.com! We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. This policy is designed to comply with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), ensuring your rights are protected regardless of your location.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you directly, such as your name, email address, and any other contact information you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, create an account, or participate in surveys or contests. We only collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us.
- Usage Data: This includes information about how you access and use our website. This data may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits. We collect this data automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the devices you use to access our website, including the device model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Comments and Content: If you post comments or other content on our website, that information, along with your name or username, will be visible to other users and may be collected and used by them. Please exercise caution when sharing personal information in public areas of our website.
- Aggregated Data: We may collect, use, and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature.
We collect this information for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our website.
- To personalize your experience on our website.
- To improve our website and develop new features.
- To communicate with you, including sending you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials.
- To respond to your inquiries and requests.
- To monitor the usage of our website and prevent fraud.
- To comply with legal obligations.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and web beacons to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are small electronic images that may be used on our website or in our emails.
We use cookies and web beacons for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They allow you to navigate our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us to improve our website and your user experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) 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.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that if you block or delete cookies, you may not be able to access all features of our website. We also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your use of our website. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve our website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewDu.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 and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission. This commission helps us to maintain and improve our website. The price you pay for products purchased through our links remains the same, regardless of whether we receive a commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to our website and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We have advertising relationships with the following:
- Google AdSense: For information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt-out of personalized advertising from Google by visiting Google’s Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/.
- Other Ad Networks: We may also work with other advertising networks, each of which has its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these advertising networks to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. Contact us for a complete and up-to-date list of all advertising partners.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ReviewDu.com and which are sent directly to your 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.
ReviewDu.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:
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.
GDPR Rights (European Union Residents)
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data and information about how we process it.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we 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 data protection rights.
To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.