Welcome to ReviewRatr.com! We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing you with transparency and control over your personal data.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can directly identify you, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you register, subscribe to our newsletter, post comments, or contact us through our website.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our website. This includes your IP address, browser type, referring website, pages you visited, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience by remembering your preferences and settings. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our website, but your ability to use some features or areas of our website may be limited.
- Comments and Reviews: When you post comments or reviews on our website, the information contained in your comments or reviews will be visible to other users. Please be mindful of the information you choose to share in these public areas.
We collect this information to:
- Provide and maintain our website.
- Notify you about changes to our website.
- Allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so.
- Provide customer support.
- Gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website.
- Monitor the usage of our website.
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
- Send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you (you can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time).
Cookies & Web Beacons
Like many websites, ReviewRatr.com uses cookies and web beacons. These technologies help us understand user behavior, personalize content, and serve advertisements.
- Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period). We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic operation of our website. 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. This data helps us improve the performance and design of our website.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your choices and provide enhanced features. For example, we may use these cookies to remember your language preferences or login information.
- 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 (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are small electronic images that are embedded in web pages and emails. We use web beacons to track user activity on our website and to measure the effectiveness of our email campaigns.
You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can typically find these settings in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser. Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewRatr.com participates 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. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that when you click on a link to Amazon.com from our website and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission. This helps support our website and allows us to continue providing valuable content to our users. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
ReviewRatr.com may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This information may include your IP address, browser type, referring website, pages you visited, and the time and date of your visit. These companies typically use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect this information. We do not have access to or control over these cookies or web beacons.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of our advertising partners for more information about their data collection practices. Some of our advertising partners may include:
- Google AdSense: Google Privacy Policy
- Other advertising networks.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ReviewRatr.com and 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 the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
ReviewRatr.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
As a user of ReviewRatr.com, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, as outlined in the CCPA and GDPR. These rights include:
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)
- 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 that 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 the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. However, ReviewRatr.com does not sell your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
- Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to receive a copy of that information.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- 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.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.
- 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.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address Here]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.