Welcome to ReviewHaru.com. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring transparency in our data practices. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing you with specific rights regarding your personal information.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information to provide and improve our services on ReviewHaru.com. This information can be broadly categorized into:
Personal Information
Personal information refers to any information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us. This includes:
- Contact Information: This includes your name, email address, and any other contact details you provide when subscribing to our newsletter, leaving comments, or contacting us through our contact form.
- Account Information: If you choose to create an account on our website (currently not available, but may be implemented in the future), we may collect your username, password, and profile information.
- Comments and Feedback: We collect any comments, feedback, or reviews you submit on our website. This information may be publicly visible depending on the context.
- Communications: We retain records of any communications you have with us, including emails, contact form submissions, and social media interactions.
Non-Personal Information
Non-personal information is data that cannot be directly linked to your identity. We collect this information automatically as you interact with our website. This includes:
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information when you access our website, including your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps, and clickstream data.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website, including the device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
- Usage Data: We track how you use our website, including the pages you visit, the links you click, the content you view, and the duration of your sessions.
- Aggregated Data: We may aggregate non-personal information to create statistical data about our website users. This data does not identify individual users.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to enhance your experience on ReviewHaru.com and to gather information about website traffic and usage patterns.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide website owners with information about how their website is being used. We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. They enable you to navigate the website and use its features.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze website traffic and usage patterns. We use this information to improve our website and to understand how users interact with our content. We use tools like Google Analytics, which uses cookies to track website usage.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertising based on your browsing history and interests. We may use third-party advertising networks that use cookies to track your online activity across different websites.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember your preferences and settings, such as your language preferences.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can choose to accept or reject cookies, or to be notified when a cookie is being sent. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Web Beacons
Web beacons are small electronic images (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) that are used to track website traffic and user behavior. We may use web beacons in our emails to track whether you have opened the email and clicked on any links.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewHaru.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 earn a small commission. This commission helps us to maintain and improve our website.
We are committed to providing honest and unbiased reviews of products and services. Our participation in the Amazon Associates Program does not influence our editorial content or the recommendations we make. We only recommend products and services that we believe are of high quality and that are relevant to our audience.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
ReviewHaru.com uses 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.
Each of these advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for their website. You may consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. ReviewHaru.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Here are links to the privacy policies of some of our advertising partners:
- Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ
This list may not be exhaustive and may change from time to time.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
As a user of ReviewHaru.com, you have certain rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 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 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: 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.
GDPR Rights (European Union Residents)
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal information and to receive a copy of it.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase 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.
- 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 it to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, including processing 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.
Exercising Your Rights
To exercise your CCPA or GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.
We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. If you are making a request on behalf of another person, we may require proof that you are authorized to do so.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:
- Using encryption to protect sensitive data.
- Implementing access controls to restrict access to personal information.
- Regularly monitoring our systems for security vulnerabilities.
- Training our employees on data privacy and security best practices.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
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 bottom of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our data practices.
Last Updated: [Insert Date]