This Privacy Policy describes how reviewsmir.com (the “Website”) collects, uses, and shares personal information of users of this Website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws, including 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:
- Information You Provide Directly: This includes information you provide when you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or participate in any interactive features of the Website. This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Automatically Collected Information: When you access and use the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. We collect this information through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies (explained in more detail below). This data helps us understand how visitors use our website and improve its functionality.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
We use this information to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve the Website.
- Respond to your inquiries and requests.
- Personalize your experience on the Website.
- Send you newsletters and other marketing communications (if you have opted in to receive them). You may opt-out of receiving these communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the emails.
- Analyze Website usage and trends.
- Prevent fraud and abuse.
- Comply with legal obligations.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to collect information about your browsing activity on the Website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device by your web browser. Web beacons are small graphic images (typically invisible) that are embedded in web pages and emails.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Website to function properly. They allow you to navigate the Website and use its features.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us improve the Website’s performance.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember your preferences, such as your language or region. This allows us to provide you with a more personalized experience.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies may be placed by us or by third-party advertising partners.
You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of the Website. You can also opt-out of certain types of advertising cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out page.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
reviewsmir.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.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
We work with third-party advertising partners to display advertisements on the Website. These advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your browsing activity in order to serve you with more relevant advertisements. We do not have access to or control over the cookies and web beacons used by these advertising partners.
The privacy policies of our advertising partners are available on their respective websites. We encourage you to review these privacy policies to learn more about their data collection practices.
Currently, our primary advertising partners include:
- Google AdSense: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Amazon Associates (as mentioned above)
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
Under the CCPA and GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- 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 Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, particularly for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Restrict 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 it to another controller.
- Right to Non-Discrimination (CCPA): We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
- Right to Withdraw Consent (GDPR): If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
How long we retain your data: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address Here]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your data protection rights. The relevant supervisory authority for GDPR is the data protection authority in your country of residence. For CCPA, you can lodge a complaint with the California Attorney General.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on the Website and update the “Last Updated” date below. Your continued use of the Website after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.
Last Updated: [Insert Date Here]
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.