This Privacy Policy describes how ReviewKari.com (hereinafter “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website, ReviewKari.com (the “Site”). 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). This policy outlines your rights regarding your personal data and how we safeguard it.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, participate in surveys, or contact us through our contact form.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our Site. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. This data is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements around the Site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Site, including the device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
- Location Data: We may collect general location data based on your IP address. This information is used to understand the geographic distribution of our users.
- 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.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and web beacons to enhance your experience on our Site. 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 are used to track your navigation through our Site.
- Types of Cookies We Use:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Site. They allow you to navigate the Site and use its features.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Site, such as which pages you visit most often. This data is used to improve the performance of our Site.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Site 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 are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about website traffic. This data is used to analyze trends, administer the site, and track users’ movements around the site. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Managing Cookies: You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our Site.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewKari.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 we may earn a commission when you click on links to Amazon.com and make a purchase. These links are provided as a service to our users and help support the operation of our Site.
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Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. 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. Please 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.
- Google AdSense: Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
- Other Ad Networks: We may work with other advertising networks that have their own privacy policies. It is recommended to review their policies directly for details on data collection and usage.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
As a user of ReviewKari.com, you have certain rights under the CCPA and GDPR regarding your personal data:
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:
- 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 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, we do not currently sell your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- 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 delete 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.
- 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 for direct marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation.
- 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.
Exercising Your Rights: 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 need to verify your identity before processing your request.
Data Retention: We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Data Security: We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, firewalls, and secure server infrastructure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes to this Privacy Policy: We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us: If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address Here].