Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 15, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to ReviewGudian ("we," "our," or "us"). ReviewGudian operates the website reviewgudian.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Service" or "Website"). This Privacy Policy governs your use of our Website and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of our Service.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service, accessible at reviewgudian.com/terms.

This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Service. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Service.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Name: When you submit a comment, fill out a contact form, or subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your first and last name.
• Email Address: We collect your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, submit a comment, or contact us through our contact form.
• Website URL: If you voluntarily provide a website URL when leaving a comment, we collect this information.
• Message Content: Any information you provide in contact form submissions, comments, or other communications with us.

2.2 Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as:

• Your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address)
• The pages of our Service that you visit
• The time and date of your visit
• The time spent on those pages
• The referring website or URL that led you to our Website
• The search terms you used to find our Website
• Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data
• Click-through data and interaction patterns on our Website

2.3 Device Information

When you access our Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

• Browser type and version (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
• Operating system (e.g., Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)
• Screen resolution and display settings
• Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• Language preferences
• Time zone setting and location

2.4 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. For detailed information about the cookies we use, please see Section 4 below.

3. How We Use Your Information

ReviewGudian uses the collected data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service: We use your information to operate the Website, deliver the content and features you request, and ensure the Website functions properly across different devices and browsers.
• To notify you about changes: We may use your email address to notify you about changes to our Service, including updates to this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, or other significant changes that affect your use of the Website.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features: When you choose to participate in interactive features of our Service, such as leaving comments on reviews, engaging in discussions, or submitting feedback, we use your information to facilitate these interactions.
• To provide customer support: We use your contact information to respond to your inquiries, troubleshoot problems, and provide assistance when you reach out to us.
• To gather analysis and valuable information to improve our Service: We analyze usage patterns, page views, click-through rates, and other metrics to understand how users interact with our Website, enabling us to improve content quality, site navigation, and overall user experience.
• To monitor the usage of our Service: We track and monitor usage of our Website for operational purposes, including identifying trends, detecting irregularities, and measuring the effectiveness of our content.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues: We use your information to identify and resolve bugs, security vulnerabilities, and other technical problems that may affect the performance or security of our Website.
• To send you newsletters and marketing communications: With your consent, we may use your email address to send you newsletters, promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any or all of these communications by following the unsubscribe link included in every email.

4. Cookies Policy

4.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

4.2 Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies on our Website:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas of the Website, and remembering your cookie consent preferences. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they cannot be disabled.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance. We may use services such as Google Analytics to collect and process this data.

Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners, including Google AdSense.

4.3 Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google, Inc., uses cookies to serve advertisements on our Website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet.

These cookies do not identify you personally. The information generated by cookies about your use of our Website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States or other countries. Google may use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

For more information about how Google collects and processes data, please review Google's Privacy Policy and Google's page on how it uses data when you use its partners' sites or apps.

4.4 How to Manage Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. The following links provide information on how to modify the cookies settings on some popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Website may not function properly.

5. Third-Party Advertising

5.1 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Website. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. Google AdSense uses the DoubleClick cookie and other technologies to serve ads that are relevant to you based on your browsing history and interests.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Website. Google's use of the DoubleClick DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. The DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google AdSense ads or participating in Google certified ad networks.

5.2 Opting Out of the DoubleClick DART Cookie

Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. You may also opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org.

5.3 Other Advertising Partners

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we recommend reviewing the 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.

6. Third-Party Links

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us, including but not limited to the software, apps, and services that we review. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. These links are provided solely for your convenience and information. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by ReviewGudian of the site or any association with its operators.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take immediate steps to remove that information from our servers.

In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that personal information from users less than 13 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 13, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information, including:

• Using secure HTTPS connections to encrypt data transmitted between your browser and our servers
• Regularly updating and patching our software and server infrastructure
• Restricting access to personal information to authorized personnel only
• Implementing firewalls and intrusion detection systems
• Conducting regular security assessments and audits

However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk, and we are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

9. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Specifically, we retain data as follows:

• Comment data: Comments and the associated personal data (name, email, website URL) are retained indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically, unless you request deletion.
• Contact form submissions: Contact form entries are retained for up to one (1) year for customer service purposes, after which they are deleted.
• Analytics data: Aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely, as it does not contain personally identifiable information.
• Cookie data: Cookie data is retained for the duration specified in the cookie, which varies by cookie type. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies may last from 30 days to 2 years.

10. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain data protection rights. ReviewGudian aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. If you wish to be informed about what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at [email protected].

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge a small fee for this service in certain circumstances.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete any information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions. This includes the right to request deletion of comments you have made on our Website.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. When processing is restricted, we may continue to store your data but will not process it further without your consent.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions. We will provide your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
• The right to object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. This includes the right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes, which we will comply with immediately upon receiving your request.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your personal data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

11. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Under the CCPA, California consumers have the following rights:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months, the categories of sources from which we collected your personal information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share your personal information.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, provide you a different level or quality of goods or services, or suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do not sell personal information to third parties. If this practice changes in the future, we will update this policy and provide you with an opt-out mechanism.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.

12. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate legal mechanisms for the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA that have not been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, including standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you, such as by posting a prominent notice on our Website or by sending you an email notification (if we have your email address).

Your continued use of our Website after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of the revised Privacy Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: reviewgudian.com
• Contact Page: reviewgudian.com/contact

We will make every effort to respond to your inquiry within 30 business days. For data protection related inquiries from EU residents, we will respond within 30 calendar days as required under GDPR.