Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how ReviewMyERC.com (the “Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information when you use our 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). This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our Website, regardless of their location.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information from and about you, including:

  • Personal Information: This includes information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, email address, and any information you provide when you create an account, submit a review, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter. We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us.
  • Usage Data: This includes information about how you access and use our Website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. This information is collected automatically through cookies and other tracking technologies.
  • Review Content: Any reviews, comments, or other content that you submit to our Website will be collected and publicly displayed. Please be mindful of the information you include in your reviews, as it will be visible to other users.
  • 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. This information helps us optimize our Website for different devices and improve your user experience.
  • Location Data: We may collect location data if you enable location services on your device and grant our Website permission to access your location. We use this information to personalize your experience and provide location-based content. You can disable location services at any time through your device settings.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • Providing and Improving Our Services: We use your information to operate, maintain, and improve our Website, personalize your experience, and provide customer support.
  • Communicating with You: We use your information to respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent), and provide you with updates about our Website.
  • Analyzing Website Usage: We use your information to analyze trends, track user behavior, and gather demographic information. This helps us understand how users interact with our Website and identify areas for improvement.
  • Preventing Fraud and Abuse: We use your information to detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, security breaches, and other harmful activities.
  • Complying with Legal Obligations: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

Cookies & Web Beacons

We use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your browsing behavior and personalize your experience. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. Web beacons are small electronic images that are used to track your activity on a website.

We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a longer period of time.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Website and enable you to use its essential features, such as logging in to your account.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us improve the performance of our Website.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember your preferences, such as your language settings.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertisements to you based on your browsing behavior.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can choose to block all cookies, or you can choose to block only certain types of cookies. Please note that blocking cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our Website.

Amazon Associates Program Disclosure

ReviewMyERC.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 may use third-party advertising partners to display advertisements on our Website. These advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your browsing behavior in order to deliver targeted advertisements to you.

We do not have control over the privacy policies of our advertising partners. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these partners to learn more about their data collection practices.

Some of our advertising partners include, but are not limited to:

CCPA & GDPR Rights

If you are a resident of California or the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain rights under the CCPA and GDPR, respectively, regarding your personal information.

CCPA Rights

The CCPA grants California residents 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 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.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within 45 days.

GDPR Rights

The GDPR grants EEA residents the following rights:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to your personal information.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
  • 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 that data 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.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have violated your GDPR rights.

To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information 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. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

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 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.

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.