Being privacy and online security advocates ourselves, we at Best Reviews highly value your privacy and the protection of your data. Thus, we created and abide by the following Privacy Policy, which details how your information is collected, managed, and protected. You indicate your consent or agreement to the terms of our Privacy Policy through your use of Best Reviews.
In accordance with GDPR the following are overall guiding principles for this Privacy Policy:
- Lawfulness, transparency, and fairness
- Purpose limitation
- Data minimization
- Data minimization
- Accuracy
- Storage limitation
- Confidentiality and integrity
We may alter this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use periodically to comply with any changes in regulations or to correspond with changes made to Best Reviews for improving your user experience. Please check this policy regularly to stay up to date.
Information You Provide to Us
- User reviews and comments: When leaving a user review or comment we ask for your Name or Nickname (Required) and Email (Required). Your IP address is also logged and is solely used to eliminate any spam and duplicate comments. We may contact you through the provided email address to verify that you were actually the person who submitted the user review or comment. You may choose to have this provided information stored in your browser to make it more convenient to comment in the future.
- Newsletter subscription: You can subscribe to our newsletter by entering your email address. Your email address will be securely transferred and stored with our third-party email marketing service provider AWeber.
- Contact: When contacting us through our contact form or via other means to inquire about our services, ask for support, or inquire about job and business opportunities, we may keep the information you provided to us for our own purposes only.
Information That Is Automatically or Passively Collected
Best Reviews and its service providers may collect data about you to further improve our services and customize your experience. This includes:
- Cookies: Small text files placed on your computer when visiting a website.
- Web server logs: A file with website activity data to distinguish visitors.
- Tracking pixels: Small electronic tags to anonymously provide usage information for advertising purposes.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Best Reviews and its service providers work with the following cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary in order to enjoy a pleasant, user-friendly experience using Best Reviews and cannot be switched off on our systems. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of our website will then not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Description | Provider | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPSI | Identify visit session. | StackPath | Session |
| spcsrf | Prevent cross-website request forgery. | StackPath | 1 day |
| PRLST | Detect spam, improve site security. | StackPath | Session |
| UTGv2 | Identify behavior on website. | StackPath | 1 year |
| adOtr | Identify behavior on website. | StackPath | Session |
Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visitor numbers and anonymously collect website usage data that helps us improve our website.
| Cookie | Description | Provider | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Keep track of site usage for analytical use. | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Analyze visit numbers and paths. | Google Analytics | 1 day |
| _gat | Throttle request rates. | Google Analytics | 1 minute |
| __utma | Track visit frequency and time. | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| __utmb | Register a timestamp of the start of visits. | Google Analytics | 1 day |
| __utc | Register a timestamp of the end of visits. | Google Analytics | Session |
| __utmt | Throttle the speed of server requests. | Google Analytics | 1 day |
| __utmz | Track the visit path to the website. | Google Analytics | 6 months |
Functionality Cookies
These cookies help us to personalize your experience using our website.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies set by us or our advertising partners allow us to customize your experience when using our website.
| Cookie | Description | Provider | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | Check whether a browser supports cookies. | DoubleClick | 15 minutes |
| MUID | User tracking by synchronizing ID. | Bing | 1 year |
| _fbp | Deliver advertisements when on Facebook platforms. | 2 months | |
| fr | Show relevant advertisements, track behavior through pixels and social plugins. | 2 months |
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by social media services added to Best Reviews that allow you to share our content with your network and friends.
By using our website without changing the cookie preferences in your browser you express your consent in understanding how we use cookies in accordance with our policies. We advise you to learn more about the use of cookies and how to change the cookie settings of your browser(s).
Advertising and Tailored Content
Content and advertising on Best Reviews may be tailored through the use of cookies and third-party technology. Our website contains hypertext links and other references to advertisers and other websites. When leaving our website through any of these we have no control over the information any third parties may be collecting on you.
Content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, widgets, PDFs, images, etc.) that behaves in the exact same way as if you were to visit it on another website. These third parties may collect data about you to tailor this content and improve your user experience.
Third-party service providers and other affiliated and non-affiliated third parties may place cookies or use other tracking technology to collect information in order to customize their information and products or services offered. We don’t govern the privacy policy and use of cookies or other tracking applied by these third parties.
Analytics and Tracking
We use third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics that help us analyze how Best Reviews is used. These third parties may use cookies, tracking pixels, and other electronic tags to collect and store information to allow us to optimize our website and improve your user experience.
Our third-party advertising partners (including but not limited to Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Facebook) let us serve tailored ads about Best Reviews to you on other websites and via other means. We may utilize cookies and tracking pixels to serve these ads to you on your computer, mobile device, and other devices. We don’t govern the privacy policies that apply to the tracking technologies used by these partners. You can opt out of Google Analytics and Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Facebook.
Social Media and Other Content Networks
When you choose to follow Best Reviews on social media we may receive information on you including your name, email address, and any content related to Best Reviews that you shared. We do so under the terms of use of these third parties and advise you to check on their privacy policies and terms of use for more information on which details are collected and how to change this information and your privacy settings.
Protection of Your Data
Your safety and the protection of your data is a priority with Best Reviews. We use SSL (HTTPS) across Best Reviews to encrypt any information transmitted between you and our website. All collected information is stored on U.S.-based secure servers managed by a third-party hosting provider. We are committed to making sure our website and all used technologies meet the latest security and safety standards to warrant a safe and secure user experience.
Information From Children
Our content and services aren’t aimed at children, and as such we do not intend to collect any personal information from children. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take the required steps to remove such data. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without an adult’s consent, we kindly ask you to contact us regarding this.
Your Rights Over Your Data
You can request us to erase any personal data we hold about you at any time. This does not include information that we are required to keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes. Through your newsletter subscription settings, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter database at any time. Upon your request we can provide you with an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can contact us if you wish to amend your information or restrict the processing of your data.
Data Retention
We encrypt and store any provided or generated information only for as long as is necessary and for the provisioned purpose only. We will retain your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligations we may be required to meet or to resolve disputes. For an additional time, backups and copies needed to guarantee the continuity of our website may still contain this information. Information in relation to conducting business with Best Reviews and other data in the framework of trade and tax legislation may be stored for up to 10 years. Personal details stored to inform you about content and service updates related to Best Reviews will be kept until you notify us you no longer wish to receive these updates.
Contacting Our Data Protection Officer
You can contact our Data Protection Officer with any questions, feedback, or doubts you may have regarding our Privacy Policy:
Best Reviews
Attn: Data Protection Officer
clovio Unipessoal LDA
Rua do Sobreiro 10
2500-431 Coto
Leiria
Portugal
info@bestreviews.net
Last updated: 11 June 2021