PRIVACY POLICY

1. Information We Collect

You do not need to create an account or provide your name or email address to browse Comparigon. If you contact us, we may receive your email address, message, and any information you voluntarily provide. Our hosting, security, analytics, advertising, or affiliate providers may also process technical information such as an IP address, browser or device details, approximate location, referring page, timestamps, cookie identifiers, and interactions with content or links when those services are enabled.

2. Usage Data and Cookies

• Usage Data: We may use basic traffic, performance, security, and analytics information to operate the website, understand which content is useful, prevent abuse, and improve our services. Depending on the service involved, technical identifiers or IP addresses may qualify as personal information under applicable law.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: Comparigon and enabled service providers may use cookies, local storage, pixels, or comparable technologies for essential functionality, analytics, advertising, fraud prevention, or affiliate attribution. You can manage cookies through your browser and, when available, through our consent or privacy controls. Restricting certain technologies may affect related features.
• Consent: Where applicable law requires permission for non-essential cookies, personalized advertising, or similar processing, those services should operate only after the required consent has been obtained. You may withdraw or change an available consent choice at any time.

3. Advertising, Affiliate Links, and Third Parties

• Google AdSense and Advertising: If advertising is enabled, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your previous visits to Comparigon or other websites. Google's advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to deliver personalized advertisements, subject to applicable consent requirements. Learn more in Google's Privacy Policy.
• Advertising Choices: You can manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google My Ad Center, the Network Advertising Initiative, or the Digital Advertising Alliance. These choices may depend on your browser, device, location, and the participating provider.
• Affiliate Links: Comparigon may participate in affiliate or referral programs operated by Amazon, Shopee, TikTok Shop, or other merchants. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through identified affiliate links, generally at no additional cost to you. Merchants or affiliate networks may use referral parameters, cookies, or similar technologies to attribute a purchase. The merchant handles checkout, payment, shipping, returns, and its own privacy practices; Comparigon does not process your order or payment details.
• Amazon Associates Disclosure: When Amazon Associates links are present: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
• Third-Party Websites: External advertisements, merchants, references, and affiliate links lead to services we do not control. Their own terms and privacy policies apply, so please review them before sharing information or completing a purchase.

4. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information and maintain the security of the website. However, no website, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. Third-party providers remain responsible for the information they process under their own policies.

5. Children's Privacy

Comparigon is not directed to children under 13 or any higher minimum age required in the relevant jurisdiction, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from such children. If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided personal information to us, please contact [email protected] so we can review the request and take appropriate action.

6. International Operations, GDPR, and UK GDPR Rights

Comparigon operates from the Philippines, and our hosting or service providers may process information in other countries. Where cross-border transfers or particular privacy protections apply, we aim to use appropriate safeguards required by applicable law.

Depending on your location and applicable law, including in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or request portability of personal information, and to withdraw consent where processing relies on it. You may contact us to submit a request or contact your local data protection authority. If personalized advertising is offered in a region requiring a compliant consent mechanism, the applicable consent requirements must be satisfied before those ads are served.

7. California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

Where California privacy laws apply, residents may have rights to know, access, correct, or delete personal information and to opt out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising. Some advertising technologies may qualify as sharing even when money is not exchanged. Applicable requests may be sent to our contact address, and advertising preferences can also be managed using the choices described in Section 3.

8. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Browser privacy signals, including “Do Not Track,” are not implemented consistently across services. We respond to applicable opt-out preference signals where required by law and technically supported, and you may also use browser settings or the advertising controls listed above.

9. Data Retention

We retain correspondence and other information only for as long as reasonably needed to answer inquiries, operate and secure the website, resolve disputes, or meet legal obligations. Advertising, analytics, hosting, and affiliate providers maintain their own retention practices under their respective policies.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions, privacy requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact [email protected].