This Privacy Policy explains how Official Web Review (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit officialweb.reviews (the “Site”). We are committed to handling your information transparently and in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
In short: We do not sell your personal information. We do not process payments and never see your card details. We use cookies and click identifiers to understand which advertisements bring readers to our articles.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide
If you contact us by email, we receive your email address and whatever information you choose to include in your message. We use it solely to respond to you.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, our servers and third-party tools may automatically collect:
- IP address and approximate geographic region (country/city level);
- browser type, operating system, device type, and screen dimensions;
- referring URL, pages visited, time on page, and scroll or click activity;
- advertising click identifiers and campaign parameters, such as
gclid,wbraid,gbraid,fbclid,click_id,sub_id, andutm_*values appended to the URL when you arrive from an ad.
2. How We Use Information
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Operating and securing the Site | Legitimate interests |
| Measuring which pages and articles are read | Consent (analytics cookies) |
| Attributing referrals and measuring advertising performance | Consent (marketing cookies) |
| Responding to enquiries you send us | Legitimate interests |
| Complying with legal obligations | Legal obligation |
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device. The Site uses:
- Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Site to function and to remember your cookie preferences. These cannot be disabled.
- Analytics cookies — help us understand aggregate readership and page performance.
- Advertising and attribution cookies — set by us or by our advertising partners to record that a visit or a click originated from a specific campaign, so that referrals can be correctly attributed.
You can manage or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect Site functionality.
4. Third-Party Services
We rely on third-party providers who may process data on our behalf or as independent controllers, including analytics and click-tracking services, our website host and content delivery network, and advertising platforms such as Google and Meta. When you click a link and leave our Site, the destination merchant’s own privacy policy applies. We do not control those merchants and are not responsible for their data practices.
5. Payments
We do not sell products directly, do not process payments, and never collect or store payment card numbers, bank details, or billing addresses. All transactions occur on merchant websites governed by their own privacy policies and security standards.
6. Data Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may disclose information only: (a) to service providers acting on our instructions; (b) where required by law, regulation, subpoena, or court order; (c) to protect our rights, safety, or property; or (d) in connection with a business transfer such as a merger or acquisition.
7. Data Retention
We retain analytics and attribution data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, typically no longer than 26 months, after which it is deleted or aggregated. Email correspondence is retained for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and to meet record-keeping obligations.
8. International Transfers
Our service providers may store or process data in countries outside your own, including the United States. Where personal data of EEA or UK residents is transferred, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
9. Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- request access to the personal information we hold about you;
- request correction or deletion of that information;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- withdraw consent for analytics or advertising cookies at any time;
- request portability of information you provided to us;
- lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
California residents may additionally request disclosure of the categories of personal information collected and may opt out of any “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. We do not sell personal information.
To exercise any of these rights, write to contact@officialweb.reviews. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.
10. Children
The Site is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16 years of age. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
11. Security
We use HTTPS encryption and take reasonable technical and organisational measures to safeguard information. However, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is always posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
13. Contact
For any privacy-related question or request, contact contact@officialweb.reviews.