Welcome to ReviewIowa.com. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information when you visit our website. By using ReviewIowa.com, you consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy is designed to comply with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Information We Collect
We collect information in several ways, including:
Information You Provide Directly
We collect information you voluntarily provide to us. This may include:
- Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, and any other information you provide when you contact us through our website. This is primarily collected when you use our contact form or subscribe to our newsletter.
- Comments and Reviews: If you post comments or reviews on our website, we collect the information you provide, including your username (if applicable) and the content of your comments. Please be aware that any information you post in a public area of our website can be read, collected, and used by anyone.
- Account Information: While ReviewIowa.com currently does not support account creation, if we implement such functionality in the future, we will collect the information necessary to create and maintain your account, such as username, password, and profile information.
- Subscription Information: When you subscribe to a newsletter or other promotional materials, we collect your email address and any other information relevant to your subscription.
Information We Collect Automatically
When you visit ReviewIowa.com, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity, including:
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information created by your use of our website. This data may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device information (device type, unique device identifiers), pages visited, links clicked, and the dates/times of your visits.
- Usage Information: We collect data about how you use our website, such as the features you use, the links you click, and the time you spend on different pages.
- Location Data: We may collect general location information derived from your IP address.
Cookies & Web Beacons
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on ReviewIowa.com.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. We use this information to improve the performance of our website.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These are set by third-party advertising networks.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, but doing so may affect your ability to access certain features of our website. To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, please visit All About Cookies.
Web Beacons
We may also use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs or pixel tags) on our website and in our email communications. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. We use web beacons to:
- Track user activity on our website.
- Measure the effectiveness of our email campaigns.
- Gather statistical data about website usage.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewIowa.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. This means that when you click on links to Amazon.com and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
ReviewIowa.com works with various advertising partners to display advertisements on our website. These advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to our website and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ReviewIowa.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
ReviewIowa.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective 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. ReviewIowa.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Some of our advertising partners include Google AdSense. You can review Google’s privacy policy and opt-out options at Google AdSense Privacy Policy.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
We are committed to protecting your privacy rights under both the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
CCPA Rights (California Residents)
Under the CCPA, California residents have 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. ReviewIowa.com does not currently sell your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
GDPR Rights (EU Residents)
Under the GDPR, individuals in the European Union have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to access your personal data and receive information about how we are using it.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to have inaccurate personal data rectified.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to have your personal data erased, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data 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 data in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any of your CCPA or GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Here]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law. To protect your privacy, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the effective date. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.