“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” provides you with various contentwebsites, with main focus on comparison content which includes comprehensive information, comparison tables and resources about various goods and services. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is an integrated part of our Terms of Use (“Terms”).
Definitions here in shall have the meaning assigned to them inthe Terms. This Privacy Policy governs the privacy practices of the Company and applies to users that access our websites or use our Services.
This Privacy Policy provides important and transparent disclosures on how or why we collect share and use our users’ data as required, among others, according to the EU General DataProtection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)where applicable.
In the event you are a California resident and the CCPA apply to you – please review our
CCPA Privacy Notice (/ccpa-privacy-notice/)
- If you sign up for any of our Services, we process your personal data in order toperform our contract with you;
- If we have a legitimate interest in processing data, such as for direct marketing oronline identifi ers when you access our website or Services.
- We will also process your personal data where you have provided us withconsent to do so.
We want to enable you to freely decide whether you wish to use our services or provideus with any information which may be required or obtained therefore, we encourage youto read this Privacy Policy carefully and use it to make informed decisions.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the form located in the footer of each page within our website.
- Data Collected And Purpose Of Use
- How We Collect The Data
- Cookies, Apis & Similar Tracking Technologies
- Third Party Content
- Sharing Data With Third Parties
- For How Long We Retain The Data We Collect
- Users’ Rights & Controls
- Opt-Out Right
- Security Of The Data
- Children Privacy And Data
- Transfer Of Data
- Do Not Track Disclosure
- Amendments
- Further Questions?
- Company’s Data Protection Officer
Data Collected and Purpose of Use
- Non-identifi able information which may be made available or gathered throughyour use of the Services. To clarify, we are not aware of your identity due to suchinformation ( “Non-Personal Data” ).
- Individually identifi able information, namely information that identifi es anindividual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual ( “Personal Data” ).
In addition, if we combine Personal Data with Non-Personal Data, the combined datawill be treated as Personal
Data for as long as it remains combined.
The table below details the types of data we collect and how we use it:
What type of data we collect?
In some cases, we may collect technical and aggregated data about you, and may be made available or gathered via the users’ use of the website and it is transmitted from the user’s, including: type of browsers; type of operating system; type of device; time and date you access the website and use the Services; users’ navigation and actions in the website; language preference; country level location. We use this data solely to provide and enhance our services and to enable operation of the website.
How do we use it?
We use this data solely to provide and enhance our services and to enable operation of the website.
If you voluntarily contact us whether through the “Contact Us” page in the website, by sending us an email, using our live chat, or any other request or notification, you may be required to provide us with certain information such as your name and email address.
We will process your contact details and contact history with us to provide you with the support youhave requested or response to your inquiry.
We will retain our contact history and correspondence, in the event we find it applicable (e.g., in the event of future claim, to provide you with support, or to improve our services).
If you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter you will be asked to provide us with your name and email address. You can unsubscribe at any moment through the “unsubscribe” link within the email or by contacting us directly.
We will use this information solely to provide you with the content you have requested. Note that, we use autoresponder services for email marketing.
If you voluntarily leave a comment on the website or submit a User Review you will be asked to provide us with your name and email address, or to connect through a social media account (i.e., Facebook, G+or Instagram). Such social network may provide us with access to certain information about you as stored therein (e.g. full name, e-mail and any other information which you made public). If we will decide to post your comment, it will be posted under the name you have provided or your social media profile. In addition, in the event you click the “notification” sign, we may send you an email notifying you other user have responded to your comment.
Note that, in the event the email you provide is associated with your Gravatar account, we will post your comment under your Gravatar profile picture.
We will use this information solely for the purposeof submitting your comment, for authentication purposes, or, if applicable in order to send you the follow up comments you have requested or entitlement for a Prize.
Note that, we recommend you do not disclose Personal Data through the content of your comment. This comment shall be publicly posted and we cannot control any third party’s
We will collect your Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses. Note that, while IP address is considered personally identifiable information in many jurisdictions (such as the EEA), there are some jurisdictions in which such data sets are not considered as Personal Data. Therefore, we treat such information as Personal Data, in accordance with applicable laws.
We use the IP in order to fulfill our legitimate interests to: maintain, protect and manage the website and Services; customize and improve our Service, as well as enhance your experience whileyou use our Services; in order to perform research, analytic and statistic regarding traffic flow and users’ interaction with our Services; in order to audit our affiliates, calculate payments and detect fraud, as well as detect and resolve security or technical issues in connection with the Services; We also may use IPs for remarketing purposes, as detailed in the “Cookies” section below.
We may, if applicable, receive certain personal data (e.g., name, phone number, e-mail, address etc.) if you voluntarily provide us with this information if you wish to be provided with a customized offer or you wish us to provide your details to an applicable service provider to contact you.
We use this information to perform our contract with you and provide you with services you have requested.
If you voluntarily contact an applicable service provider through the unique telephone numbers displayed on our websites you will be assigned with a unique caller ID.
If you voluntarily subscribe to receive Push Notifications on our behalf, we (directly or by our service providers) will process your IP address and approximate geographical location (country).
We will use this information solely for the purposeof sending you with the notifications you subscribed to receive. You may unsubscribe from receiving push notifications, at any time, through your standard browser settings.
If you wish to be our business partner, and voluntarily contact us through the applicable online form we make available, you will be requested to provide your name, company name, email, phone number and other details provided by you.
We will use this information in order to contact you and to examine the possibility of future collaboration.
Survey & Interviews: If you have registered to our survey, you will be initially requested to provide us your name, email, age and details regarding your shopping preferences. If you will participate in our survey relate interviews (by phone, video call or any other method), we might, subject to your consent, record our interview, and you may voluntarily provide us with additional information.
We will use this information internally, and solely for the purpose of evaluating your applicability to our survey, as well as in order to further develop, improve and enhance our website, Services and the way we offer them. We will also use your contact information in order to schedule the interview and send you the applicable gift card or coupon, etc.
How We Collect the Data
- Automatically , Through the use of cookies (as elaborated in the “Cookies”section below), and other similar tracking technologies when you interact withour website and Services; or
- When you voluntarily choose to provide us with information, i.e. when youcontact us, submit User Review, register to our Newsletter, etc. Whenevertechnically possible and required under applicable law, we will ask for yourconsent to collect your Personal Data and offer you the choice to opt-out.
When you access the website or use the Services, we may use “cookies” (or similar tracking technologies). The use of cookies is a standard industry-wide practice. A”cookie” is a small piece of information that a website assigns and stores on yourcomputer while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used
for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate betweenpages effi ciently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering yourpreferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help customize your experience.
You can find more information about cookies at:
www.allaboutcookies.org.
(https://allaboutcookies.org/)
- Essential, Functionality, Operation & Security Cookies. These cookies areessential for enabling user movement around the website, for the website tofunction properly, and for security purposes (i.e., used to authenticate users,prevent fraudulent use, and protect user data from unauthorized parties). Thiscategory of cookies either cannot be disabled, or if disabled, certain features ofthe Services may not work.
- Analytic, Measurement & Performance Cookies. These cookies are used tocollect information about how users use our website, in order to improve ourServices and the way we offer them, as well assess performance of the Contentand campaigns. These cookies enable us, for example, to assess the number ofusers who have viewed a certain article as well as their country of origin. Itenables our websites to remember information that changes the way it behavesor looks, such as your preferred language. Further, it enables to know if suchcontent is popular and to provide content of similar topics for our user. Wefurther use this information to compile reports.
- Preference, Targeting & Advertising Cookies. These cookies are used toadvertise across the internet and to display relevant ads tailored to users basedon the parts of the website they have (e.g., the cookie will indicate you havevisited a certain webpage and will show you ads relating to that webpage)
The specific cookies and APIs (ours and third party’s) we currently use (may differ in each website), purpose of use, their privacy policy and opt-out controls are set forth in the table below:
Cookie:
HSID, SID, SIDCC
Purpose:
Security
Privacy Policy & Opt-Out:
Google (AdWords, DoubleClick)
APISID, SAPISID, SSID, HSID,SID, PREF, IDE, NID,
1P_JAR.
Google Analytics
_ga
_gid
_gat_UA
_gaexp
Bing
MR, MUID
Facebook
fr
Analytic,
Measurement,
Targeting & Advertising
YouTube
GPS, IDE, PREF,VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC
New Relic
JSESSIONID
Measurement,
Performance & Preference
https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/browser/new-relic-browser/page-load-timing-resources/new-relic-cookies-used-browser
(https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/browser/new-relic-browser/page-loadtiming-resources/new-relic-cookiesused-browser)
https://newrelic.com/termsandconditions/cookie-policy
(https://newrelic.com/termsandcon
ditions/cookie-policy)
Hotjar
_hjIncludedInSample
ajs_anonymous_id
https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information)
https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy)
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy)
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy)
https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out)
(https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out)
Hubspot
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__hstc
__hssrc
__hssc
https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
(https://legal.hubspot.com/privacypolicy)
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/reports/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser
(https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/reports/whatcookies-does-hubspot-set-in-avisitor-s-browser)
(https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/reports/whatcookies-does-hubspot-set-in-avisitor-s-browser)
MixPanel
mp_6d7c50ad560e01715a871a117a2fbd90_mixpanel
mp_34b2c3939599013bd0c86fabf1ed8c70_mixpanel
https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/
(https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
Cloudflare
__cfduid
https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
(https://www.cloudfl are.com/privacypolicy/)
LiveChat Inc.- Chat ServicesProvider
https://www.livechatinc.com/legal/privacy-policy/
(https://www.livechatinc.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy_policy
(https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy_policy)
https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy_policy
(https://www.maxmind.com/en/privacy_policy)
Taboola
https://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy#privacy-policy
(https://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy#privacy-policy)
However, if you block or erase cookies some features of the Services may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited. Please see opt-out information under the “User Rights & Control” section below.
Third Party Content
Our Website may link to third party landing pages, registration pages or websites,whose privacy practices may
differ from ours. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such third parties,
and we cannot control the privacy practices enacted by such third parties.
Once you leave our website via a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party. Your information is governed by their
privacy statements
Sharing Data with Third Parties
We will not share your Personal Data with third parties, outside as specifically mentioned here in:
(i) user’s explicit consent
– we may disclose your Personal Data to third parties upon your explicit consent. Please note that once we share your information with third party, that information becomes subject to the other third party’s privacy practices;
(ii) policy enforcement
– we may disclose or share your PersonalData, solely to the extent needed to enforce our policies (including our policies and agreements) and to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims, as well as investigations of potential violations there of, including without limitations, investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrong doing, suspected fraud, security or technical issues;
(iii) third party rights
– we may share your information in order to prevent harm to the rights (including any legal rights), property (including intellectual property) or other or safety of our users or any applicable third party;
(iv) law enforcement
– we may disclose
or share your Personal Data, solely to the extent needed to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request (i.e., to comply with courts injunction, comply with tax authorities, etc.);
(v) affiliate company and corporate transaction
– we may disclose or share your Personal Data with our parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control (“Affiliated Companies”) solely if and when applicable or necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or in the event of a corporate transaction (e.g. sale of a substantial part of our business, merger, consolidation or asset sale). In the event of the above, our Affiliated Companies or acquiring company will assume the rights and obligations as described in this Policy;
(vi) identifiers
– we may disclose or share online identifiers collected by us (e.g., IP), for the purpose of operating our business and providing the Services, as well as to calculate payments and detect fraud, security or technical issues in
connection with the Service;
(vii) Service Providers
– we may disclose Personal Data to our service providers to perform requested services on our behalf. These entities are prohibited from using your Personal Data for any purposes other than providing us with requested services(e.g., email marketing services).
Not withstanding the above, may share aggregate or Non-Personal Data with our business partners and other third parties in any of the above circumstances, as well asfor any business operation and commercial use.
For How Long We Retain the Data We Collect
We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.
We retain the data we have collected for as long as needed to provide the Service, carry out our business
purpose and to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements, in accordance and compliance with applicable laws, or until an individual request us to delete its Personal Data, as detailed
below.
Users’ Rights & Controls
Individuals have the right to know what information we hold about them and, in some cases, to have such
information communicated to them. Individuals may also ask forour confirmation as to whether or not we process their Personal Data. Subject to the limitations in applicable law, individuals may also be entitled to obtain from us the Personal Data they have provided to us in a structured, commonly-used, and machine-readable format, and may have the right to transmit such Personal Data to another party.
The principal rights under applicable data protection law in relation to Personal Data areas follows (depending
on your jurisdiction): the right to access any information which is provided to us; the right to rectification;
the right to erasure; the right to restrict processing; the right to object to processing; the right to data
portability; the right to complain to a supervisory authority (in the event you are EEA resident); and the right
to withdraw consent (to the extent applicable). For more information, please review our Privacy Rights Policy.
We provide you with the ability to exercise certain choices and controls in connectionwith our treatment of your
Personal Data, depending on your relationship with us. If you wish to exercise any or all of the above rights,
please contact us.
Where we are not able to provide you with the information for which you have asked, we will endeavor to explain
the reasoning for this and inform you of your rights, including the right to complain to the supervisor
authority (in the event you are EEA resident). We reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify
your identity before we provide you with any such information in accordance with applicable law. In addition,
the process of locating and deleting the data may take up to one (1) month (following the receipt of the
validation proof we require) in accordance with applicable law.
Data privacy and related laws in your jurisdiction may provide you with different or additional rights related
to the data we collect from you, which may also apply.
Opt-Out right
- you may set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated withour Services, or to indicate when a cookie is being set, by adjusting the privacyand security settings of your web browser. Please refer to the support page of thebrowser you are using. In this regard, following are some links which you mayfi nd useful: Google Chrome (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en) ; FireFox; (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-websitepreferences) Internet Explorer; (https://support.microsoft.com/engb/ help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies) Safari; (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265) Edge; (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027947/windows-delete-cookies) Opera (https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/)
- you may opt-out directly from third party retargeting cookies or other ad-technology trackers through self-regulator services like the Network AdvertisingInitiative’s ( “NAI” ) website – NAI consumer opt-out page
- Preference, Targeting & Advertising Cookies. These cookies are used toadvertise across the internet and to display relevant ads tailored to users basedon the parts of the website they have (e.g., the cookie will indicate you havevisited a certain webpage and will show you ads relating to that webpage)
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the website or Service and your Personal Data.
We employ industry standard procedures and policies and implemented technical and administrative security measures to ensure the safety of our users’ Personal Data and prevent unauthorized access or use of any such information.
However, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and we cannot be responsible for the acts ofthose who gain unauthorized access or abuse our website or Service, and we make nowarranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.
We may adopt what we believe is appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security
measures to protect against unauthorized access to such data,and according to applicable law requirements.
If you feel that your privacy was treated not in accordance with our Privacy Policy, or if any person attempted to abuse our website or Service or acted in an in appropriate manner, please contact us directly using the contact form at the bottom of this page.
Children Privacy and Data
The Services are not intended for individuals under the age of eighteen (18), Accordingly, we do not use the
website to knowingly solicit data from or market tochildren as defined under applicable law (e.g. thirteen (13)
regarding US individuals and sixteen (16) regarding European Economic Area (“EEA”) individuals).
We request that such individuals do not provide Personal Data through our Services. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that children under theage of eighteen (18) are not using the website.
If you become aware or have any reasonto believe that a child has shared any information with us, please contact us using the form located in the footer of each page within our website and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our files.
Transfer Of Data
We may store or process your Personal Data in the EEA or in other countries. If you visit our website or use our
Services from locations outside of the EEA, please note that any information you provide to us through your use
of our website or Service may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country from which you accessed our website.
If you are a resident of the EEA we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your Personal Data receives an adequate level of data protection upon its transfer outside of the EEA. If you are a resident of a jurisdiction where transfer of your personal data requires your consent, then your consent to this Privacy Policy includes your express consent for such transfer of your data.
Do Not Track Disclosure
The website or our Services does not respond to Do Not Track signals. For more information about Do Not Track signals, please see:
http://www.allaboutdnt.com/ (https://allaboutdnt.com/)
Amendments
We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time, at our sole
discretion, so please re-visit this page frequently; Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective
immediately upon the display of the revised version.
The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted. If we do make any changes, the updated date at the top of the Privacy Policy will be reflected in the “Last Revised” heading. Your continued use of the website or our Services, followingthe display of such modified Privacy Policy, constitutes your acknowledgement and consent of such amendments and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.
In the event of a material change we will make best efforts to provide a written notification.
Note to California Residents: Not withstanding the above, this Policy will be reviewed and updated every 12 months, as required under the CCPA.
Further Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Contact Us form located in the footer of each page within our website.