Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Experstand (accessible at experstand.com). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your device.

A. Information You Provide to Us

  • • Contact Information: If you contact us via email, submit a form, or subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
  • • User Contributions: Comments, reviews, or feedback you choose to leave on our website.

B. Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your interaction with our content:

  • • Log and Usage Data: Diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device information, and pages viewed.
  • • Device Data: Information about the computer, phone, or tablet you use to access the site.
  • • Location Data: General location data derived from your IP address.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various business and commercial purposes, including:

  • • To Provide and Maintain our Website: Ensuring the site functions correctly across your devices.
  • • To Personalize Your Experience: Tailoring content, recommendations, and advertisements to your interests.
  • • For Affiliate Tracking and Commission Attribution: Tracking outgoing clicks to our partner websites to ensure we are credited for referrals.
  • • For Analytics: Understanding how users interact with our site to improve user experience and content quality.
  • • For Marketing and Advertising: Delivering targeted advertising, assessing campaign performance, and managing remarketing campaigns.
  • • To Comply with Legal Obligations: Preventing fraudulent activities and ensuring compliance with our Terms of Service.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

  • • Essential Cookies: Strictly necessary for the website to function.
  • • Analytics Cookies: Used to track website traffic and user behavior (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • • Advertising and Affiliate Cookies: Used to track referrals to our affiliate partners and to serve relevant advertisements to you on our site and across the internet.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of our website may not function properly.

5. Third-Party Disclosures and Affiliate Links

Experstand is a review and comparison platform. We participate in various affiliate marketing programs.

  • • Affiliate Partners: When you click on a link to a product or service we review, a cookie may be placed on your browser by an affiliate network to track your purchase and attribute a commission to us. We do not transfer your personal identifying information to these partners.
  • • Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
  • • Advertising Networks: Third-party advertising companies may collect information about your visits to our site or manage our advertising on other sites. These partners use cookies to collect non-personal data about your activities to provide you with targeted advertising based on your interests.

6. Data Retention and Security

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (UK), you have certain data protection rights:

  • • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • • The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
  • • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

8. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information:

  • • Right to Know: You can request disclosure of the specific pieces and categories of personal information we have collected about you.
  • • Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • • Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do not sell your personal information for monetary compensation. However, sharing data with advertising networks may be considered a "sale" under California law. You have the right to opt-out of this sharing.
  • • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately so we can remove such data from our servers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

  • • By email: contact@experstand.com
  • • By visiting our contact page: Contact Us