Privacy policy

This policy explains what personal data ReviewQuorum collects, why, how long we keep it and the choices you have. ReviewQuorum is written in English for readers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area and elsewhere outside Brazil.

Who is responsible for your data

ReviewQuorum is operated by Adwilson Ferreira Fernandes, an individual based in Brazil, who is the controller of the personal data described here.

Postal address: Adwilson Ferreira Fernandes, Rua Carimbé, 420, Guarani, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31840-140, Brazil.
Email: contact@reviewquorum.com. You can also use the contact form.

What we collect and why

• Newsletter. Your email address, if you subscribe, to send the newsletter. Legal basis (EEA/UK): your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing.
• Contact form. Your name, email address and message, to answer you. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in replying to people who write to us, or steps you ask us to take.
• Site search. The words searched and how often, to learn which products readers want covered. We store only the search term and a counter, with nothing that identifies you.
• Clicks on retailer links. A click counter per offer, without personal data.
• Server logs. Standard technical data sent by your browser, such as IP address, browser type and the page requested, to keep the site secure and working. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in security.
• Advertising. Google may collect device identifiers, IP address and browsing data through cookies to serve and measure ads, as described in the Advertising section. Legal basis (EEA/UK): your consent.

We do not ask for sensitive information, and we do not have user accounts for readers.

Cookies and similar technologies

• reviewquorum-session (strictly necessary): keeps your session and protects forms; expires after 2 hours of inactivity.
• XSRF-TOKEN (strictly necessary): security token for forms; same duration as the session.
• sc-theme (browser storage, functional): remembers light or dark theme.
• sc-consent (browser storage, necessary): remembers your cookie choice.
• Google advertising cookies: set and read by Google to serve and measure ads, managed through Google's consent messages (below).

In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google asks for your choice before using advertising cookies. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time with the Privacy & cookie settings link at the bottom of every page, and you can delete cookies in your browser settings.

Advertising

This site shows ads served by Google AdSense and, in some cases, by the Infolinks advertising network.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info.
• Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Ads never influence our scores or verdicts; see the affiliate disclosure for how the site makes money.

Affiliate links

Some links to retailers, such as Amazon, are affiliate links. When you click one, you leave ReviewQuorum and the retailer may set its own cookies to attribute a purchase to us. We do not receive your name, address or payment details from retailers. Their privacy policies apply on their sites.

Who we share data with

• Hosting: our servers are provided by Hostman and located in New York, United States.
• Advertising: Google, as described above, and Infolinks, which may also show ads on this site and use cookies and similar technologies to do so (see Infolinks' privacy policy).
• Email delivery: Resend, Inc. (United States), which sends our emails, such as contact notifications and newsletters.
• Legal requests: authorities, when the law requires it.

We do not sell personal data for money. Some US state laws treat the use of advertising cookies as a "sale" or "sharing" of personal data; see the US section below for how to opt out.

International transfers

ReviewQuorum is operated from Brazil, and some of our service providers process personal data in the United States and other countries. Personal data may therefore be processed outside the country in which you are located.

For individuals in the European Economic Area, Brazil is recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data. Where personal data subject to the GDPR is transferred to a service provider in a country that is not covered by an applicable adequacy decision, we rely, as appropriate, on an approved transfer mechanism such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework where the recipient is eligible and certified.

For individuals in the United Kingdom, where a restricted transfer requires safeguards under UK data protection law, we rely, as appropriate, on applicable adequacy regulations, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for eligible certified recipients, or contractual safeguards recognized under UK law.

You may contact us for more information about the safeguards applicable to our international transfers.

How long we keep data

• Server logs: 14 days.
• Session cookie and security token: 2 hours of inactivity.
• Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
• Contact messages: 12 months, or earlier if you ask us to delete them.
• Search terms and click counters: kept in aggregate; they contain no personal data.

Your rights in the EEA and the UK

You have the right to access your data, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, to data portability and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting earlier processing. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority: in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office; in the EEA, the authority of the country where you live or work.

Your rights in U.S. states

Depending on where you live and whether the applicable legal thresholds are met, U.S. state privacy laws may give you rights regarding your personal information, including rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of certain personal information, and to opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising or profiling.

Where applicable law requires us to recognize an opt-out preference signal, we honor supported signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC) as a request to opt out of the applicable sale, sharing or targeted advertising for that browser or device.

You may also use the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" or privacy choices link available on the site, where applicable, or contact us to exercise a privacy right. We will not discriminate against you for exercising rights provided by applicable law.

How to use your rights

Email contact@reviewquorum.com or write to us through the contact form. We may need to confirm your identity before acting, and we will answer within the period the law gives us (one month under the GDPR, 45 days under California law).

Children

ReviewQuorum is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Security

The site uses HTTPS, the admin area is restricted to editors, and access to the servers is limited. No system is completely secure, but we work to protect the data we hold.

Changes to this policy

We will update the date at the top of this page when the policy changes, and explain material changes on this page.