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Privacy Policy for WatchesReviewed

Last Updated: 1/1/2025

Introduction

At WatchesReviewed, your privacy is a priority. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, https://watchesreviewed.com, and use our services. This policy applies to WatchesReviewed and any associated entities ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to providing a safe and enjoyable online experience for all our users. Under applicable U.S. data protection laws, we have a legal duty to protect the personal information we collect from you.

Contact Information

Our Data Protection and Privacy Officer can be reached at the following:

  • Email: info at watchesreviewed.com

It would be helpful if you include your full name, your postal code, and details of the service you are using when contacting us.

What Data We Collect and How We Use It

Information You Provide to Us:

  • When you create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in surveys, contests, or post in our community forums, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number. This information is used to provide you with the specific services you have requested.
  • If you order products or services through our website, we will collect payment information to fulfill your order. In some cases, we may use or direct you to a third party who will collect this information.

Information We Collect Automatically:

  • We automatically collect certain technical and behavioral information about your use of our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used to maintain the quality of our services, for operation of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding website usage.
  • We may also collect information about how you interact with our site, such as the pages you view, how long you view them, and the links you click. This information helps us to improve our content and the products and services we offer.
  • We collect device-specific information such as device ID, device type, and approximate location when you browse the site. This may be used to build a profile of your interests and provide location-based services such as targeted advertising.

Content You Share With Us:

  • When you share content such as comments, photos, or videos on our website or social media, we may receive personal information about you.

Information from Other Sources:

  • We may receive information about you from other sources (for example, missing information about your postal or email addresses) and add it to the personal information we hold about you.
  • We may also receive data from business partners, Group companies and social media platforms. For example, when you visit one of our Facebook pages. Other information, such as inferred data and demographics data, may also be collected and used to match, combine and enrich profile information we hold on you.

How We Use Your Personal Information

  • To Provide Services: We use your personal information to operate our website and deliver the services you have requested.
  • To Improve Our Services: The data we collect helps us understand how users interact with our website, allowing us to improve our content, products, and services.
  • To Communicate with You:
    • We may use your information to send you newsletters, surveys, or information about new products or services.
    • We may contact you about your experience of a product or service we provide.
  • Direct Marketing: We use the information you provide us with, such as email, address, or phone number, to send you marketing communications, either based on your consent or where we have legitimate grounds to do so. You can update your marketing preferences at any time.
  • Personalization: We may use your browsing behavior to deliver customized content and advertising within our website.
  • Research: We may conduct research about your opinion of our current services or of potential new services.
  • Analytics and Reporting: We collect statistical and analytical data about your visits and activity on our sites to improve the way we deliver content and the products and services offered to you, and to report on our performance and to sell advertising.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: We will disclose your personal information if required by law or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, protect the rights or property of WatchesReviewed, or act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
  • Advertising: We may use your email in a hashed, unidentifiable form to help us understand your online behavior. This may be used for analytics and targeting. For use of your email for advertising purposes, see below.

Sharing Your Personal Information

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted partners who help us perform statistical analysis, send emails, or provide customer support. These third parties are prohibited from using your personal information for any other purpose and are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
  • Advertising Partners: We may share data with advertising partners to deliver relevant advertising to you. This may include sharing your email (in a hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, or information about your browser or operating system to create an online identification code for the purpose of recognizing you on your device. We may also use third-party network advertisers to serve ads on our website.
  • External Business Partners: We may contact you on behalf of external business partners about offerings that may be of interest to you. However, your personally identifiable information is not transferred to the third party.
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates for the purposes outlined in this policy.
  • Events: If you register for or attend an event, we may share your information with the sponsors of the event.
  • Legal and Regulatory Obligations: We may share your data to comply with legal obligations or to protect our rights or the rights of others.
  • Business Transfers: We may share your data with a purchaser if we sell any part of our business.
  • Aggregate Information: We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with advertisers and other organizations.
  • Social Media: We may share de-identified information with social media platforms for advertising purposes.
  • Data Matching: We may share information that we collect from you (for example, when you browse through our websites or use our mobile applications), such as your email (in hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, your mobile advertising ID or information about your browser or operating system, with our partners, and their group companies, who use this information to create an online identification code for the purpose of recognizing you on your device.

Use of Cookies

Our website may use cookies to personalize your online experience. Cookies are text files placed on your hard disk by a web page server.

  • Cookies help us to save you time by remembering your preferences and information on subsequent visits. For example, if you personalize our pages or register with our site, a cookie helps us recall your specific information.
  • You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline them. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our website.

Interest-Based Ads

When you use our website and enter your email address, we may share information with solution providers and its group companies. This may include your email (in hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, or information about your browser or operating system.

This data is shared with entities acting as “joint controllers” as applicable and defined in the GDPR.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information is used to create reports about the use of our website.

Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Data Security

  • We are committed to securing your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
  • When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
  • We limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

Your Rights

  • Right to Know/Access: You can request information about how we have collected and used your personal information.
  • Right to Correct: You can request correction of any inaccuracies in the personal information we collect from you.
  • Right to Delete: You can ask us to delete your personal information.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sales: You can opt out of the “sale” of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money. However, the term "sell" has a broader meaning under some US state laws. You can opt out by following the procedures below.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to access and obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
  • Non-Discrimination: You have the right to exercise these rights without being discriminated against.
  • Right to Opt out of Targeted Ads, or Profiling: You have the right to opt-out of the processing of your personal information for the purpose of targeted advertising, or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
  • Right to Appeal: If we refuse to take action on a request, you have the right to appeal.

How to Exercise Your Rights

  • To exercise your rights, please submit a request via email at info at watchesreviewed.com with the subject line "US Privacy Rights – [Your State] – [Your Request]."
  • If you do not wish for us or our online third-party partners to sell or share your personal information with others, click on the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in the footer of the relevant website. You can also toggle your cookies off in the cookie preference center.
  • For offline third-party sales, email us at info at watchesreviewed.com with the subject line “US Privacy Rights – [Your State] – opt-out of third-party sales.
  • Please provide sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to your request.

Response Time

We will respond to your request within 45 days. If we need more time (up to 90 days for complex requests) we will let you know.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Once that purpose has been fulfilled, we will securely delete that data or anonymize your information.

International Data Transfers

We operate a global business so your personal data may be processed in a country other than your country of residence. This may include processing by a service provider located outside your country or the EEA. By using our website you consent to the transfer, storage, and processing of your personal information outside your country of residence. If you do not want your information to be transferred in this way you should not use our website, applications, or services.

Protecting Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16 without parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at info at watchesreviewed.com

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any websites you visit.

We may monetize some of these links through the use of third-party affiliate programs. These affiliate links help pay the costs of producing our websites and ensure that the content is free to you. However, it doesn’t mean that we are in any way indebted to Amazon or any other company. Nor do they or any other company have any influence over editorial coverage, how we rate products, or whether they get a positive review.

Policy Changes

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed of any updates. We will endeavor to provide you with appropriate notice before material changes take effect.

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