Privacy Policy for Supplementcritique.com (Updated 9/17/2018)

Most people don’t read the privacy policy of a website, but it’s a pretty important aspect of whats going on “behind the scenes” when you visit a website.  At our website, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by our website and how it is used.

Ebooks

When you sign up for one of our free ebooks, your name and email is stored securely on our partner third party email autoresponder program called Aweber.  In order for us to send you the ebook, we require that you confirm your email address by clicking on the confirmation link in an email  Once you do, you are automatically enrolled in our newsletter follow up list, that of which we DO NOT sell to anyone, EVER!

These emails are used to inform you of the latest product updates, reviews, and information to help lead a more healthy lifestyle.

You can opt out of receiving these emails from us by simply clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email communication you receive from us.  Alternatively, you can contact us with a request to remove you from our email list.  We honor all removals within 24 hours of request.

Comments, Questions, and Reviews

When you leave a comment, question, or review on our site, we store your personal information.  This is simply the name and email you entered in at the time of posting the comment, question, or review.

In order to inform you of our response to your comment, question, or review, we will send you an email with our response.

You can opt out of receiving these emails at any time, and this data is not shared with anyone.

GDPR Compliance

The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:

    • To provide you with our written response to comments, questions, and review notifications.
    • To provide you with our free ebooks, downloads, and site resources.
    • To promote specific offers of new products and updated reviews.

Supplement Critique will NOT pass on your personal data to 3rd parties without first obtaining your consent.  The following parties will receive your personal data for the following purposes as part of the processing activities:

Aweber Inc. – Email auto-responder.
OptinMonster – Email auto-responder.

When you sign up for one of our ebooks, your email is stored by the above companies.  They store your information and allow us to communicate with you on a daily or weekly basis.

If you would like to opt-out of receiving messages from these companies, you can opt out using the link provided at the bottom of the email.

Alternatively, you can contact us at any time and we will remove your information from their system.

Log Files

Like many  — perhaps most –  other Web sites, our website makes use of log files. That’s partly for security, so we can identify any problems before they occur.  The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Our website does use cookies, which are basically a small piece of data that is sent from our site and stored on your web browser.  We do this to provide you with the most accurate and suitable content, and this data is not used in any way, shape, or form to collect your sensitive information, like social security number, credit card info, or even your home address.

Advertising

This website is partially funded through our generous sponsors and advertisers. We use as little advertising as we can, and — when it’s necessary — only to cover our hosting and maintenance expenses. We avoid advertising programs  with any privacy risks.  In fact, we avoid advertising, period.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our website.

.:: Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to our website and other sites on the Internet.

.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Ads that may appear at our website

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners may include Google Adsense, Commission Junction, Clickbank, Amazon, and other resources that offer useful products or links that seem to interest our website visitors.  (If we see a lack of interest, we discontinue the program.)

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on our website send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.   That’s used, in part, to identify which country you’re from, and which languages your ads could appear in.

Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

Our website has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. However, we urge you to disable cookies on your computer if this is a concern for you. That’s controlled in your browser, usually in the Options tab related to privacy, security, or general settings.

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.

Our website’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Here are links that can help you, if you want to reconfigure your browser.  If the links aren’t current, use the search form at the respective site and look for “cookies.”