At ReviewMyDC.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website. We adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to provide you with transparency and control over your personal information.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information to improve your experience on ReviewMyDC.com and provide you with relevant content. This information includes:
- Log Files: Like many websites, ReviewMyDC.com utilizes log files. These files log visitors to the site – a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used 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: ReviewMyDC.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
- Web Beacons: We also use web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) on our site and in our email communications. These are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages. Web beacons allow us to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our site to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, and to improve site performance.
- Personal Information You Provide: We may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through our website. This information is used to respond to your inquiries, provide you with the requested services, and improve your overall experience on ReviewMyDC.com.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on ReviewMyDC.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to ReviewMyDC.com 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 – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Amazon Associates Program
ReviewMyDC.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As part of this program, Amazon tracks your browsing activity on our site and uses cookies to identify you as having come to Amazon through our referral. This allows us to earn a commission on any purchases you make on Amazon after clicking on a link from our site. Amazon’s privacy policy applies to your activity on Amazon.com.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
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. ReviewMyDC.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on ReviewMyDC.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
Third Party Privacy Policies
ReviewMyDC.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can find a comprehensive listing of these Privacy Policies and their links here: [Insert Link to Page with Partner Privacy Policies – Example: Contact Us Page or a Dedicated “Partners” Page].
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to:
- Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
- Delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. ReviewMyDC.com does not sell your personal information. Therefore, there is no need to opt-out. However, as part of the Amazon Associates program and the use of third party advertising, data is shared. As such, users can disable cookies to prevent this tracking (see above).
- Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within 45 days.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under GDPR. ReviewMyDC.com aims to take all reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.
You have the following rights:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
- 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, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- 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, under certain conditions.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within one month.
Children’s Information
ReviewMyDC.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.