AcneSkinGuide.com Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for AcneSkinGuide.com
This privacy policy explains how AcneSkinGuide.com collects, uses, and shares information about you when you visit our website and use our online services related to acne skin care. Please read this policy carefully.
Information We Collect
We may collect various types of personal information that you directly provide, including:
- Contact details like your full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number when you create an account on our website, subscribe to our email newsletters about acne tips/products, or contact us with questions/feedback.
- Precise location data from your IP address which identifies your city/state, or GPS coordinates from your mobile device to serve you more locally relevant acne information and product recommendations.
- Any other details you submit through forms on our site like comments on articles, support requests, or responses to surveys about your skin concerns.
We also automatically collect certain technical data when you visit and use AcneSkinGuide.com through the use of server logs and web analytics tools:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address and general location data based on your IP
- Details about your device like the browser type/version, operating system, and device model
- Specific pages and acne content you view, time spent on the site, links clicked, and navigation patterns
- Topics and acne conditions that may interest you based on your browsing behavior
How We Use Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes related to our acne skin care content/community:
- Providing, maintaining, improving and personalizing our website content, products/services
- Processing any orders or transactions if you purchase acne products through our site
- Communicating with you directly via email newsletters/updates you’ve subscribed to
- Analyzing overall site usage data and trends to understand user needs and improve the experience
- Personalizing the acne content, recommendations, advertisements you see based on interests/location
- Detecting and preventing fraud, enforcing our policies, and complying with applicable laws
We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers that perform functions on our behalf related to:
- Website hosting, data analysis, and IT infrastructure
- Email delivery and marketing communications for our newsletters
- Processing payments and preventing fraudulent transactions
- Displaying advertisements across our site and advertising partner networks
- Other legal requirements like responding to subpoenas or court orders
Affiliate Marketing & Online Advertising
AcneSkinGuide.com participates in affiliate marketing programs with other companies, brands and acne product retailers. This means we may earn a commission if you make a qualifying purchase through one of our affiliate links. These affiliate links use tracking cookies to determine which website referrals resulted in a sale.
We also work with third-party online advertising companies like Google to display ads for acne products and skin care services across our website and others. These advertisements may be targeted to you based on data about your interests, demographics, location and online browsing behavior that is tracked and collected by cookies, pixels and other similar technologies.
Your Rights & Choices
You have certain rights regarding the personal information we collect about you related to acne skin care:
- You can access the data we have about you by submitting a request to contact@acneskinguide.com
- You can request correction of any inaccurate personal data we have about you
- You can request deletion of your personal data from our systems (subject to limitations)
- You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link
- You can set preferences in your web browser to limit or disable use of cookies and similar tracking technologies
To exercise any of these rights or ask questions about our data practices, please contact us at Contact@acneskinguide.com.
Data Security
We implement commercially reasonable security measures like encryption, access controls, and data minimization practices in an effort to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure or misuse. However, no method of data transmission or storage can be guaranteed as 100% secure.
Policy Updates
We may need to update this privacy policy periodically to remain compliant with relevant privacy laws and regulations, and to accurately reflect any updates to our data collection and use practices. We will post a prominent notice on our website to inform users of any material changes, but you should review this page regularly for the most current version of the policy.
Contact Us
If you have any other questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices related to acne skin care information, products and services, please contact our Data Protection Officer at: Contact@acneskinguide.com
