Privacy Policy

Welcome to Reviews by Mia! This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit and use our website, reviewsbymia.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your data. This policy is designed to comply with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing transparency about your rights and how we handle your information.

Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:

  • Personal Information: This includes information that can identify you directly, 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.
  • Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our website. This may include the pages you visit, the links you click, the time you spend on each page, and the referring website.
  • Technical Data: We automatically collect certain technical data when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, and internet service provider. This information is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

We use this information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website.
  • To personalize your experience on our website.
  • To improve our website and develop new features.
  • To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending you newsletters and promotional materials (with your consent).
  • To analyze website usage and trends.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

Cookies & Web Beacons

We use cookies and web beacons to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. Web beacons are small electronic files that allow us to count users who have visited certain pages or accessed certain cookies.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website and enable you to use its features.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us improve our website’s performance.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences, such as your language or region.
  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can choose to disable cookies or to receive a notification when a cookie is being sent. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.

We may also use web beacons to track user activity on our website. Web beacons are typically embedded in web pages or emails and allow us to monitor user behavior. You can disable web beacons by disabling images in your email client.

Amazon Associates Program Disclosure

Reviews by Mia 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. This means that when you click on certain links on our website and make a purchase, we may earn a commission. This does not affect the price you pay for the product.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

We only recommend products that we genuinely believe will be of value to our readers. Our reviews are based on our own experiences and research, and we strive to provide honest and unbiased opinions.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

We may use third-party advertising companies to display ads on our website. These companies may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your visits to our website and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

We have no control over the cookies and web beacons that are used by these third-party advertising companies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these companies to learn more about their data collection practices.

Some of our advertising partners may include:

How to Opt-Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt-out of personalized advertising from many advertising partners by visiting the following websites:

CCPA & GDPR Rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

CCPA Rights (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not currently sell your personal information.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

GDPR Rights (EU Residents)

If you are a resident of the European Union, you have the following rights:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, including processing for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

[email protected]

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Last Updated: October 26, 2023