Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how reviewjoeyg.com (the “Website”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you access or use our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy also outlines your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Information We Collect

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

  • Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you directly, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily submit through contact forms, comments sections, or when subscribing to our newsletter.
  • Non-Personal Information: This includes information that does not directly identify you, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages you visited on our site, and the dates/times of your visits. We collect this information through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
  • Comments and User-Generated Content: If you post comments or other user-generated content on the Website, that information, along with your name (or chosen username) and timestamp, will be publicly visible.
  • Log Data: Our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) created by your use of the Website. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, and search terms.

We collect this information for the following purposes:

  • To personalize your experience on the Website.
  • To improve the Website and our services.
  • To analyze trends and user behavior.
  • To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending you newsletters (if you have subscribed).
  • To prevent fraud and abuse.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

Cookies & Web Beacons

We use cookies and web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to collect information about your browsing activity on the Website.

  • Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies to remember your preferences, track your browsing behavior, and personalize your experience. You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can choose to disable cookies, but doing so may affect your ability to use some features of the Website.
  • Web Beacons: Web beacons are small electronic images (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, or single-pixel gifs) that may be used in our emails or on our website. We use web beacons to track the open rates of our emails, to monitor website traffic, and to personalize your experience.

Specifically, we may use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, such as which pages you visit most often. This information helps us to improve the Website’s performance.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember your preferences, such as your language or region.
  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may also allow third-party advertising partners to use cookies and web beacons on our site for advertising purposes.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect your ability to use some features of the Website.

Amazon Associates Program Disclosure

reviewjoeyg.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 an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that when you click on a link to Amazon.com from our Website and make a purchase, we may receive a commission. This commission helps us to maintain and improve the Website. We are committed to providing honest and unbiased reviews of products, regardless of whether we receive a commission. Our reviews are based on our own experiences and research.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

Each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site. You may 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. reviewjoeyg.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Here are links to some common advertising partners’ privacy policies (this is not exhaustive and may change over time):

Third-Party Advertising Opt-Out

You can opt out of targeted advertising from many ad networks and exchanges through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Consumer Choice Page: http://optout.aboutads.info/. You can also opt out of targeted advertising from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) on their website: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

CCPA & GDPR Rights

If you are a resident of California (under the CCPA) or the European Economic Area (EEA) (under the GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:

CCPA Rights (California Residents)

  • 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.
  • 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.

GDPR Rights (EEA Residents)

  • Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to have inaccurate personal information corrected.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to have your personal information deleted under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
  • 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 that data to another controller.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances, 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.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence if you believe that we have infringed your rights under the GDPR.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: reviewjoeyg [at] gmail [dot] com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Effective Date” at the top of the page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.