Privacy & Cookie Policy (GDPR & CCPA Compliant)

1. Introduction & Data Controller

Welcome to IA Reviews (accessible at https://www.iareviews.net/). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – Regulation EU 2016/679), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and applicable international privacy laws.

For any privacy inquiries or to exercise your legal rights, contact our Data Controller at: info@iareviews.net.

2. Information We Collect

  • Browsing & Technical Data: Anonymized IP addresses, browser type, operating system, device type, referring URLs, and page visit metrics.
  • Cookies & Tracking Identifiers: Session cookies, aggregate analytics identifiers, and anonymous referral tokens used by affiliate networks.
  • Voluntary Inquiries: Any email address or contact information you voluntarily submit when communicating with our team.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis of Processing

We process data under the following legal bases:

  • Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): Ensuring website security, debugging performance issues, preventing fraud, and analyzing aggregated readership trends.
  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR): Processing non-essential analytics and affiliate referral cookies, which you can accept, reject, or customize via our Cookie Banner.

4. Cookie Policy & Management

Our website utilizes the following categories of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for core website navigation, security, and storing your consent preferences.
  • Aggregated Analytics Cookies: Used to understand readership trends and popular AI categories in an anonymized format.
  • Affiliate Tracking Cookies: Placed by third-party affiliate partners when clicking external product trial links to attribute qualifying purchases.

You can adjust or revoke your cookie choices at any time by clicking the 🍪 Cookie Preferences button in the bottom corner of any page.

5. Third-Party Links & Services

Our website contains links to external artificial intelligence software, websites, and platforms. We do not control the privacy practices or data processing activities of third-party platforms. We strongly advise reviewing their respective privacy policies upon leaving our site.

6. Your Privacy Rights

Under GDPR and international privacy legislation, you have the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@iareviews.net.