Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy of Advicematch.com
At Advicematch.com, we collect and manage user data according to the following Privacy Policy, with the goal of incorporating transparency, accessibility, usability. This document is part of Advicematch.com’s Terms of Service, and by using Advicematch.com (the “Website”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Please read the Terms of Service in their entirety, and refer to those for definitions and contacts.
Data Collected
We collect anonymous data from every visitor of the Website to monitor traffic and fix bugs. For example, we collect information like web requests, the data sent in response to such requests, the Internet Protocol address, the browser type, the browser language, and a timestamp for the request.
We may use cookies to store session information for your convenience. You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use Advicematch.com. In order to take advantage of certain features of the Website, you may also choose to provide us with personal information, such as your zip code, county, family size, ages of family members, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary. We do not ask for the name, email address, phone number, or other personally identifiable information of you or your family members in order to use the features of Advicematch.com.
Minors and children should not use Advicematch.com. By using the Website, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.
We do not share personal information you have provided to us without your consent, unless:
- doing so is appropriate to carry out your own request;
- we believe it’s needed to enforce our Terms of Service, or that is legally required;
- we believe it’s needed to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues;
- otherwise protect our property, legal rights, or that of others.
Advicematch.com is operated from the United States. If you are visiting the Website from outside the U.S., you agree to any processing of any personal information you provide us according to this policy.
Sharing of Data
We don’t share your personal information with third parties. Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Advicematch.com Website and service. We currently use Google Analytics (traffic analysis, SEO optimization). Feel free to check out their Privacy Policy to find out more.
Advicematch.com displays links and phone numbers of third party vendors which are not owned or operated by Advicematch.com. These third party vendors must comply with government regulations in their respective fields. If a user calls the phone number of a third party vendor, the third party may learn the user’s phone number data through caller ID and may return calls to the user. AdviceMatch.com is not responsible for users providing their phone number through caller ID and has no control of the actions of third party vendors.
We also use social buttons provided by services like Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Facebook. Your use of these third party services is entirely optional. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third party services, and you are responsible for reading and understanding those third party services’ privacy policies.
Google Analytics and Advertising
Some or all of the Advicematch.com Sites make use of Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. The Advicematch.com Sites may also make use of other Google Analytics for Display Advertising features, including Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting and/or the DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration. We are required by Google to disclose the following information to You in Our Privacy Statement in connection with Our use of any Google Analytics for Display Advertising features on the Advicematch.com Sites:
- You may opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize Google Display Network advertising by using the Google Ads Settings page. You may also prevent Your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by opting out through the use of the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- If the Advicematch.com Sites make use of the Google Analytics for Display Advertising Remarketing feature, Advicematch.com will use such Remarketing feature to advertise online and third party vendors, including Google, may show Advicematch.com ads on sites across the Internet.
- Advicematch.com and third party vendors, including Google, may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to (a) inform, optimize and serve ads based on a user’s past visits to the Advicematch.com Sites, and/or (b) report how Your ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to the Advicematch.com Sites.
- Data from Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting may be utilized by Advicematch.com to help recognize and understand user preferences, to make improvements to the Advicematch.com Sites, to choose content and advertising to display to You, and for other business purposes that will allow Advicematch.com to better serve You.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make major changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website. A user is bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Services after such changes have been first posted.