Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 2025-10-04

Overview This Privacy Policy explains how Exercise Bike Reviews ("we," "our," "us") at exercisebikereviews.club collects, uses, shares, and protects your information when you use our website. By accessing or using the site, you agree to this Policy.

Information We Collect

Usage Data: Pages viewed, referring pages, timestamps, approximate location, device/browser type, and anonymized identifiers.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: Small files used for session management, analytics, preferences, and affiliate attribution.
Voluntary Data: Information you provide via email or forms (e.g., name, email address, product details for support).
Log Files: Standard web server logs for security and diagnostics.

How We Use Information

Provide and improve the site, content, and user experience.
Measure performance and diagnose technical issues.
Understand readership to prioritize testing and guides.
Attribute affiliate referrals and comply with program requirements.
Communicate with you when you contact us.

Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK Users)

Consent: For optional cookies/analytics where required by law.
Legitimate Interests: Site security, essential operations, basic analytics, fraud prevention.
Contract: Responding to your requests or providing subscribed communications.
Legal Obligations: Compliance with applicable laws and program terms.

Cookies & Tracking

Essential Cookies: Required for core functionality and security.
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand traffic and content performance.
Affiliate Cookies/Tags: Enable retailers/affiliate networks to recognize a referral. Your browser may allow blocking cookies. Some features or attributions may not function without them.

Third-Party Services We may use analytics providers, performance monitoring, CDN, email services, and affiliate networks/retailers. These providers process data in accordance with their policies. Typical categories include:

Analytics platforms (privacy‑respecting or mainstream) to understand aggregate usage.
Affiliate networks and retailers for link tracking, conversion attribution, and compliance.
Security and hosting providers for uptime, caching, and threat detection.

Affiliate Disclosure We may earn a commission when you purchase through outbound links to retailers. This does not affect the price you pay and does not influence our editorial decisions. See our Affiliate Disclosure page for more detail.

Do Not Sell or Share (California) We do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA. We use limited cookies/tags for measurement and affiliate attribution. You can manage preferences via your browser and, where applicable, our cookie banner.

Data Sharing We share information only with service providers under contract, when required by law, or in connection with a business transfer. We do not sell personal data.

Data Security We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect data. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Data Retention We retain data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined here or as required by law. Server logs are typically retained for a limited period unless needed for security investigations.

International Transfers If data is processed outside your country, we rely on appropriate safeguards where required (e.g., standard contractual clauses) and aim to minimize personal data.

Your Rights Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, port, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to withdraw consent. To exercise rights, contact [email protected]. We will verify reasonable requests and respond within applicable timeframes.

Children’s Privacy Our site is not directed to children under 13 (or the relevant age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy We may update this Policy. Changes take effect when posted with an updated Effective Date. Material changes will be highlighted for a reasonable period.