Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 21, 2025

1. Who We Are

BuyersBuddy.in (“we”, “us”, “our”) is an informational website offering technology news, reviews, buying guides, comparisons, tutorials, and calculators/tools for consumers in India. Contact: buyersbuddyindia@gmail.com or our Contact page.

2. Information We Collect

  • Contact Data: Name, email address, and message details when you contact us or submit forms.
  • Comments: Name, email (hashed), IP address, and user agent for spam prevention and moderation.
  • Usage & Technical Data: IP address, device info, browser type/version, referring/exit pages, timestamps, and pages viewed.
  • Cookies & Similar Technologies: Used to operate the Site, remember preferences, analyze usage, and deliver advertising.
  • Tool Inputs: Inputs you provide in calculators/tools (e.g., energy cost, room size). We do not associate these inputs with your identity.

3. How We Use Your Information

  • Operate, secure, and maintain the Site and its features.
  • Respond to inquiries and provide support.
  • Analyze traffic and performance to improve content and user experience.
  • Serve contextual and, where permitted, personalized advertising.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

4. Cookies and Consent

We use cookies, web beacons, and local storage to enable core functionality, measure performance, and deliver ads. You can manage cookies in your browser settings. If a consent banner is shown, your choices are stored and can be changed via the banner’s “Preferences” link when available.

  • Strictly Necessary: Security, load balancing, basic functions.
  • Performance/Analytics: Understand usage and improve content (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Advertising: Deliver, measure, and personalize ads (e.g., Google AdSense).
  • Functionality: Remember preferences (e.g., language/region).

5. Advertising and Google AdSense

We display ads served by Google AdSense and its partners. Google and third-party vendors use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can manage ad personalization in your Google Ads Settings. In certain regions (e.g., EEA/UK), we may request your consent for personalized ads; if not granted, you may see non-personalized ads.

6. Analytics and Search Tools

  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Helps us understand traffic patterns, user engagement, and performance. GA4 may use cookies and collect IP addresses (with regional IP handling) and device data in line with its policies.
  • Google Search Console: Provides search performance diagnostics (queries, indexing, errors) without identifying individual users.

7. Hosting, CDN, and Email

  • Hosting: Our Site is hosted with Hostinger (infrastructure, security, availability).
  • CDN/Security: Cloudflare may optimize delivery, cache content, and provide DDoS protection.
  • Email: Contact emails may be processed by our mail provider or SMTP relay. We use your email solely to respond to your inquiry.

8. Data Sharing and Processors

We do not sell personal information. We share data with service providers that support our Site (hosting, CDN, analytics, advertising, email). These providers are contractually required to safeguard data and use it only to provide services to us. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.

9. Legal Bases (EEA/UK Visitors)

  • Consent: Cookies, personalized advertising, certain analytics features.
  • Legitimate Interests: Secure, operate, and improve our Site.
  • Legal Obligations: Comply with applicable laws and requests.

10. International Transfers

Your information may be processed in countries other than your own, including where our providers operate. Where required, we use safeguards such as contractual clauses to protect your information.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described or as required by law. Contact submissions may be retained for customer service; analytics data follows our analytics tools’ retention settings.

12. Your Rights and Choices

  • Access/Correction/Deletion: Contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of your personal data.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where consent is used (e.g., cookies), you can withdraw it at any time.
  • Ad Personalization Controls: Manage via your Google Ads Settings; regional preference platforms may also apply.

13. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, contact us to request deletion.

14. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

15. Links to Other Sites

We may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content, practices, or policies. Review their privacy policies and terms.

16. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy periodically. The “Last updated” date reflects the latest revision. Continued use after changes indicates acceptance.

17. Contact Us

For privacy questions or requests, contact buyersbuddyindia@gmail.com or use the Contact page. Also see our Terms of Service and Disclaimer.