Last updated: 2025-08-01

At WhereToBuyTea.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.

1. Information We Collect

• Personal Information (name, email) when registering or contacting us
• Usage Data (pages visited, IP address, browser type) for analytics

2. How We Use Your Information

• To manage your account and vendor listings
• To respond to inquiries or support requests
• To improve our services and detect abuse or spam

3. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis and user behavior tracking
• Google AdSense: For displaying advertisements on our website
• Stripe: For secure payment processing

These services have their own privacy policies and may collect additional data as outlined in their respective terms.

4. Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may:

• Use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the Internet
• Collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you
• Use the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings or www.aboutads.info.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to:

• Maintain user sessions and login status
• Collect anonymous usage data for analytics
• Display personalized advertisements through Google AdSense
• Remember your preferences and settings

You may disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect website functionality.

6. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

We process your personal data based on:

• Consent: For marketing communications and non-essential cookies
• Legitimate Interest: For website analytics and service improvement
• Contract Performance: For account management and vendor services

7. Data Retention

We retain user-submitted data for as long as needed to provide our services or as required by law. Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months.

8. Your Rights (GDPR/CCPA)

• Right to access your personal data
• Right to rectification of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to processing
• Right to withdraw consent at any time
• Right to opt out of marketing emails

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the Contact page.