Privacy Policy

ComparZone is a comparison and buying-guide website. We do not offer public accounts, and there is no sign-up, login, or password for visitors. We do not ask for or store your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or payment details. What we do handle is limited and mostly technical: a theme preference and a short "recently viewed" list stored only in your own browser, standard server logs, and basic analytics about clicks on outbound shopping links (recorded in a privacy-protective, hashed form). When you click a link to a retailer such as Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, or eBay, you leave our site and that retailer's own privacy practices then apply. The sections below explain each of these in plain English. This page is a general template provided for transparency and is not legal advice.

ComparZone ("ComparZone", "we", "us", or "our") operates the website at https://comparzone.com. We compare consumer electronics such as smartphones, laptops, headphones, smartwatches, and cameras using verified specifications, transparent scores, and prices, and we earn affiliate commissions when visitors buy through outbound links to third-party retailers. For any privacy questions, or to exercise the rights described below, you can contact us at [Contact email]. The operator's full legal entity name and mailing address are [Your business address]. Please replace these placeholders with your real details before publishing.

Because ComparZone has no public accounts, we deliberately avoid collecting many categories of data that other sites gather. We do not collect or store: - Names, usernames, passwords, or account profiles (there is no visitor login). - Email addresses, phone numbers, or postal addresses from general visitors. - Payment card numbers, bank details, or any financial account information. All purchases happen on third-party retailer sites, never on ComparZone, so we never see or handle your payment data. - Precise GPS location. - Special categories of sensitive personal data (such as health, biometric, racial, religious, or political information). If you choose to email us directly, we will of course receive whatever information you include in that message, but we do not require it to use the site.

1) Data stored only in your browser (localStorage). To make the site work the way you expect, we store a small amount of information in your browser using localStorage. This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to us as a profile: - Theme preference (the "comparzone-theme" value remembers whether you chose light or dark mode). - Recently viewed products (a short, capped list, stored under "comparewise.recentlyViewed", so you can continue comparing). You can clear this anytime using the on-site "clear" control, or by clearing your browser storage. 2) Server logs. Like virtually all websites, our hosting and infrastructure automatically generate technical logs when pages are requested. These can include your IP address, browser/user-agent string, the page requested, referring page, and a timestamp. We use these logs for security, abuse prevention, debugging, and keeping the site reliable. 3) Affiliate-click analytics (hashed). When you click an outbound shopping link, our system records that a click happened so we can understand which comparisons and offers are useful and to support affiliate reporting. For each click we store: which product and which affiliate link was clicked, the source page on our site, the referring page, plus a one-way hashed (SHA-256) version of your IP address and a hashed version of your user-agent. We store these as irreversible hashes specifically so the click record is not tied to your identity. We do not store your raw IP address or raw user-agent in these click records. 4) Privacy-friendly analytics. We may use aggregate, privacy-friendly website analytics to understand overall traffic and which pages are popular. Where used, this is designed to measure trends in aggregate rather than to build profiles of individual visitors.

ComparZone uses minimal cookies and similar technologies. We do not use them to build advertising profiles of you across the web. - localStorage (described above) is used for your theme preference and recently viewed list. Technically this is browser storage rather than a cookie, but we mention it here for completeness. - Essential/operational data such as server logs are needed to deliver and secure the site. - Any analytics we use is intended to be privacy-friendly and aggregate. The internal admin area (used only by site operators, not the public) may set a session token in browser storage to keep an administrator logged in. This is not used for, and is not available to, ordinary visitors. You can control or delete browser storage and cookies at any time through your browser settings. Blocking the theme/recently-viewed storage will not break the site; it simply means those preferences will not be remembered between visits. Depending on your location, where required by law, we will present a consent or cookie notice for any non-essential technologies.

ComparZone earns affiliate commissions. As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases, and we participate in other affiliate programs with retailers such as Walmart, Best Buy, and eBay. When you click a "View offer" or buy button, you are sent through an outbound link that may have a tracking parameter (for example, an affiliate or associate tag) appended so the retailer can attribute any resulting purchase to ComparZone. At that point you leave our website and arrive on the retailer's own site. From then on, the retailer's privacy policy, cookies, and tracking apply, not ours. Those retailers may set their own cookies and collect their own data, including any information you provide to complete a purchase. Important: ComparZone does not receive your payment details, shipping address, or order contents from these retailers. Affiliate programs typically report aggregate or anonymized commission and conversion data to us, not your personal identity. Our scoring and rankings are independent of affiliate commissions, as described on our Methodology page.

Third-party services. To run the site we rely on infrastructure providers such as web hosting/CDN, and affiliate networks and retailers for outbound links and pricing. Any privacy-friendly analytics provider we use would also be a processor acting on our behalf. These providers process data only to provide their service to us. Data retention. We keep information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected. Browser-stored items (theme, recently viewed) remain until you clear them. Server logs and hashed affiliate-click records are retained for a limited period appropriate for security, debugging, and affiliate reporting, and then deleted or further aggregated. Because affiliate-click identifiers are stored as one-way hashes, they cannot be reversed back to your IP or device. International transfers. ComparZone serves a global audience, and our service providers may process data in countries other than where you live, including the United States. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent mechanisms) for cross-border transfers.

Your privacy rights. Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as the EU/UK GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain data, to object to processing, and to data portability. Because we do not maintain visitor accounts or collect identifying contact details by default, much of the data we handle is not linked to a named individual, which can limit our ability to locate data about a specific person. We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we do not discriminate against you for exercising your rights. To make a request, contact us at [Contact email]; we may ask for information needed to verify the request. Children's privacy. ComparZone is intended for a general, adult audience and is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it. Changes to this policy. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date on this page. Your continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy. Contact. Questions about privacy can be sent to [Contact email], or by mail to [Your business address].