Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to FinanceCompare ("we," "our," or "us"). We operate the website https://finance-compare.vercel.app (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our website. This policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use our Service.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Use our calculators and tools
• Subscribe to our newsletter or updates
• Contact us through our contact form or email
• Participate in surveys or feedback
• Interact with our website features

The personal information we may collect includes:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number (if provided)
• Any other information you choose to provide

Non-Personal Information

We automatically collect certain non-personal information when you visit our website, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring website addresses
• Device information
• Date and time of visits

3. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like many websites, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To enable certain functions of the Service
• To provide analytics and improve our website
• To store your preferences
• To enable advertisement delivery, including behavioral advertising

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Web beacons are small electronic files (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us to count users who have visited certain pages and for other related website statistics.

4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising

We use Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

How Google AdSense Works: When you visit our website, Google may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior. This information is used to:

• Display personalized advertisements based on your interests
• Measure the effectiveness of advertisements
• Provide aggregated reports to advertisers
• Prevent fraud and abuse

DoubleClick Cookie: Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to enable it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. The DoubleClick cookie is used to serve ads based on your browsing history and interests.

Third-Party Vendors: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. These vendors may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Opt-Out Options: You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' uses of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at networkadvertising.org/choices/.

Note: Opting out will not prevent you from seeing ads, but it will make the ads you see less relevant to your interests. You may continue to see generic ads that are not based on your browsing history.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our Service
• To personalize your experience on our website
• To send you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials (with your consent)
• To respond to your inquiries, comments, and questions
• To analyze usage patterns and improve our website functionality
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
• To comply with legal obligations
• To protect our rights and prevent fraud

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with third parties for analytics and advertising purposes.

6. Third-Party Privacy Policies

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Some of the third-party services we use include:

• Google Analytics - for website analytics
• Google AdSense - for advertising
• Social media platforms - for sharing features

7. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the following rights:

• The right to know: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
• The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information.
• The right to opt-out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
• The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

We do not sell personal information. If you are a California resident and would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at siddharthdonga700@gmail.com. We will respond to your request within 45 days.

8. GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These include:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at siddharthdonga700@gmail.com. We will respond to your request within one month.

9. Children's Information

Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Service. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

11. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: