Privacy Policy
How SkinRevu collects, uses, and protects your information
SkinRevu ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit skinrevu.co, how we use it, and your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
1. Who We Are
SkinRevu is a personal K-beauty and J-beauty review site based in the United Kingdom. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
- Information you provide directly — if you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us, we collect your email address and any message you send.
- Information collected automatically — when you visit our site, our hosting provider and third-party services may automatically log your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
- Cookies and similar technologies — we use cookies to enable advertising and to understand how visitors use our site. See Section 4 for details.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Deliver and improve our content and reviews
- Send newsletters to subscribers who have opted in
- Display relevant advertising via Google AdSense
- Understand site traffic and user behaviour via analytics
- Respond to enquiries sent via our contact page
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
4. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types:
- Essential cookies — required for the site to function correctly.
- Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors interact with the site (e.g. pages visited, referral source).
- Advertising cookies — used by Google AdSense to serve personalised or contextual advertisements. Google may use cookies to show ads based on your prior visits to this site or other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some site functionality.
5. Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this site. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. For more information on how Google uses data, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.
6. Affiliate Links
Some links on SkinRevu are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us keep the site running. We only recommend products we have personally tested. For full details, see our Affiliate Disclosure.
7. Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address solely for the purpose of sending you updates. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any newsletter email, or by contacting us directly. We do not share subscriber email addresses with third parties.
8. Third-Party Services
Our site may use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:
- Google AdSense — Google Privacy Policy
- Google Fonts — fonts loaded from Google's servers
- Affiliate networks — including Amazon Associates, YesStyle, SkinCupid, and AWIN
9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
If you are based in the UK or EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to restrict processing — request that we limit how we use your data
- Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Right to data portability — receive your data in a portable format
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond within 30 days.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection.
10. Data Retention
We retain newsletter subscriber email addresses until you unsubscribe. Server logs are retained for up to 30 days. Contact form messages are retained for up to 12 months.
11. Children's Privacy
SkinRevu is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
13. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please visit our contact page.