Privacy Policy

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

Buyer Checkpoint (www.buyercheckpoint.com, the “Site”) publishes independent buying research, technical comparisons, checklists and interactive decision tools for readers in the United States. The Site is operated by Gael Poiroux — Entrepreneur Individuel (EI), an individual business established in France (“we,” “our,” or “us”). Our contact and business-registration information appears on our Contact & Legal Information page.

This Privacy Policy describes how personal information may be collected, used and shared when you visit the Site, use My Buying Desk, contact us or follow a link to a third-party retailer. The Site does not itself process retail orders, hold Amazon customer accounts or take payment for products recommended in our guides.

2. Information we may process

Information you choose to send

If you email us, we process the sender’s email address, name (if provided), the contents of the message and any information necessary to reply, manage a request or maintain business records. Do not include passwords, payment card details or sensitive personal information in messages.

Technical and usage data

The Site is published on Google’s Blogger platform. Google and infrastructure providers may process information such as IP address, browser and device details, user-agent, referring pages, request times, diagnostic events and security or abuse-prevention information to deliver and protect the Site and generate usage statistics. Google’s practices are described in its Privacy Policy.

My Buying Desk information

Our My Buying Desk feature saves your selected guides, answers to fit-check questions, product shortlists, notes and buying-brief information in your browser’s local storage for this Site. In its current version, this information is stored locally on your device; My Buying Desk does not require an account or automatically upload your saved notes to Buyer Checkpoint. You can clear it through browser/site-data controls. Clearing it or switching browsers or devices may permanently remove your saved research.

When you choose “Share by email” or “Email to myself,” the tool opens an email draft using your device’s email application. You decide whether and to whom to send it. If you choose to share, the recipient and your email provider process the information you include. Printing or saving a PDF is handled by your browser/device, and downloading a brief creates a local file.

3. How we use information

• To make the website and its articles available, troubleshoot errors and maintain security.
• To respond to correspondence and privacy or legal requests you send us.
• To understand general website performance and improve the usefulness of our content, where supported by the tools actually enabled on the Site.
• To comply with legal duties and protect rights or prevent misuse.

Where EU data protection rules apply to the operator, the legal basis may include legitimate interests in operating and securing the Site, steps requested by you when you contact us, legal obligations, and consent for optional technologies when required. We do not ask you to provide personal information to browse public buying guides.

4. Amazon affiliate links and other third parties

Some links may take you to Amazon.com or another clearly identified third-party website. Where a link is an Amazon Associates Special Link, Amazon may recognize the referral and use its own cookies, identifiers or similar technologies in connection with its services and affiliate attribution. Your use of Amazon.com is governed by Amazon’s own terms and Privacy Notice. We do not receive your full Amazon order, card details or Amazon account password.

Links and embedded third-party content may expose your browser to other services with their own practices. You should review those services’ notices. For our paid-link relationship, please see the Affiliate Disclosure.

5. Cookies and local storage

Google Blogger may use cookies or similar technologies to provide and secure the Site and measure traffic. My Buying Desk uses browser local storage for a feature you choose to use. Amazon may use tracking technologies when you follow Amazon links. Whether optional analytics, advertising tags, embedded media or other third-party scripts are present depends on the Site's current configuration; our Cookie Policy explains these categories, choices and limitations in more detail.

Browser controls may let you delete cookies, restrict storage or limit tracking. Disabling necessary site technologies may affect functionality. Where a separate consent mechanism is required, a policy page by itself does not replace that mechanism.

6. Who receives data and international processing

Information may be processed by the Blogger/Google infrastructure that delivers the Site, your email provider if you contact us, Amazon or other retailers after you leave our Site, and service providers actually configured to support security, measurement or communications. Data may be processed in the United States, France and other countries where these providers operate. Where legally required, we use appropriate safeguards or rely on the provider’s applicable transfer arrangements.

7. Retention and security

My Buying Desk browser data remains on your device until you clear it or your browser removes it; we cannot recover those local records. Correspondence is retained only as long as reasonably needed to handle requests and fulfill applicable business/legal obligations. Provider logs and cookies are retained according to the relevant provider settings and policies. We use reasonable organizational precautions, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed absolutely secure.

8. Your privacy choices and rights

You can choose not to use My Buying Desk, delete site storage, limit cookies through your browser, decline to send an email, and refrain from following retailer links. If you wish to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or other rights regarding information we control, contact buyercheckpoint@protonmail.com. We may need to verify your request. Rights vary by jurisdiction and some records may be retained when the law permits or requires it.

When applicable, individuals may also have rights to object to processing, withdraw consent and receive portable data; residents of certain U.S. states may have specific privacy rights under their state laws. We will address rights that apply to the Site and its actual data practices. We do not claim a statutory exemption or provide a “Do Not Sell or Share” mechanism without first assessing whether any regulated sale or sharing occurs.

Because our publisher is established in France, applicable EU data protection law may also be relevant. Where it applies, you may contact the French data protection authority, the CNIL.

9. Children’s privacy

Buyer Checkpoint is intended for adults evaluating home and professional equipment and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, please contact us so we can assess and respond appropriately.

10. Changes and contact

We may revise this Policy to reflect changes in the Site or applicable requirements. The current date will be shown above. For privacy questions and requests, use buyercheckpoint@protonmail.com or the details on our Contact & Legal Information page.