Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

theOwnerSay (theownersay.com) is an independent affiliate review site. We bring together what real owners report to help people make better purchasing decisions. We are not affiliated with Amazon or any manufacturer whose products appear on this site.

2. Affiliate disclosure

theOwnerSay participates in affiliate programs including Amazon Associates. We earn a commission when you purchase through links on this site, at no additional cost to you. Commissions never influence the content of our verdicts, which are based only on what owners report.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. We are also a Proton partner and earn a commission on Proton subscriptions bought through our links.

3. Data we collect

Email address: if you subscribe to our newsletter. We store your email and optional first name. We use this to send monthly verdict digests only. We never sell or share your email with third parties.

Affiliate click data: when you click an affiliate link, we log an anonymised record including: product clicked, referring page, browser type, and a one-way hash of your IP address. Raw IP addresses are never stored.

Page and button events: to learn which pages help readers decide, we record the pages viewed and the buy buttons clicked, with a random number kept in your browser tab for that visit only. It is not a cookie, it is deleted when you close the tab, and it is never linked to who you are.

No tracking cookies: we do not use advertising cookies, remarketing pixels, or any cross-site tracking.

4. How we use data

• To send the newsletter you signed up for
• To count affiliate click performance (internal analytics only)
• To detect abuse or bot traffic
• We do not use your data for advertising or sell it to anyone

5. Your rights

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link in any email we send. To request deletion of your data, email us at contact@theownersay.com. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.

6. Data processors

Your personal data (email, anonymised click data) is processed by:

• Supabase: secure data storage (EU region)
• Vercel: site hosting and delivery

We also participate in the Amazon Associates affiliate program.

7. Changes

We may update this policy. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect any changes. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact

Questions? Email contact@theownersay.com