Privacy Policy

SudsBuds.com values your personal privacy. Information such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, or payment information is kept strictly confidential and is never sold or shared except as required to provide our services (for example, processing payments or fulfilling an order). We take industry-standard precautions to protect your data, but no online or wireless transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. By using our website, you agree that you do so at your own risk.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://sudsbuds.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.

When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie determines if your browser accepts cookies and is discarded when you close your browser.

Login cookies last for two days; screen option cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login for two weeks. Editing or publishing an article adds another cookie that expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website. These sites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Google Analytics 4 & Google Ads Data Collection

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Ads features that rely on cookies, device identifiers, and Google signals to help us understand user behavior and improve our marketing effectiveness.

Features Implemented

  • Google Analytics Demographics & Interest Reporting
  • Google Analytics Remarketing with Google Ads
  • Google Ads Conversion Tracking

How We Use Cookies and Identifiers

  • First-Party Cookies (GA4): Analyze site usage, remember preferences, and measure marketing performance.
  • Third-Party Cookies (Google Ads Network): Serve relevant ads based on prior visits, collect demographic info, and measure conversions.
  • Data Combination: Google Analytics data may be combined with Google advertising cookies to better understand aggregate user activity.

Data Retention and Processing

Analytics and advertising data are processed according to Google’s Privacy Policy and retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described here or as required by law.

Your Opt-Out Options

Updates to This Policy

We may update this disclosure to reflect changes in our analytics and advertising practices or to comply with legal requirements. Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.