Effective date: November 12, 2026. This Privacy Policy describes how Review Briefing (reviewbriefing.com) handles information received through its editorial website, contact form, reader-review system, and contributor accounts. It applies to information collected through this website; other websites and platforms have their own policies.
1. Who operates the website and how to contact us
Review Briefing operates this website and handles requests relating to the personal information described in this policy. To ask a question about privacy, request details of the website operator, or exercise a data-related right, use the Contact Us form and select “Privacy or data request”.
2. Information we collect
- Contact enquiries: the name, email address, topic, subject, message, and any information you voluntarily include.
- Reader reviews: the display name, email address, review title, company reviewed, star rating, review text, the status and time of email verification, and moderation information.
- Article comments: information submitted in the WordPress comments form and technical information needed for moderation and spam controls, where commenting is available.
- Contributor and administrator accounts: account names, email addresses, profile descriptions, locally uploaded avatars, permissions, and login-related information.
- Technical and security information: server logs and service-generated information such as an IP address, browser details, timestamps, and identifiers needed for security, request handling, and abuse prevention. The review form uses temporary hashed identifiers for rate limiting.
Please do not submit account passwords, card numbers, government identification numbers, or other sensitive data through ordinary contact or review forms.
3. How we use this information
We use submitted information to respond to correspondence, handle correction and privacy requests, confirm review-submitter email addresses, moderate and display eligible reader reviews, manage editorial accounts, prevent spam and abuse, maintain website security, and comply with applicable legal obligations. We do not use a reader’s contact-form message as a public review.
Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, these activities generally relate to responding to your request, legitimate interests in editorial operations and website security, administering a voluntarily submitted review, or complying with legal requirements. Additional consent is obtained when required for a separate purpose.
4. Reader-review verification and publication
Submitting a reader review starts an email-confirmation process. The confirmation link expires after 24 hours; unconfirmed submissions are removed by scheduled cleanup after expiry. Confirmation establishes access to the submitted email address; it does not establish the reviewer’s real-world identity, customer status, or the accuracy of the review.
After verification, a review enters an editorial moderation queue. If approved, the public may see the reviewer’s display name, review title, star rating, review text, publication date, and the company concerned. The reviewer’s email address and verification token are not intended for public display. Moderators may reject or remove reviews under the site’s editorial policies. Editorial scores are separate from user-submitted ratings.
5. Contact-form correspondence
Messages submitted through Contact Us are routed to the website’s administrative email inbox. We use the information to address the enquiry and keep relevant correspondence for follow-up, corrections, dispute resolution, or legal requirements. Contact Form 7 does not, by default, maintain a separate permanent database of contact messages; email providers and mailboxes may retain copies according to their settings and policies.
6. Service providers and international processing
Review Briefing uses WordPress and hosting infrastructure located in Finland, Cloudflare for domain/network services, and Resend through WP Mail SMTP for transactional email delivery, including review-verification and contact-form messages. These providers may process technical or message information as needed to deliver their services and may operate in different countries. Information may therefore be processed outside the visitor’s country or the European Economic Area, subject to applicable contractual and legal protections. We do not represent that all processing occurs exclusively in one country.
Embedded content or links to external websites may be governed by those providers’ separate privacy policies. We do not sell information submitted through our contact or review forms to advertisers.
7. Cookies and similar technologies
WordPress may set essential cookies for administrator login, account sessions, preferences, and comment-form convenience features where enabled. Security and delivery services such as Cloudflare may use technical identifiers to protect or operate the site. These are distinct from optional advertising or analytics cookies. If new non-essential tracking tools are introduced, this notice and any applicable consent controls should be updated.
8. How long information is retained
Unconfirmed review links expire in 24 hours and their staged records are removed through scheduled cleanup. Approved reviews remain while relevant to the editorial archive or until removed under applicable policies or rights. Rejected and moderation-related records are retained only as necessary for administration, disputes, safety, or applicable obligations. Contact emails are kept for the period reasonably needed to resolve and document an enquiry, then deleted or archived according to administrative and legal needs. Hosting, security, and mail service logs follow the relevant service retention settings and policies. Specific retention practices will be reviewed as site operations mature.
9. Security
We use authenticated WordPress administration, HTTPS, access controls, email-confirmation links, moderation, and reasonable technical safeguards to limit unauthorized access. No online system or email transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
10. Your choices and rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of personal information, request portability, withdraw consent where consent applies, or complain to a relevant data-protection authority. We may need to verify that a request relates to your information before acting. Use our Contact Us form and choose “Privacy or data request”. You can also request a review correction or removal, subject to legitimate moderation and legal considerations.
11. Children
This publication and its user-review features are intended for a general business-oriented audience, not designed for children. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information, contact us so we can review the request.
12. Changes to this policy
We may revise this policy if the website’s functions, service providers, or legal obligations change. The effective date at the top indicates the current published revision. Material changes should be communicated where required by applicable law.
For enquiries about this policy, visit Contact Us.