Privacy Policy

Status: Draft — legal identification and provider details require completion before final publication.

1. About this website

CleanSurfaceLab is an independent website providing cleaning information, product recommendations and links to third-party retailers.

This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be processed when you visit the website, contact us or follow an affiliate link.

CleanSurfaceLab is the public name of the website and is not presented as a separately incorporated company.

Data controller: The website is operated from Spain. The legal identity and contact particulars of the data controller remain to be completed before this notice can be treated as final.

2. Information we process

We may process limited personal information in the following circumstances:

• Website visits: Our hosting provider may process technical information, including IP addresses, request times, browser information and security-related logs, to deliver the website and maintain its security.
• Email enquiries: If you contact us, we receive your email address and any personal information you choose to include in your message.
• Affiliate links: When you follow an affiliate link, you leave CleanSurfaceLab and interact with a third-party website, which may collect information under its own privacy notice.

We do not ask visitors to create accounts, submit payment information or complete contact forms on CleanSurfaceLab.

3. Purposes and legal bases

Technical information may be processed to operate, maintain and secure the website, where justified by legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Information received by email may be processed to respond to enquiries, generally on the basis of legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, or to take steps requested before entering into a contract where applicable.

We do not use email enquiries to send marketing messages without an appropriate legal basis.

4. Hosting and service providers

CleanSurfaceLab is hosted by Vercel Inc. (440 N Barranca Avenue #4133, Covina, CA 91723, United States), which delivers the website through its global network.

When you visit the website, Vercel processes the technical information needed to deliver and protect it, such as your IP address, approximate location derived from your IP address, browser and device information, and details of each HTTP request (for example, the page requested and the time of the request).

Vercel processes this information on our behalf as a data processor under its Data Processing Addendum, which applies to our Vercel Pro plan. Vercel may engage sub-processors to help provide its services.

Emails sent to contacto@cleansurfacelab.com are handled through Hostinger's Starter Business Email service. Our contract for this service is with Hostinger International Ltd. (61 Lordou Vironos Street, Larnaca 6023, Cyprus).

Hostinger processes these communications on our behalf as a data processor under its Data Processing Addendum, which covers its email services. This includes email addresses, the content of messages and any personal information you choose to include. Under Hostinger's terms and data processing agreement, its affiliates and authorised sub-processors, such as cloud infrastructure, network security and email delivery providers, may also be involved in providing the service.

We read messages sent to this address only through Hostinger's webmail, and we do not forward them to other email services.

5. Cookies and analytics

At the time of this policy's preparation, CleanSurfaceLab is configured without its own analytics tools, advertising pixels or optional tracking cookies.

We do not intentionally place non-essential tracking cookies on visitors' devices through the website.

Essential technical mechanisms may be used where necessary for the delivery or security of the service. This section will be reviewed if the website's technology changes.

6. Amazon affiliate links

CleanSurfaceLab participates in the Amazon Associates Programme.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Some links may generate a commission if you make a qualifying purchase, at no additional cost to you.

When you follow an Amazon affiliate link, Amazon and any relevant third-party services may process information and use cookies or similar technologies according to their own policies.

Please review the Amazon.co.uk Privacy Notice for information about Amazon's processing activities.

7. Data retention

Technical logs are retained according to the applicable hosting configuration and provider arrangements.

We keep email enquiries for 12 months from our last communication with you, and then delete them. We keep them for longer only where this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, and only for as long as that need continues.

8. International transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the European Economic Area.

Vercel's primary processing facilities are in the United States, and Vercel or its sub-processors may process data in other countries where they operate. For these transfers, Vercel's Data Processing Addendum incorporates the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (Decision (EU) 2021/914) and, for transfers from the United Kingdom, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum. Vercel also states that it participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, including its UK Extension.

Hostinger International Ltd. is established in Cyprus, within the European Union. Hostinger has not specified the country or data centre in which our mailbox is stored. Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, directly or through Hostinger's affiliates or sub-processors, to a country that does not benefit from an adequacy decision, Hostinger's Data Processing Addendum applies the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (Decision (EU) 2021/914) and, for transfers from the United Kingdom, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum.

9. Sharing personal information

We do not sell personal information collected through direct email enquiries.

Information may be processed by providers supporting website hosting and email delivery, and disclosed where required by applicable law.

Third-party retailers independently process information collected on their own websites.

10. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal information, restriction of processing, portability where applicable, or object to certain processing.

You may contact us at contacto@cleansurfacelab.com.

You may also lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD):https://www.aepd.es/.

11. Children

CleanSurfaceLab is intended for a general audience seeking household cleaning information and product recommendations. It is not specifically directed at children.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, processing activities or legal requirements change. The updated version will be published on this page.

Status: Draft — legal identification and provider details require completion before final publication.