Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Side Sleeper Guide is an independent research website covering mattresses, pillows, and sleep-related products for side sleepers.

Website: https://side-sleepers.com

Data controller and site operator:
Thomas Kronvold

Contact: side.sleepers.admin@gmail.com

2. Information we may collect

Depending on how you interact with the site, we may process the following categories of information:

• Technical information automatically provided by your browser or device, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, requested pages, and timestamps.
• Cookie and consent information.
• Information relating to advertising impressions, ad interactions, and outbound affiliate-link interactions.

Contact is handled through the email address listed above; messages you send by email are processed so we can respond.

3. How we use information

We may use information to:

• Operate, maintain, and secure the website.
• Diagnose errors and prevent fraud, spam, or misuse.
• Understand how visitors use the site.
• Respond to messages and requests.
• Display, measure, and manage advertising.
• Track eligible affiliate referrals.
• Comply with legal obligations.

Where applicable, processing may be based on consent, legitimate interests in operating and securing the site, steps requested by the visitor, or legal obligations.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

Side Sleeper Guide and its service providers may use cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for:

• Essential website functionality.
• Remembering privacy and consent choices.
• Security and fraud prevention.
• Advertising and advertising measurement.
• Analytics through Google Analytics.
• Affiliate referral tracking.

Visitors can manage cookies through their browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.

5. Google AdSense and advertising

Side Sleeper Guide may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's previous visits to this website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to Side Sleeper Guide and other websites on the internet.

Depending on the visitor's location, settings, and consent choices, advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized.

Visitors can manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising through Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/

More information about how Google uses information from websites that use its services is available here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Information about Google's use of cookies is available here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

6. Consent management

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other applicable regions, Side Sleeper Guide uses Google's Consent Management Platform to request and record privacy choices where required.

The consent message may allow visitors to:

• Consent.
• Decline consent.
• Manage individual options.

Visitors may change or withdraw their choices through the privacy and cookie controls provided by Google's Consent Management Platform where that interface is shown.

7. Affiliate links

Side Sleeper Guide may use affiliate links to retailers or product manufacturers.

When a visitor follows an affiliate link, the destination retailer, manufacturer, or affiliate network may use cookies, referral identifiers, or similar technologies to attribute a purchase or other action to Side Sleeper Guide.

Side Sleeper Guide may receive a commission from eligible purchases at no additional cost to the visitor.

The destination website processes information under its own privacy policy. Visitors should review the privacy policy of the relevant retailer, manufacturer, or affiliate network. See our Affiliate Disclosure for more information about how we work with brands.

8. Analytics

Side Sleeper Guide uses Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the website. Google Analytics may process technical information such as IP address, device and browser details, pages viewed, and interaction events.

More information about Google Analytics is available from Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Where required, analytics-related cookies and processing may be subject to the consent choices collected through Google's Consent Management Platform or managed through browser settings.

9. Contact

There is no contact form or newsletter signup on the website. Privacy and other requests can be sent by email to side.sleepers.admin@gmail.com.

10. Service providers and data sharing

We may share limited information with providers that help us operate the website, provide hosting, deliver advertisements, measure site usage, secure the site, or attribute affiliate referrals. Verified providers currently include Google for AdSense advertising, consent management, and Google Analytics.

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling information directly for money.

Advertising and affiliate technologies may still involve the collection or sharing of identifiers as described in this policy and in the consent interface.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the website, its visitors, or others.

11. International data transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the visitor's country or outside the European Economic Area.

Where required, such processing should be protected through applicable legal safeguards used by the relevant provider.

12. Data retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to operate and secure the website, or to comply with legal obligations.

Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information and the provider involved.

13. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access.
• Request correction.
• Request deletion.
• Restrict or object to certain processing.
• Request data portability where applicable.
• Withdraw consent.
• Submit a complaint to a relevant data-protection authority.

Privacy requests can be submitted using the contact address listed above.

14. Children's privacy

Side Sleeper Guide is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed specifically at children.

We do not knowingly request personal information from children. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information, contact us so the matter can be reviewed and addressed.

15. Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect the website and information processed through it.

However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

16. External websites

Side Sleeper Guide contains links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the content, availability, or privacy practices of those websites. Third-party websites are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

17. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, its services, or applicable requirements change.

The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised when material changes are made.

18. Contact

For questions or privacy-related requests, contact: