Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 13, 2026

This privacy policy describes how Hosting Verdict collects, uses, and shares information about visitors to this site.

Information we collect

Automatically collected

• Standard server logs: IP address, user agent, pages visited, referrer, timestamp — retained for 30 days, used for security monitoring and traffic analysis
• Microsoft Advertising UET tag: If you arrived via a Microsoft Ads click, we record the click for conversion measurement — no personally identifiable information is collected
• Affiliate click tracking: When you click affiliate links, the destination provider may set their own tracking cookie (Awin, Everflow, etc.)

Voluntarily provided

• Contact form submissions: email address and message content, used only to respond to your inquiry

What we don't collect

• We don't require account registration
• We don't use third-party analytics like Google Analytics
• We don't sell or rent your data
• We don't use advertising cookies beyond the Microsoft UET tag

Cookies

This site uses the following cookies:

• Microsoft UET tag: Measures conversions from Microsoft Ads campaigns. You can opt out via Microsoft's ad preferences.
• Affiliate partner cookies: Set by Awin, Everflow, and similar networks when you click affiliate links. These are controlled by those third parties under their own privacy policies.

Your rights (GDPR + CCPA)

If you're in the EU/UK or California, you have the right to:

• Request a copy of any personal data we hold about you
• Request deletion of your data
• Opt out of data sharing (note: we don't share your data to begin with)
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us. We respond within 30 days.

Data retention

• Server logs: 30 days
• Contact form submissions: until your inquiry is resolved, then deleted within 12 months
• Microsoft UET conversion data: retained by Microsoft per their policy

Third parties

This site references external services whose privacy policies apply when you interact with them:

• Microsoft Advertising — privacy.microsoft.com
• Awin — awin.com/gb/legal/privacy-policy
• Everflow — everflow.io/privacy

Children's privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We will update this policy as needed. Material changes will be noted with a revised "Effective date" at the top. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any revisions.

Contact

For privacy questions: contact us.

Last reviewed: April 13, 2026