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Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 10/31/2025
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Costperuse.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information gathered from visitors (“you”) to our website.
Information We Collect
We may collect both personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information.
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII): This is information you voluntarily provide to us that can be used to identify you. Examples include:
- Email Address and Name: When you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through our contact form.
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information (NPII): This is information that is collected automatically when you visit our website. This information cannot be used to identify you personally. Examples include:
- Log Data: Your browser type, operating system, IP address, the pages you visited on our site, the time and date of your visit, and the referring website.
- Usage Data: Anonymous data about how you interact with our site (e.g., links clicked, time spent on page).
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
- To Operate and Maintain Our Website: To ensure the site is functioning correctly and to manage our systems.
- To Improve and Personalize Your Experience: To understand how our audience uses the site so we can improve content and site layout.
- To Send Periodic Emails: If you opt-in to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you updates, new content, or promotional materials. You can unsubscribe at any time using the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email.
- To Respond to Inquiries: To answer your questions and comments submitted via our contact form or in the comments section.
- To Administer Contests or Promotions: If you choose to participate, we will use your information to manage the promotion.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like many other websites, Costperuse.com uses “cookies.”
- What Are Cookies? Cookies are small text files stored on your computer’s browser by a website. They help the site remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, to make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
- How We Use Cookies: We use cookies to analyze website traffic, remember user preferences, and enhance site functionality.
- Third-Party Cookies: We may also use third-party services, such as affiliate partners and advertisers (e.g., Google AdSense), which may also use cookies and web beacons.
- For example, our affiliate partners may place a cookie on your browser to track that a sale originated from our site.
- Third-party ad servers may use cookies (like the Google DART cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Managing Your Cookies: You can choose to disable or selectively turn off cookies in your browser settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your ability to interact with it.
Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your data. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information you transmit to us.
Third-Party Links
Our website contains links to other websites, including affiliate links. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website you visit when you leave our site.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important. Our website is not intended for or directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately so we can remove that information from our records.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.