Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 1, 2026 Last Revised: October 22, 2026 Compliant with US CCPA, EU GDPR & Google AdSense Policies
1. Introduction
ScoreMet ("we", "our", or "us") operates ScoreMet.com. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website, and the choices you have associated with that data.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information in compliance with applicable US Federal and State privacy laws (including the California Consumer Privacy Act - CCPA/CPRA) and international standards (including the General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR).
2. Information We Collect
We collect minimal personal information necessary to deliver transparent product intelligence, metrics, and community discussions:
A. Information You Voluntarily Provide
When you submit a community review, comment, or vote on product models, or contact us through our inquiry forms, we may collect your submitted name/handle, trade role, email address (if provided for contact), and content of your review.
B. Automatically Collected Usage Data & Cookies
When you browse our platform, our servers and analytics providers automatically collect log data such as your IP address, browser type and version, referring URL, pages visited, time spent, and basic device identifiers.
C. Affiliate Tracking Pixels & Partner Cookies
When you click on outbound retailer links (such as Amazon, The Home Depot, Lowe's, Acme Tools, or eBay), those third-party retailers set a tracking cookie on your device. These cookies allow retailers to identify ScoreMet as the referrer and credit our qualifying commission. Please note that these third-party cookies are governed by the respective retailer's privacy policy.
D. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Cookies (DART Cookie)
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to ScoreMet.com or other websites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) enables it and its partners to serve relevant advertisements to our visitors based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or Your Online Choices (EU).
3. How We Use Your Information
- To maintain, optimize, and deliver high-performance product benchmarks and caching layers.
- To power community discussions, up/down voting, and contributor reputation scoring.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical faults, spam, and fraudulent activity.
- To respond to user inquiries, correction requests, and feedback.
- To serve contextual and personalized advertisements via Google AdSense and comply with retailer advertising agreements.
5. Third-Party Service Providers
We employ trusted third-party companies and services to facilitate and monetize our platform:
- Cloudflare: Edge CDN, DDoS mitigation, and SSL encryption.
- Google AdSense (Google LLC): Display advertising delivery and measurement (How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites).
- Google Analytics: Aggregated anonymous web traffic metrics.
- Amazon Services LLC / Retailer Networks (CJ, Impact): Merchant referral attribution.
We never sell, rent, or trade your personal contact information (such as email addresses or names) to third-party data brokers.
6. Your Rights (CCPA/CPRA & GDPR)
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Know / Access: Request a summary of personal information we have collected.
- Right to Deletion: Request the removal of your submitted comments or email records.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
- Do Not Sell My Personal Information: Scoremet does not sell personal data as defined by the CCPA.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].
7. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our privacy officer at [email protected] or write to Scoremet Data Team, 100 Innovation Way, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19801, USA.
Need to request data deletion or an export of your contributions? Our data engineering team processes requests within 48 hours.
Email Privacy Officer