Privacy Policy

DumbPhoneGuide.com (“we”, “us”) is an independent publisher of dumbphone reviews, comparisons and guides. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit the site, who receives it, and the choices you have. We keep it short because we collect very little.

Information we collect

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not run comment sections or sign-up forms for visitors, so we do not collect names, passwords or payment details. The only information that reaches us or our service providers is technical data your browser sends automatically and the usage data described below.

• Server logs. Our hosting provider (Vercel) records standard request data such as IP address, user agent, requested URL and timestamp for security and reliability.
• Language preference. When you open a translated page we may store a small first-party cookie (NEXT_LOCALE) that remembers the language you chose. It contains no personal data.
• Email you send us. If you write to hello@dumbphoneguide.com we receive your address and message, and use them only to reply.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages are useful (page views, approximate location, device and browser type, and how visitors arrived). Google Analytics sets first-party cookies and receives your IP address, which Google truncates or does not log for analytics purposes. We use this information in aggregate to decide what to write and fix next; we do not try to identify individual visitors.

Advertising and cookies

We may display ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads, to limit how often you see the same ad, and, where you allow it, to personalise ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

• You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of many third-party vendors’ personalised advertising at aboutads.info or, in Europe, at youronlinechoices.eu.
• Learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent choice, provided through Google’s certified consent management platform, before cookies used for personalised advertising or analytics are set. You can change your choice at any time from the same message or in your browser settings.

Affiliate links

Some product links go to retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. If you buy after clicking, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The retailer, not us, handles your purchase and your personal data under its own privacy policy. See our How We Research page for how affiliate relationships are kept separate from ratings.

Who processes data on our behalf

• Vercel Inc. — website hosting and delivery.
• Supabase — database hosting for site content.
• Google LLC — analytics and advertising.

These providers may process data in the United States and other countries, under their own privacy terms and, where applicable, standard contractual clauses.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act) you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data held about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. Because we hold almost no personal data directly, most requests are best handled with the relevant provider above; email us and we will help you reach the right place. We do not sell personal information.

Children

This site is aimed at adults and parents researching phones. It is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

Changes to this policy

If we change how data is handled we will update this page and the “Last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@dumbphoneguide.com.