Privacy Policy

Last updated: 17 March 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Modern Living Review, operating through the website modernlivingreview.com ("we", "us", or "our"), collects, uses, stores, and shares information about you when you visit our website, including the page at modernlivingreview.com/reviews/herz-p1-smart-scale-review/.

We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with applicable laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Australian Privacy Act 1988, and Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please discontinue use of this website.

1. Who We Are — Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

Website: modernlivingreview.com
Contact email: contact@modernlivingreview.com

This website is an independent editorial review platform. We are not the manufacturer or official seller of the Herz P1 Smart Scale or any other product reviewed on this site.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information when you interact with our website:

Browsing data: pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URL, browser type and version, operating system, screen resolution, and device type.
IP address: automatically collected by our servers and analytics tools to determine approximate geographic location and to ensure security.
Cookies and tracking technologies: first-party and third-party cookies, pixels, and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy.
UTM parameters and campaign data: tracking parameters appended to URLs to measure the effectiveness of traffic sources, including affiliate campaign identifiers.
Contact form data: if you use our Contact page, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.

We do not collect special categories of sensitive personal data (such as health data, financial information, or government identification numbers) through this website.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

Website analytics and improvement: understanding how visitors navigate and interact with our content to improve the quality and relevance of our reviews.
Affiliate performance tracking: attributing clicks and referrals correctly to measure affiliate campaign performance through UTM parameters and cookie-based tracking.
Legal compliance: maintaining records as required by applicable law, and responding to lawful requests from public authorities.
Responding to enquiries: processing messages submitted through our contact form to provide assistance.
Security: monitoring for and preventing fraudulent or abusive traffic.

We rely on the following legal bases to process your data under GDPR and equivalent legislation: legitimate interests (analytics and affiliate tracking), compliance with legal obligations, and consent (for non-essential cookies where required).

4. Sharing Your Data with Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with the following categories of third parties:

Analytics providers: such as Google Analytics, which receives anonymised browsing and technical data to help us understand site performance. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
Affiliate networks: when you click an affiliate link, your browser communicates directly with the affiliate network's servers. The affiliate network may set its own cookies. We do not transfer your personally identifiable information to affiliate networks.
Hosting and infrastructure providers: who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements.
Law enforcement or regulatory bodies: where required by applicable law or legal process.

5. Data Retention

We retain analytics data in aggregated and anonymised form for up to 26 months, consistent with standard analytics platform defaults. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months or until the matter is resolved. IP addresses in server logs are retained for up to 30 days for security purposes. You may request deletion of your data at any time (see Section 6).

6. Your Rights

Depending on your country of residence, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access: request a copy of the data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: request correction of inaccurate data.
Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): request deletion of your data where there is no compelling reason for us to continue processing it.
Right to restrict processing: request that we limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format.
Right to object: object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@modernlivingreview.com. We will respond within 30 days. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.

7. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party providers may process data outside your country of residence, including in the United States. Where we transfer data outside the European Economic Area or UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Country-Specific Rights and Notices

🇺🇸 United States — California (CCPA)

If you are a resident of California, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

Right to Know: you may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months.
Right to Delete: you may request deletion of personal information we have collected, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale: we do not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA.
Right to Non-Discrimination: we will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To submit a CCPA request, email contact@modernlivingreview.com with the subject line "CCPA Privacy Request".

🇬🇧 United Kingdom — UK GDPR

For users in the United Kingdom, this website is subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Your rights under the UK GDPR mirror those listed in Section 6 above. If you are not satisfied with our response to a privacy request, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

🇦🇺 Australia — Privacy Act 1988

For users in Australia, this website complies with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to request corrections. If you believe we have breached the Privacy Act, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.

🇨🇦 Canada — PIPEDA / Law 25

For users in Canada, this website complies with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and, where applicable, Quebec's Law 25 (Bill 64). You have the right to access and correct personal information we hold about you. To exercise your rights or lodge a complaint, contact us or reach the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca.

11. Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, please contact us via our Contact page or directly at contact@modernlivingreview.com. We aim to respond to all privacy requests within 30 days.