Privacy Policy

What we collect

Decision Widget is designed to be privacy-friendly. Here is what we do and do not collect:

• Quiz answers — processed entirely in your browser. Your answers are never sent to our servers or stored in any database. The quiz is stateless.
• Email address — only if you voluntarily subscribe to price-drop or guide-update alerts. We store your email securely and never sell or share it with third parties.
• Partner interest form — if you submit the partner interest form on our Partners page, we store the information you provide (email, website, categories, notes) to follow up on your inquiry.
• Partner login (one-time code) — when you access the Partner Dashboard, we send a 6-digit login code to your registered email. We store only a one-way hash of the code, which expires after 10 minutes and is automatically deleted.

Analytics

We collect anonymous, aggregate usage data to understand which categories and products are most helpful. This includes page views, quiz completion rates, and outbound click counts. We do not track individual users across sessions, and we do not use third-party tracking pixels or retargeting cookies.

Cookies

Decision Widget does not set marketing or tracking cookies. We use essential cookies only for site functionality:

• partner_session — an httpOnly session cookie set when you log in to the Partner Dashboard via one-time code. It expires after 7 days and is never accessible to JavaScript.
• superadmin_token — an httpOnly cookie for internal admin authentication.
• dw-market — a 2-letter country code (e.g. "us", "ca", "uk", "au") used to route affiliate links to the correct regional Amazon store. This cookie contains no personal information — only a market identifier derived from your general geographic region. It expires after 30 days and is considered essential for site functionality.

Third-party services like Amazon may set their own cookies when you visit their site through our affiliate links — this is governed by their respective privacy policies.

Embeddable widgets

Our embeddable quiz widget (embed.js) can be placed on third-party websites. When loaded, the script:

• Creates an iframe that loads content from decisionwidget.net.
• Does not set cookies on the host site.
• Does not collect or transmit personal data from the host site.
• Communicates only with its own iframe via postMessage for height auto-sizing.

Quiz answers within the embedded widget are processed client-side and are not sent to Decision Widget servers.

Affiliate links

Product links on this site are affiliate links. When you click a product link, you are redirected through our server to the retailer's website. This redirect is used to attach our affiliate tracking tag. We log the click event (product ID, category, and timestamp) for aggregate analytics. We do not log your IP address or any personal information in connection with affiliate clicks.

International routing: We participate in Amazon Associates programs in multiple countries (US, Canada, UK, and Australia). When you click an affiliate link, we may route you to the Amazon store for your region based on your general geographic location. This routing uses the country-level location provided by our hosting infrastructure (Vercel) — we do not perform precise geolocation and we do not store your location data.

Third-party services

We use the following third-party services:

• Amazon Associates — affiliate programs in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. When you click an affiliate link, you may be directed to your regional Amazon store. Each Amazon entity has its own privacy policy governing data collected on their respective domains (amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com.au).
• Google Firebase / Firestore — database and hosting infrastructure. Used to store category data, product catalogs, and aggregate analytics.
• Vercel — website hosting. Vercel may collect standard web server logs (IP addresses, request timestamps) as part of normal hosting operations. Vercel also provides a country-level geolocation header that we use to determine your regional Amazon store — this identifies your country only (e.g. "US", "GB") and is not stored or used for any other purpose.
• Amazon SES — transactional email service. Used to deliver one-time login codes to partners and optional result emails. Amazon's privacy policy governs data processed on their infrastructure.

Data retention

Quiz answers are never stored. Email subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe. Partner inquiry data is retained for business follow-up purposes. Aggregate analytics data is retained indefinitely but contains no personal information.

Your rights

You can request deletion of any personal data we hold (such as an email subscription) by contacting us. Since quiz answers are never stored, there is nothing to delete for quiz usage.

For visitors in the UK and EEA: Under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, and port your personal data. You also have the right to object to processing and to withdraw consent at any time. Because we collect minimal personal data (only email addresses provided voluntarily), most of these rights are satisfied by our default design. To exercise any right, contact us at support@decisionwidget.net.

Contact

For any privacy questions or data requests, email us at support@decisionwidget.net.

Changes

We may update this policy as our services evolve. Material changes will be noted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.