Including Affilimate in your privacy policy (GDPR / CCPA)
To be compliant with the various laws and regulations that come with running a website, you need to have an up-to-date privacy policy linked from either your footer or your menu bar.
Disclaimer: The exact requirements for a privacy policy page can vary between jurisdictions. Your privacy policy is a legal document, and making sure that it's accurate and compliant the your responsibility as a website owner. Affilimate cannot give you legal advice. Make sure to have your privacy policy reviewed by a lawyer to ensure you're fully complying with the applicable laws in your jurisdiction.
How Affilimate processes data
Affilimate does not collect any personally identifiable information (called PII) from the visitors of your website, pursuant to GDPR Article 4 § 1. None of its data can be used directly or indirectly to identify an individual, nor is its anonymized data shared with third-party services. Affilimate does not store IP addresses or do browser fingerprinting.
It does collect anonymous information about your visitors, such as the type of device they're using (desktop, mobile, or tablet) and links clicked and viewed during that session, what page was being viewed at the time, and other anonymous information.
Take a look at Affilimate's privacy policy for more information about how your and your site's data is processed.
How you can include Affilimate in your privacy policy
Most likely, in your privacy policy, you have a section about "Third-party service providers" which you use on your website.
You can copy and paste this into that section:
Affilimate — This service tracks clicks on affiliate links on my site. It does not store IP addresses or other personal information. You can read their privacy policy here.
Here's the code:
<strong>Affilimate</strong> — This service tracks clicks and views of affiliate links on my site. It does not store IP addresses or other personal information. You can read their privacy policy <a href="https://affilimate.io/privacy-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.