Last updated: July 17, 2026

CBE Tested (“CBE,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use and share that information, and the choices available to you.

This policy applies to the CBE Tested website, currently available at cbetested.com, and any related pages, forms, newsletters, or services that link to this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Submit a contact form
  • Subscribe to our email newsletter
  • Contact us directly
  • Participate in a survey, promotion, or similar activity

This information may include your:

  • First and last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Message or inquiry
  • Communication preferences
  • Any other information you choose to provide

The website currently includes a contact form requesting a first name, last name, email address, phone number, and message, as well as newsletter signup forms requesting an email address.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser and device type
  • Operating system
  • Referring website
  • Pages viewed
  • Links clicked
  • Date and time of visits
  • General geographic location
  • Website interaction and usage information

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the website
  • Respond to questions and contact-form submissions
  • Send newsletters and other communications you requested
  • Understand how visitors use the website
  • Measure the effectiveness of our content and marketing
  • Personalize your website experience
  • Detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical problems
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Enforce our terms and protect our rights

The website provides product reviews, buying guides, and product recommendations across home, kitchen, outdoor, travel, and related lifestyle categories.

3. Email Communications

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your email address to send product reviews, buying guides, recommendations, updates, and other content.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in an email. Even after unsubscribing from marketing emails, we may still send non-promotional communications when necessary, such as responses to inquiries or administrative notices.

We may use a third-party email service provider to manage subscriptions and deliver emails. That provider may process your information on our behalf according to its own privacy practices and our instructions.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files placed on your device that help websites function, remember preferences, and understand visitor activity.

We may use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for basic website functions, security, form processing, and preference management.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the website, including which pages are visited and how visitors interact with our content.

Advertising and Affiliate Cookies

These cookies may be used to measure referrals, track purchases made after clicking affiliate links, and evaluate the performance of advertising or affiliate partnerships.

Functional Cookies

These cookies support optional features, embedded content, and saved preferences.

Where required by law, nonessential cookies will be used only after you provide consent through our cookie-consent banner. You may withdraw or update your consent through the website’s cookie settings.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how the website functions.

5. Analytics

We may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand website traffic and visitor behavior. These services may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, interactions, and approximate location.

Analytics providers may use cookies or similar technologies to process this information. Where legally required, analytics tracking will not begin until you consent.

6. Affiliate Links and Product Recommendations

CBE Tested publishes product reviews, buying guides, and recommendations. Some links on the website may be affiliate links.

When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission or referral fee at no additional cost to you. The retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to determine that your visit or purchase originated from our website.

When you leave our website and visit a retailer or other third-party website, that third party’s privacy policy and terms apply. We do not control how third-party retailers collect or use your information.

7. Embedded Content and External Links

Our articles may include videos, images, social-media content, retailer links, or other material embedded from third-party websites.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those third parties may:

  • Collect information about you
  • Place cookies on your device
  • Use additional tracking technologies
  • Monitor your interaction with their content
  • Associate activity with your account when you are logged in to their service

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing information to them.

8. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We may share information with:

Service Providers

Companies that help us operate the website, including providers of:

  • Website hosting
  • Email delivery
  • Contact forms
  • Analytics
  • Security and spam prevention
  • Website maintenance
  • Cloud storage
  • Affiliate-link management

These providers may access information only as needed to perform services on our behalf.

Affiliate and Advertising Partners

Information about link clicks, referrals, and transactions may be shared with affiliate networks, retailers, or advertising partners to track commissions and measure campaign performance.

Legal and Safety Requirements

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to:

  • Comply with a law, regulation, court order, or legal process
  • Protect our rights or property
  • Prevent fraud, abuse, or security threats
  • Protect the safety of visitors or others
  • Investigate a violation of our policies

Business Transfers

Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, financing, or similar business transaction.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Fulfill the purpose for which it was collected
  • Respond to inquiries
  • Maintain business and tax records
  • Meet legal or regulatory requirements
  • Resolve disputes
  • Prevent fraud and maintain website security

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.

However, no website, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information to us at your own risk.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Request a copy of your information
  • Object to or restrict certain processing
  • Withdraw consent
  • Opt out of certain advertising or data-sharing activities
  • Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request

We will not discriminate against you for exercising a legally protected privacy right.

To submit a request, contact us using the information listed below. We may need to verify your identity before completing the request.

12. California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act.

These may include the right to:

  • Know what categories of personal information are collected
  • Know the purposes for which information is used
  • Know the categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed
  • Request access, correction, or deletion
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
  • Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
  • Receive equal service and pricing after exercising privacy rights

CBE Tested does not knowingly sell personal information for monetary compensation. Certain analytics, advertising, or affiliate technologies may be considered “sharing” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws. Where applicable, you may manage these technologies through our cookie settings.

13. Children’s Privacy

The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact us so that we can review and delete it where appropriate.

14. International Visitors

If you access the website from outside the United States, your information may be processed and stored in the United States or another country where our service providers operate.

Data-protection laws in those countries may differ from the laws in your jurisdiction.

15. Do Not Track and Preference Signals

Some browsers allow users to send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no universally accepted standard for responding to these signals, the website may not respond to all Do Not Track requests.

Where required by applicable law and supported by our systems, we may recognize legally valid browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, services, or legal obligations.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after an update means the revised policy will apply to future activity.

17. Contact Us

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be submitted through our website’s contact page or sent to:

CBE Tested
Tampa, Florida
Email: contact@cbetested.com
Website: cbetested.com