Privacy Policy — gonermsg

1. Who We Are

gonermsg.com ("gonermsg", "we", "our", or "us") is an independent research website that reviews and ranks messenger platforms for bot development. The website is operated at the domain gonermsg.com. For any privacy-related queries, please contact us at info@gonermsg.com.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information you provide directly

When you use our contact form, we collect the following information that you voluntarily submit:

Your name (first name, and optionally last name)
Your email address
The subject and content of your message

2.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit gonermsg.com, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

Your IP address and general geographic location (country/region level)
Browser type and version
Operating system
Pages visited and time spent on pages
Referring website (if any)
Date and time of your visit

2.3 Cookies and local storage

We use cookies and browser local storage for functional purposes such as remembering your cookie consent preference. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

To respond to messages and inquiries submitted through our contact form
To understand how visitors use our website and improve its content
To maintain security and prevent abuse of our services
To comply with legal obligations

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process personal data under the following legal bases:

Consent — for cookies and analytics tracking, where your consent is obtained.
Legitimate interests — for analysing website traffic to improve our content, provided such interests are not overridden by your rights.
Contract performance — when responding to a direct inquiry submitted by you.

5. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months from the date of receipt, after which they are deleted. Server access logs are retained for up to 90 days for security purposes. Cookie consent records are retained in your browser's local storage until you clear it.

6. Sharing of Information

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. We may share data in the following limited circumstances:

With hosting and infrastructure providers who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements
When required by law, regulation, or valid legal process
To protect the safety and rights of gonermsg and its users

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to access personal data we hold about you
The right to correct inaccurate personal data
The right to request deletion of your personal data
The right to restrict or object to processing
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@gonermsg.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. International Data Transfers

Our website and its infrastructure may be hosted in data centres located outside your country of residence. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we take steps to ensure an adequate level of protection in accordance with applicable data protection law.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These include HTTPS encryption, access controls on our systems, and regular security reviews. However, no internet transmission is completely secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including the messaging platforms we review. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

gonermsg.com
Email: info@gonermsg.com