Privacy policy

Advertising & affiliate cookies

We use third-party services to serve ads and to track affiliate referrals. These services may set cookies in your browser. We do not have direct access to those cookies; each service operates under its own privacy policy.

• Google AdSense serves display ads on this site and uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to select ads based on your visits to this and other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising via Google’s ads settings or industry opt-out at aboutads.info/choices.
• Skimlinks may rewrite outbound merchant links into affiliate links and set a cookie to attribute purchases. Read their policy at skimlinks.com/privacy-policy.
• Amazon Associates: when you click an outbound “Check price on Amazon” button, Amazon sets a referral cookie attributing the click to VerdictAI’s associate account (verdictai-20). This does not increase your purchase price. See Amazon’s privacy notice.
• Embedded video (YouTube via youtube-nocookie): we embed video reviews using the privacy-preserving variant of YouTube’s embed (youtube-nocookie.com), which does not store viewing cookies unless you press play.

Your choices

• Disable cookies entirely in your browser settings. The site will still function, every page is statically rendered.
• Use Private / Incognito mode to visit without persistent cookies.
• Block trackers with extensions like uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger. The advertising will not load; the editorial content is unaffected.

GDPR & CCPA

If you are accessing the site from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or California, you have additional rights under GDPR / CCPA including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data. Because VerdictAI does not collect personal data directly, requests should be directed to the relevant third-party services listed above (Google, Skimlinks, Amazon) under their respective privacy policies.

Children

The site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through one of the third-party services, contact that service directly and they will remove it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site evolves, particularly when adding or removing third-party services. Substantive changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.