Privacy Policy

Our website address is https://hqtraffics.com (referred to as "HQ Traffics", "we", "us", or "our"). HQ Traffics operates as the primary data controller for personal and transactional information collected through this website. We are dedicated to maintaining strict transparency and adherence to international privacy frameworks including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Campaign Orders & Checkout Details

When you purchase an SEO service or traffic package, we collect your name, email address, billing address, target website URL, target keywords, and any specific campaign instructions. This information is strictly utilized to configure, execute, and deliver your campaign and send comprehensive progress reports.

Contact Form 7 & Direct Support Communications

All information submitted through our "Reach Us" or customer service contact forms (including name, email, URL, and project notes) is treated with strict commercial confidentiality. Inquiries are stored in our secure database to facilitate prompt, accurate support and follow-up consultation.

Blog Comments & Spam Prevention Telemetry

When visitors leave editorial comments on our blog, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to aid automated spam detection via Akismet. An anonymized hash generated from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to display your profile picture upon editorial comment approval.

Media Uploads & Embedded EXIF Metadata

If you upload images or media assets to our website (such as guest post drafts or author avatars), you should avoid uploading files containing embedded EXIF GPS location data, as visitors may download and inspect publicly accessible image metadata.

Essential WooCommerce Session Cookies

We utilize lightweight session cookies to maintain your shopping cart contents as you browse our SEO shop, remember currency preferences, and secure checkout forms. These cookies are strictly functional and do not track your activity across unrelated third-party websites.

Account Authentication & Remember-Me Cookies

If you log into an account on our platform, temporary cookies verify browser acceptance. Login cookies remain active for two days, while screen option cookies persist for one year. If you choose "Remember Me", your login session remains securely active for two weeks, terminating immediately upon logout.

Comment Preferences Cookies

When leaving comments, you may optionally opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for 1 year so you do not have to re-enter them on subsequent discussions.

Data Sharing with Authorized Payment Gateways

Billing details provided during checkout (such as name, email, and transaction totals) are transmitted over TLS 1.3 encrypted sockets directly to our secure payment processor (PayPal / authorized merchant card gateway) solely to authorize and complete payment clearing.

No Sale or Commercial Renting of Personal Information

HQ Traffics will never sell, rent, lease, or trade your personal data, campaign URLs, target keywords, or business contacts to third-party data brokers, marketing lists, or advertising networks under any circumstances.

Right of Access & Data Portability

You have the right to request an exported copy of all personal data held by HQ Traffics concerning you, including contact profiles, order histories, and communications.

Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten")

You may request that we permanently delete and erase any personal information we hold about you. This does not apply to data we are legally obligated to retain for accounting, tax compliance, dispute settlement, or regulatory security mandates.

Right to Rectification & Restriction

You can request the immediate correction of incomplete or outdated personal information, or restrict certain forms of data processing pending verification.