Privacy Policy

1. Data We Collect

As HostScore360, we may collect the following data:

• Contact Form: First name, last name, and email address (only when you fill out the contact form)
• User Reviews: Review text, rating, and an optional name/nickname
• Votes: Upvotes/downvotes cast for hosting providers (IP-based, used to enforce a 24-hour limit)
• Automatic Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site (via log files)

2. Purpose of Use

The data we collect is used for the following purposes:

• Responding to inquiries submitted through the contact form
• Improving content quality through the review system
• Preventing spam and fraudulent voting
• Improving site performance and user experience
• Fulfilling legal obligations

3. Cookies

Our site uses the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Required for session management and security (CSRF protection).
• Analytics Cookies: Page-view statistics (only when consent has been given).
• Preference Cookies: Language and display preferences.

You can manage your cookie preferences from your browser. For more details, visit our Cookie Policy page.

4. Third-Party Services

Our platform relies on the following third-party services:

• Cloudflare Turnstile: Form verification for bot and spam protection
• Font Awesome (Cloudflare CDN): Icon library
• Google Fonts: Web fonts
• Google AdSense: Advertising displayed on this site

These services are subject to their own privacy policies and may set their own cookies.

Google AdSense and advertising cookies

This site displays advertising served by Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices. More information is available in Google's policy on how it uses data from partner sites.

We do not knowingly serve personalised advertising to children, and we do not share the personal data you submit through our forms with advertisers.

5. Your Rights (KVKK)

Under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), you have the following rights:

• To find out whether your personal data is being processed
• To request information about data that has been processed
• To request that your data be corrected or deleted
• To learn the third parties to whom your data has been transferred
• To object if processing has been carried out incompletely or incorrectly

To exercise these rights, you can reach us through our contact form or at iletisim@hostscore360.com.

6. Data Security

Industry-standard security measures are in place to protect your data:

• All traffic is protected with SSL/TLS (HTTPS) encryption
• Forms are protected with CSRF tokens
• Database access uses parameterized queries (SQL injection protection)
• Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary

7. Contact

For questions about our privacy policy:

• Email: iletisim@hostscore360.com
• Contact Form: hostscore360.com/iletisim