Privacy, without the small print.

Why Not Ads is operated by:

MONTESSARA SRL
CUI: 46269040

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), MONTESSARA SRL is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy.

If you have any questions about this policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at:

hello@whynotads.com

We aim to collect only the information we actually need.

When you request a free review or contact us

You may provide us with:

• your name;
• your work email address;
• your website;
• your city and country;
• information about what you would like to improve;
• information about whether you currently run paid advertising;
• any other information you choose to include in your message.

Some fields are optional. You do not need to provide optional information in order to send your request.

When you use the Fit Check

The Fit Check may use information you enter about your business, such as:

• estimated customer value;
• advertising budget;
• customer capacity;
• the advertising service you are considering.

The calculator is designed to produce the result in your browser. Unless you separately submit information through one of our forms, the figures you enter into the Fit Check are not used to create a customer profile or make an automated decision about you.

Technical information

Like most websites, our hosting and security providers may process limited technical information when you visit the website, such as:

• IP address;
• browser and device information;
• request timestamps;
• pages or resources requested;
• security and diagnostic information.

This information may be processed to deliver the website, prevent abuse, troubleshoot technical problems and maintain security.

We process personal data only when we have a lawful reason to do so.

To respond to your enquiry or free review request

We use the information you submit to:

• review your website or business;
• prepare and send the written feedback you requested;
• answer questions;
• discuss a possible working relationship;
• communicate with you about your request.

Our legal basis is generally Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, where processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Where that basis does not apply, we may rely on our legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in responding to business enquiries and operating our business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

To operate and protect the website

We may process limited technical information to:

• serve the website;
• detect and prevent abuse;
• maintain security;
• diagnose errors;
• protect our systems and users.

Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure and reliable website.

To comply with legal obligations

We may process or retain information where this is required by applicable law, regulation, court order or another legally binding obligation.

We do not sell your personal information.

Submitting the Free Review form does not subscribe you to marketing emails.

We do not use information submitted through the form for unrelated advertising or profiling.

We do not make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you solely through automated processing.

We use a limited number of service providers to operate the website and respond to enquiries.

Cloudflare

Our website infrastructure is provided through Cloudflare.

Cloudflare may process technical information required to deliver and protect the website, including IP addresses and request information.

Resend

We use Resend to deliver emails generated through the website, including Free Review requests.

Information submitted through the form may therefore be processed by Resend in order to transmit the email to us.

Other recipients

We may also disclose personal information where required:

• by law;
• by a court or competent authority;
• to establish, exercise or defend legal claims;
• to prevent fraud, abuse or security incidents.

We do not share personal data with third parties for their own independent marketing purposes.

Some of our service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we rely on safeguards available under applicable data-protection law, which may include:

• an adequacy decision;
• the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses;
• other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

You can contact us if you would like more information about safeguards that apply to a particular transfer.

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

As a general rule:

Free Review and business enquiries

We keep enquiry information for up to 12 months after our last meaningful communication, unless:

• you become a client, in which case relevant information may become part of our client records;
• we need to keep information for longer to comply with legal, accounting or contractual obligations;
• a legal dispute requires us to retain it.

Client records

Where we enter into a contract with you, information relevant to the contractual and accounting relationship may be retained for the period required under applicable law.

Technical and security information

Technical logs are retained according to the retention periods applied by our infrastructure and security providers and only for as long as reasonably necessary for security, reliability and troubleshooting.

We periodically review the information we hold and delete or anonymise data that is no longer needed.

Under the GDPR, depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
• request deletion of your personal data;
• restrict how your personal data is processed;
• object to processing based on legitimate interests;
• receive certain personal data in a portable format;
• withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent.

These rights are not absolute and may depend on the legal basis and circumstances of the processing.

To exercise a right, contact:

hello@whynotads.com

We may need to confirm your identity before fulfilling a request.

We will respond without undue delay and normally within the time required by applicable data-protection law.

If you believe your personal data has been processed unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

In Romania, the relevant supervisory authority is:

Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP)

You may also complain to the supervisory authority in the EU/EEA country where you normally live, work or where you believe an infringement occurred.

We would appreciate the opportunity to address your concern first, so you are welcome to contact us at:

hello@whynotads.com

Why Not Ads uses cookies and similar technologies for different purposes.

Some technologies are strictly necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off.

Other technologies are optional and are used only with your consent.

Necessary technologies

These technologies are required for core website functionality, security and remembering your privacy choices.

They may be used without your consent where this is permitted by applicable law.

For example, we may store your cookie preferences locally on your device so that we can remember the choices you made.

Analytics

With your consent, we may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use the website and to measure website performance.

These technologies may help us understand information such as:

• which pages are visited;
• how visitors move through the website;
• which parts of the website are used most often;
• whether technical problems occur.

Analytics technologies are not activated unless you consent to the Analytics category.

Advertising

With your consent, we may use advertising and measurement technologies to:

• measure whether our advertising campaigns lead to visits, enquiries or other conversions;
• understand whether visitors arrived through advertising campaigns;
• measure advertising performance;
• build audiences for future advertising;
• support remarketing;
• support personalised advertising, where applicable.

Advertising technologies are not activated unless you consent to the Advertising category.

Google Consent Mode

Where we use Google advertising or measurement services, your consent choices may be communicated to Google through Google Consent Mode.

Depending on your choices, the website may communicate consent signals relating to:

• advertising storage;
• analytics storage;
• advertising user data;
• advertising personalisation.

When you have not given consent for optional categories, the corresponding consent signals remain denied.

Your choices

When you first visit the website, you can:

• Accept all optional technologies;
• Reject non-essential technologies;
• Manage choices and decide separately whether to allow Analytics and Advertising technologies.

Necessary technologies remain active because they are required for the website to function and to remember your privacy choices.

You can change or withdraw your choices at any time by selecting Cookie settings in the website footer.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

How we remember your preference

Your cookie and privacy preferences may be stored locally on your device so that the website can remember your choice.

The stored preference may include:

• the version of the consent settings;
• the date and time of your choice;
• whether Analytics was allowed;
• whether Advertising was allowed.

If we materially change the technologies or purposes covered by the consent system, we may ask you to make a new choice.

Third-party technologies

If optional analytics or advertising providers are added to the website, they may process information in accordance with their own privacy terms and the permissions you have given.

We will update this Privacy Policy when the technologies or providers used on the website materially change.

You can review or change your preferences at any time through Cookie settings in the footer.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or misuse.

No online service can guarantee absolute security, but we limit access to personal information and work with service providers that maintain appropriate security measures.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for how those websites collect or use personal information. Their own privacy policies apply when you visit them.

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, providers or legal obligations change.

The current version will always be available on this page and the “Last updated” date will show when it was most recently revised.

For privacy questions, requests or concerns:

Why Not Ads / MONTESSARA SRL
CUI: 46269040
hello@whynotads.com