Last updated: 23 July 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Velivion Ltd collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit or interact with HowPeopleUse.com.

Velivion Ltd is a company registered in the Republic of Cyprus under registration number HE 495527.

For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, Velivion Ltd is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

Velivion Ltd
Operator of HowPeopleUse.com
Company registration number: HE 495527
Registered address: 25th March 17, 1087 Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: info@howpeopleuse.com
Website: HowPeopleUse.com

2. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies when you:

• Visit HowPeopleUse.com

• Contact us

• Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list

• Use a calculator, comparison tool or interactive feature

• Submit a review, comment, survey response or other content

• Click an affiliate or advertising link

• Interact with our social-media pages or marketing communications

This policy does not apply to websites, products or services operated by third parties, even where they are linked from HowPeopleUse.com.

3. Personal Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use the website.

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

You may provide us with information such as:

• Your name

• Your email address

• Your telephone number

• Your company or organisation

• Information included in a contact form

• Newsletter subscription details

• Reviews, comments or survey responses

• Feedback and support enquiries

• Information entered into calculators or interactive tools

• Your communication preferences

You should not provide sensitive personal information through the website unless it is specifically requested and necessary.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

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

• Your Internet Protocol address

• Browser type and version

• Device type and operating system

• Screen resolution

• General geographic location

• Language and time-zone settings

• Pages visited

• Links clicked

• Referring website

• Date and time of access

• Time spent on pages

• Website errors and performance data

• Cookie and advertising identifiers

This information may be collected using cookies, pixels, analytics tools, server logs and similar technologies.

3.3 Affiliate and Advertising Information

Where you click an affiliate or advertising link, we and our partners may collect information such as:

• The link or advertisement clicked

• The date and time of the click

• The referring page

• Your device or browser identifier

• Whether a purchase, registration or other conversion occurred

• The value or category of a transaction

We do not normally receive your complete payment-card details from affiliate partners or retailers.

3.4 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from:

• Analytics providers

• Advertising networks

• Affiliate networks

• Social-media platforms

• Newsletter and email-service providers

• Website hosting and security providers

• Product manufacturers and retailers

• Publicly available sources

• Business and professional contacts

The information received will depend on your settings, the third party’s privacy practices and the services involved.

4. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

• Operate, maintain and secure HowPeopleUse.com

• Respond to enquiries and support requests

• Provide newsletters and requested communications

• Administer subscriptions and communication preferences

• Publish or moderate reviews, comments and user submissions

• Provide calculators, comparison tools and interactive features

• Personalise content and recommendations

• Understand how visitors use the website

• Measure website traffic and performance

• Improve our articles, reviews, tools and services

• Detect fraud, abuse, spam and security threats

• Measure affiliate referrals and advertising performance

• Manage relationships with commercial partners

• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims

• Protect our rights, users and business interests

We will not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with those described in this policy unless permitted or required by law.

5. Legal Bases for Processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we rely on the following legal bases:

5.1 Consent

We may rely on your consent when:

• You subscribe to marketing communications

• You accept non-essential cookies

• You submit information voluntarily for a specific purpose

• Consent is otherwise required by law

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.

5.2 Performance of a Contract

We may process personal information where this is necessary to:

• Provide a service you requested

• Respond to steps taken before entering into a contract

• Manage an agreed commercial or business relationship

5.3 Legitimate Interests

We may process personal information where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

Our legitimate interests may include:

• Operating and improving the website

• Understanding website usage

• Securing our systems

• Preventing fraud and misuse

• Managing affiliate and commercial relationships

• Responding to general enquiries

• Promoting our content and services appropriately

• Establishing or defending legal claims

Where required, we assess whether the processing is necessary and proportionate and whether your interests or rights outweigh our interests.

5.4 Legal Obligations

We may process personal information where necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory or law-enforcement requirements.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

HowPeopleUse.com may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used for:

• Essential website functionality

• Security and fraud prevention

• Remembering user preferences

• Traffic and performance analytics

• Affiliate-link tracking

• Advertising measurement

• Content personalisation

• Social-media functionality

Essential cookies may be placed without consent where they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.

Where required by law, analytics, advertising, personalisation and other non-essential cookies will only be used after you have provided consent.

You can manage your choices through our cookie banner or cookie settings tool.

Further information should be provided in our separate Cookie Policy.

7. Analytics

We may use analytics services to understand how visitors access and use HowPeopleUse.com.

Analytics providers may process information such as:

• IP address

• Device and browser details

• Pages visited

• Session duration

• Referral source

• Approximate location

• Interactions with website features

Where possible, we use settings designed to limit unnecessary data collection, such as IP-address truncation, restricted retention periods and consent controls.

8. Marketing Communications

We may send you newsletters, website updates, product information or other marketing communications where:

• You have provided consent;

• You have requested the communication; or

• We are otherwise legally permitted to contact you.

You can unsubscribe at any time by:

• Clicking the unsubscribe link in an email;

• Adjusting your communication preferences; or

• Contacting us at info@howpeopleuse.com.

We may retain limited information about an unsubscribe request to ensure that your preference continues to be respected.

9. Affiliate Links and Advertising

HowPeopleUse.com may contain affiliate links, sponsored content and advertisements.

When you interact with these features, affiliate networks, advertisers, retailers or other partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• Identify that a referral came from HowPeopleUse.com

• Measure clicks and conversions

• Calculate commissions

• Prevent fraudulent transactions

• Deliver or measure advertising

Those third parties may act as independent data controllers for their own processing activities.

Their collection and use of information will be governed by their own privacy policies.

10. User Reviews and Public Submissions

Information you submit for publication, such as a review or comment, may become publicly visible.

This may include:

• Your display name

• Your review or comment

• The date of submission

• Any information you voluntarily include

You should not publish personal information that you do not want others to see.

We may retain moderation and submission records for security, fraud-prevention and legal purposes.

11. AI-Assisted Tools and Calculators

Where you use an AI-assisted tool, calculator or recommendation feature, we may process the information you enter to generate a response or estimate.

Information submitted to these tools may be processed by third-party technology providers acting on our behalf.

You should not enter:

• Special-category personal information

• Financial-account details

• Payment-card information

• Government identification numbers

• Confidential business information

• Personal information relating to another individual without authority

Unless expressly stated otherwise, these tools are not intended to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

We may use aggregated or anonymised tool-usage information to improve our services.

12. Who We Share Personal Information With

We may share personal information with trusted service providers and other recipients, including:

• Website hosting providers

• Cloud-storage providers

• Website developers and technical support providers

• Cybersecurity and fraud-prevention providers

• Analytics providers

• Email and newsletter platforms

• Customer-relationship-management providers

• Affiliate networks

• Advertising and measurement partners

• Survey and form providers

• Legal, accounting and professional advisers

• Regulators, courts and public authorities

• Prospective purchasers, investors or advisers in connection with a business transaction

Service providers acting on our behalf are only permitted to process personal information in accordance with our instructions and applicable contractual requirements.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, users or business.

13. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers or commercial partners may process personal information outside Cyprus or the European Economic Area.

Where personal information is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we will use an appropriate legal mechanism where required, such as:

• A European Commission adequacy decision

• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission

• Additional contractual, technical or organisational safeguards

• Another legally permitted transfer mechanism

You may contact us for further information about the safeguards used for relevant international transfers.

14. Data Retention

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

Retention periods may depend on:

• The nature of the information

• The reason it was collected

• Whether you maintain an account or subscription

• Legal, accounting or tax requirements

• Security and fraud-prevention requirements

• The need to establish or defend legal claims

• Applicable limitation periods

Examples of typical retention practices include:

• Contact enquiries may be retained for up to two years after the last meaningful communication

• Marketing information may be retained until you unsubscribe or object

• Unsubscribe records may be retained to ensure your preference is respected

• Analytics information may be retained according to the settings of the relevant analytics provider

• Financial and transaction records may be retained for the period required by applicable law

• Security logs may be retained for a reasonable period for monitoring and investigation

We may retain anonymised or aggregated information indefinitely where it can no longer reasonably identify you.

15. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorised access

• Accidental loss

• Misuse

• Alteration

• Disclosure

• Destruction

These measures may include access controls, encryption, backups, security monitoring, software updates and restrictions on access to personal information.

No internet-based service is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that information transmitted through the website will never be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

16. Your Data-Protection Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information

• Request deletion of your personal information

• Request restriction of processing

• Object to processing based on legitimate interests

• Object to direct marketing

• Request the transfer of information you provided to us

• Withdraw consent at any time

• Request information about international-transfer safeguards

• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

• Request human intervention where applicable automated decision-making is used

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise your rights, contact us at info@howpeopleuse.com.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

We will normally respond within one month, although this period may be extended where permitted by law for complex or numerous requests.

17. Complaints

You may contact us first if you have concerns about how we handle personal information.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in Cyprus:

Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection
Republic of Cyprus

You may also have the right to complain to the data-protection authority in the EU or EEA country where you live, work or believe an infringement occurred.

18. Children’s Privacy

HowPeopleUse.com is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children who are not legally able to provide valid consent.

Where we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child unlawfully, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

A parent or guardian who believes that a child has provided us with personal information may contact us at info@howpeopleuse.com.

19. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by retailers, affiliate partners, advertisers, social-media platforms and other third parties.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of those websites.

You should review the privacy policy of each third-party service before providing personal information.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to:

• Our website and services

• The technologies we use

• Our commercial relationships

• Applicable legal or regulatory requirements

• Our data-processing practices

The updated policy will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Where required, we may provide additional notice of material changes.

21. Contact Us

For questions, requests or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact:

Velivion Ltd
Operator of HowPeopleUse.com
Company registration number: HE 495527
Registered address: 25th March 17, 1087 Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: info@howpeopleuse.com
Website: HowPeopleUse.com