Product Safety History respects the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use the website and how that information may be used.
Information You Provide
If you contact Product Safety History through the contact form, you may provide information including:
- your name
- your email address
- a subject
- the URL of a page you are contacting us about
- a CPSC recall number
- the contents of your message
This information is used to review and respond to your message, investigate reported data errors, and address questions or feedback about the website.
Information submitted through the contact form is not sold or used for unrelated marketing purposes.
Automatically Collected Information
Like most websites, Product Safety History may receive basic technical information when you visit the site.
This can include information such as:
- IP address
- browser type
- device type
- operating system
- referring page or website
- pages requested
- date and time of access
This information may be collected by the website’s hosting provider, WordPress, security systems or other technical services required to operate the site.
It may be used for website security, troubleshooting, performance monitoring and general site administration.
Cookies
Product Safety History may use cookies or similar browser technologies that are necessary for the operation, security or functionality of the website.
Additional cookies may be introduced if services such as analytics or other third-party features are added in the future. This Privacy Policy will be updated when appropriate to reflect material changes in the site’s data practices.
Contact Form
Messages submitted through the contact form are sent to the website operator by email.
The information you provide should be limited to what is reasonably necessary for your question, feedback or correction request.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form.
External Links
Product Safety History contains links to external websites, including official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notices and other government resources.
When you follow an external link, you leave Product Safety History. The privacy practices of the destination website are governed by that site’s own policies.
Product Safety History is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
Public Government Data
Product Safety History organizes publicly available product-safety information, primarily from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Information appearing in government recall records may include the names of manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers or other organizations associated with a recall.
This public recall information is used for research, search and historical analysis and is separate from personal information submitted by visitors through the website.
Data Retention
Contact messages and related correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, investigate reported errors, maintain records of corrections or protect the operation of the website.
Technical logs may be retained according to the practices of the website’s hosting, security and technical service providers.
Sharing of Information
Personal information submitted through the website is not sold.
Information may be processed by service providers that are necessary to operate the website, such as web hosting, email or security providers.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable legal obligations, protect the website from misuse or address security concerns.
Children’s Privacy
Product Safety History is a general informational website and is not designed to collect personal information from children.
Visitors should not submit unnecessary personal information through the contact form.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated as Product Safety History changes or as new website features and services are introduced.
Material changes to the way visitor information is collected or used will be reflected on this page.
Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy can be submitted through the Contact page.
Independent Website
Product Safety History is independently operated and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission or any other government agency.