This privacy policy is directed at you as an end user of websites on which ReviewForest Widgets are embedded. It informs you about how your personal data is processed in connection with the use of these widgets.
ReviewForest provides widgets to website operators (our customers) that can be integrated into their websites. As an end user, you interact with these widgets when you visit the website of one of our customers.
In the following, we would like to explain how your data is processed by us.
Responsible entity in the sense of the GDPR:
ReviewForest GmbH Großbeerenstr. 11 10963 Berlin Email: mail@reviewforest.org
You can reach our Data Protection Officer at:
Leon Heuser c/o ReviewForest GmbH Großbeerenstr. 11 10963 Berlin Email: privacy@reviewforest.org
The ReviewForest Widgets serve to display ratings and experience reports for products, services, or companies. They allow you to view ratings that have been submitted on various rating platforms such as Google.
An important aspect of our widgets is that we cache the ratings on our own servers. This has the advantage for you as a user that no direct data transfer to the rating platforms (such as Google) occurs when you view the ratings. This caching serves to protect your privacy and minimizes the sharing of your data with third parties.
If you contact us via email, the data you provide will be stored by us to process your request.
The processed data includes:
We will delete the data as soon as storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
As a data subject, you have the right to information, the right to rectification or deletion, the right to restriction of processing, and the right to object to the processing of your data.
Please send your objection informally to the following address:
ReviewForest GmbH Großbeerenstr. 11 10963 Berlin Email: mail@reviewforest.org
In addition, you have the right to data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority about the processing.
The processing of your data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing a secure and efficient infrastructure for our widgets and in protecting your privacy through the caching of ratings.
We use the following host to provide our website:
Hetzner Online GmbH Industriestr. 25 91710 Gunzenhausen Germany
Server location is Germany.
This host is a recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us. This corresponds to our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR, not having to maintain a server on our own premises.
We additionally use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Cloudflare:
Cloudflare Germany GmbH Rosental 7, c/o Mindspace 80331 Munich Germany
This serves to increase the security and delivery speed of our website. This corresponds to our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
For this purpose, personal data may be processed in Cloudflare’s server log files. Depending on your location, data may be transferred to the USA. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the EU Commission, which can be accessed here for the USA. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
You have the right to object to the processing. Whether the objection is successful must be determined as part of a balancing of interests.
The processing of the data specified in this section is neither legally nor contractually required. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the processing.
We store your anonymized access data for a maximum of 7 days. This data is used exclusively for statistical purposes and for error analysis.
For more information on objection and removal options regarding Cloudflare, please visit: Cloudflare DPA
Cloudflare has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all worldwide activities where Cloudflare processes personal data of individuals in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). For more information, please visit: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare_customer_SCCs-German.pdf
Date: May 2026 Version: 1.6-Widget
