Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

PeptideAfrica Guide (“we”, “us”, “our”) is an independent comparison website for Africa-accessible research peptide suppliers. This site is accessible at https://africapeptideguide.com. For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at: privacy@africapeptideguide.com.

2. Data We Collect

We do not collect personal data directly. The following data may be processed by our infrastructure and third-party providers:

• Technical access data: IP address, browser user-agent, referring URL, and page visited — collected automatically by our hosting provider (Vercel) as part of standard server logging. This data is retained for up to 30 days.
• Cookie preferences: A functional cookie stores your cookie consent choice (accepted/declined). No personal data is stored in this cookie.
• Affiliate tracking cookies:When you click an affiliate link, the vendor's website may set a tracking cookie on their domain. This is subject to their privacy policy, not ours.

3. Cookies

We use the minimum number of cookies required to operate this site:

Affiliate tracking cookies are only placed when you click an external affiliate link and land on a vendor's website. We do not place affiliate tracking cookies ourselves.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process data under the following legal bases under GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and South Africa's POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) and other applicable African data protection laws:

• Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)): Server access logging for security and performance monitoring.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Setting of non-essential cookies (affiliate tracking). You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies.

5. Third Parties

• Vercel Inc. (hosting provider) — servers located in the US. Vercel may process access logs. Privacy policy: vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy
• Affiliate vendors (Particle Peptides, SwissChems, and others linked from this site) — each has its own privacy policy. We are not responsible for data processing on third-party vendor websites.
• Trustpilot A/S — review data displayed on this site is sourced from publicly available Trustpilot profiles. No Trustpilot scripts are embedded.

6. Affiliate Disclosure

PeptideAfrica Guide earns affiliate commissions when users click links to vendor websites and make purchases. This does not affect the price you pay. Our editorial rankings are independent of affiliate relationships — see our Methodology page for details. All affiliate links are identified with rel="nofollow sponsored".

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the following rights:

• Right of access (Art. 15): Request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
• Right to erasure (Art. 17): Request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to rectification (Art. 16): Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to object (Art. 21): Object to processing based on legitimate interest.
• Right to lodge a complaint: You may lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority (e.g. South Africa's Information Regulator or your national data protection authority).

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@africapeptideguide.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Data Retention

Server access logs are retained by Vercel for up to 30 days. Cookie consent preferences are stored in your browser for up to 1 year. We do not maintain any database of user records.

9. Children

This site is not directed at children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. All products referenced on this site are strictly for qualified scientific researchers.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the site evolves. Material changes will be noted at the top of this page with an updated date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.