1. Who We Are
globalrefer.online ("GlobalRefer", "we", "our", "us") is an independent affiliate recruiting portal. Our website address is https://globalrefer.online. We are the data controller for any personal data collected through this website. We are not affiliated with Temu or PDD Holdings Inc.
For privacy enquiries, please use our Contact page.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
2a. Data You Provide Directly
Contact form submissions: If you submit a message via our contact form, we collect your name, email address, your selected topic, and the content of your message. We use this data solely to respond to your enquiry. Legal basis: legitimate interest (responding to communications).
2b. Data Collected Automatically
Server logs: Our hosting provider (Hostinger) automatically collects standard web server logs when you visit this site. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages you visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is used for security monitoring, performance analysis, and troubleshooting. Legal basis: legitimate interest (website security and operation).
2c. Data Collected by Third Parties
Google Fonts: We use Google Fonts to serve the typography on this site. When your browser loads our pages, it may make a request to Google's servers to download font files. Google may log your IP address as part of this process. See Google's Privacy Policy for details. We have minimised font loading to reduce data transfers where possible.
Temu Affiliate Tracking: When you click an affiliate link on this site and visit Temu's website, Temu will place cookies and tracking technologies on your browser according to their own privacy policy. This tracking is necessary for affiliate commission attribution and is separate from any data we collect. Please review Temu's Privacy Policy for details on how they handle your data.
3. Cookies
globalrefer.online uses minimal cookies. We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or third-party tracking cookies of our own. The cookies present on this site are:
- Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser, used for basic site functionality.
- Country preference: A small localStorage entry may be saved on your device if you use the Eligibility Checker to remember your country selection. This is stored locally on your device only and is not transmitted to our servers.
- Third-party cookies from Google Fonts: Google may set cookies as part of font delivery.
You can disable or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies will not meaningfully affect your experience on this site as we do not gate content behind cookie consent.
4. How We Use Your Data
- To respond to contact form submissions and enquiries
- To monitor website performance, security, and fix technical issues
- To comply with legal obligations
- To improve our content and user experience based on aggregate, anonymised analytics
We do not sell your personal data to any third party. We do not use your data for advertising profiling, behavioural targeting, or any form of automated decision-making that has legal effects on you.
5. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR / UK-GDPR)
For visitors in the European Union or United Kingdom, our legal bases for processing personal data are:
- Legitimate interest — for server logs, security monitoring, and responding to contact enquiries
- Consent — where we ask for your permission (e.g., if we add optional analytics in the future, we will obtain consent first)
- Legal obligation — where required by applicable law
6. Data Retention
Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months and then permanently deleted. Server log data is retained according to Hostinger's standard data retention policy, typically 30–90 days. We do not retain personal data for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Right to rectification: To request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): To request deletion of your personal data
- Right to restriction of processing: To request that we limit how we use your data
- Right to data portability: To receive your data in a structured, commonly used format
- Right to object: To object to processing based on legitimate interest
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond within 30 days. EU and UK residents also have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority (in the UK: the ICO; in the EU: your national supervisory authority).
8. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal data to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
9. International Data Transfers
Our hosting provider (Hostinger) operates servers in the European Union. Some third-party services (such as Google Fonts) may transfer data to servers outside the EU/UK. Where such transfers occur, they are subject to appropriate safeguards including Standard Contractual Clauses or the provider's compliance with applicable data transfer frameworks.
10. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our site operates over HTTPS with SSL/TLS encryption. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal requirements. Any material changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
12. Contact
For privacy-related questions, data access requests, or to exercise any of your rights, please use our Contact page. We aim to respond to all privacy enquiries within 30 days.