Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 7, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how AGoodShampoo.com collects, uses, stores and shares information when you visit our website, contact us, interact with site features or use links and services provided by third parties.

AGoodShampoo is an international English-language informational website covering hair care, shampoos, conditioners, scalp care, ingredients, product research and related topics.

This policy is intended to explain our privacy practices clearly. Privacy rights and obligations may differ depending on where you live and which laws apply.

Site owner/operator: Carolina Herrera
Website: https://agoodshampoo.com/
General contact: carolina@agoodshampoo.com
Privacy contact: info@agoodshampoo.com

Information We Collect

The information AGoodShampoo collects depends on how you use the website and which services are active when you visit.

Information generally falls into two categories:

• information you choose to provide directly
• information collected automatically through the website and its technical services

We aim to collect only information reasonably necessary to operate, secure and improve AGoodShampoo, communicate with visitors, understand website use, display advertising and support other purposes described in this policy.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide personal information when you:

• submit a contact form
• email us
• report a correction or factual issue
• ask a question
• provide product or formula information
• respond to a survey, if one is offered
• subscribe to communications, if such a feature is available
• contact us about editorial, advertising, copyright, privacy or business matters

Depending on your communication, this may include:

• your name
• email address
• company or organization
• website address
• subject of your message
• article or page URL
• information contained in your message
• documents or other material you voluntarily provide

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary for your request.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit AGoodShampoo, some technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security services, analytics tools, advertising services and similar technologies.

This information may include:

• IP address
• browser type
• device type
• operating system
• referring page or website
• pages viewed
• approximate location inferred from technical information such as IP address
• date and time of access
• session and request information
• website interactions
• error information
• server logs
• security and anti-abuse information

We may use this information to operate the site, measure performance, identify technical problems, prevent abuse, protect the website and better understand how visitors use our content.

Hosting and Security Providers

AGoodShampoo currently uses Hostinger for website hosting.

Hostinger processes customer data as part of providing its hosting services and describes itself as a processor of customer data in its Data Processing Addendum.

AGoodShampoo also uses Cloudflare for website security, performance and traffic protection. Cloudflare may process technical information such as IP addresses, system information, referring URLs and related request data as part of providing its services.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

AGoodShampoo uses or may use cookies, local storage and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, measure traffic, provide security, support advertising and record visitor choices.

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites and third-party services can place in a browser or device.

Depending on your location, consent choices and the services active on the site, cookies may include:

• essential and security cookies
• preference cookies
• analytics cookies
• advertising cookies
• fraud-prevention cookies
• consent-preference cookies
• affiliate or referral tracking cookies, if affiliate links are used

Some cookies are set by AGoodShampoo. Others may be set by third-party services such as Google, Cloudflare or embedded content providers.

Where a cookie-consent interface is presented, you can use it to manage available choices. You can also control or remove cookies through your browser settings.

Blocking certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

Google Analytics

AGoodShampoo uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.

Google Analytics may help us understand information such as:

• pages visited
• traffic sources
• general device and browser categories
• approximate geographic distribution
• navigation patterns
• engagement with content
• website performance

We use this information to improve content, navigation, user experience and technical performance.

Google provides controls relating to retention, deletion and advertising personalization in Google Analytics. Google also states that Google Analytics does not log or store IP addresses in its current Analytics properties.

Information processed by Google is also subject to Google’s own privacy policies and service terms.

Google AdSense Advertising

AGoodShampoo uses Google AdSense to display advertising.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies when advertisements are displayed on AGoodShampoo.

Google states that advertising cookies may be used to:

• serve advertisements
• personalize ads where permitted
• limit how often ads are shown
• measure advertising performance
• provide aggregated reporting
• detect invalid traffic, fraud and abuse

Google may use information about previous visits to this and other websites to help select personalized advertising where applicable.

Personalized advertising can take previous activity, interests, demographic information or other permitted signals into account. Non-personalized advertising does not use previous behavior for ad targeting, although cookies or similar technologies may still be used for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting and fraud prevention.

You can manage Google’s advertising personalization through Google’s advertising settings and other controls Google makes available.

Where legally required, AGoodShampoo may present consent or privacy controls before certain advertising technologies are used.

Google requires AdSense publishers to maintain appropriate disclosures concerning Google’s and third-party vendors’ use of advertising cookies.

Consent Management

AGoodShampoo uses a Google-supported consent system for managing certain privacy and advertising choices where applicable.

The options shown to you may depend on factors such as your geographic location, applicable law and the advertising technologies currently enabled.

Your choices may be stored so that the website and participating third-party services can remember your preferences.

You can revisit available privacy or cookie choices where the site’s consent interface permits this.

Affiliate Links

AGoodShampoo may use affiliate links in some content.

An affiliate link contains information that allows a retailer, merchant or affiliate network to determine that a visitor reached its website through AGoodShampoo.

Depending on the affiliate program, this may involve:

• referral parameters
• affiliate identifiers
• cookies
• transaction identifiers
• browser or device information

If you make an eligible purchase after following an affiliate link, AGoodShampoo may receive a commission. The retailer or affiliate provider processes its own data according to its privacy practices.

Affiliate relationships do not change the privacy practices described for information directly controlled by AGoodShampoo.

For more information about advertising and commercial relationships, please see our Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure.

Contact Forms and Email

When you contact AGoodShampoo through a website form or by email, we process the information you provide so that we can review and respond to your communication.

This may include:

• name
• email address
• subject
• message
• relevant website URL
• organization or company information
• attachments or supporting information
• technical information used for security or spam prevention

AGoodShampoo operates on WordPress, and contact-form information may be processed through the site’s WordPress-based form system and associated email infrastructure.

We may retain correspondence for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• respond to the request
• maintain appropriate business records
• document corrections or editorial communications
• address legal or security matters
• prevent abuse

We do not currently state a fixed retention period because different communications may reasonably require different retention periods.

Spam and Abuse Protection

AGoodShampoo uses security and anti-spam technologies including Akismet and Cloudflare-related protection.

These services may process technical information needed to identify spam, bots, malicious traffic and other abusive activity.

A CAPTCHA or similar challenge may also be presented on certain forms when enabled. The provider and technologies used may change as website security tools are updated.

YouTube and Embedded Content

Some AGoodShampoo pages may include embedded content from third-party websites, including YouTube.

Embedded content can behave similarly to visiting the third-party service directly. Depending on the implementation, your interaction with an embedded video or feature may allow that provider to receive technical information or use cookies and similar technologies.

YouTube is operated by Google, and information processed through YouTube is governed by Google’s applicable privacy terms.

Other third-party embeds may be added or removed over time.

Other Third-Party Services

AGoodShampoo relies on third-party services to operate and support parts of the website.

Current service categories include:

• Hosting: Hostinger
• Website platform: WordPress
• Analytics: Google Analytics
• Advertising: Google AdSense
• Security and performance: Cloudflare
• Spam protection: Akismet
• Consent management: Google-supported privacy and consent tools
• Embedded video: YouTube
• Email: private website email services

These third parties may process information necessary to provide their services.

Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies, terms and contractual arrangements.

How We Use Information

Information collected through AGoodShampoo may be used to:

• operate and maintain the website
• deliver website pages and features
• respond to inquiries
• process correction requests
• review product or formula information submitted to us
• understand website traffic
• improve content and usability
• analyze website performance
• diagnose technical problems
• prevent spam, fraud and malicious activity
• protect the website and its visitors
• display and measure advertising
• support affiliate attribution when applicable
• comply with applicable legal obligations
• establish, exercise or defend legal rights

We do not intentionally use personal information for unrelated purposes without an appropriate basis or further disclosure where required.

How Information May Be Shared

We may share information when reasonably necessary with service providers that help operate AGoodShampoo.

These may include providers of:

• hosting
• website security
• analytics
• advertising
• spam prevention
• email services
• consent management
• technical support

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• comply with applicable law or legal process
• protect the rights or security of AGoodShampoo
• investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents
• respond to valid legal requests
• protect users or third parties

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of exchanging personal information directly for money.

However, some privacy laws use broader definitions of terms such as sale, sharing or targeted advertising. Where applicable, visitors may have additional rights concerning advertising-related data practices.

Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to legal, security, operational and record-keeping needs.

Retention periods may differ according to the type of information.

For example:

• contact messages may be retained for correspondence and reasonable business records
• security logs may be retained to investigate abuse and protect the site
• analytics information is retained according to Google Analytics settings
• advertising information is processed according to Google and participating advertising providers’ retention practices
• third-party services may maintain data under their own retention policies

Google Analytics provides configurable data-retention controls for certain user-level and event-level data.

Data Security

AGoodShampoo takes reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, alteration, misuse or loss.

These measures may include:

• secure hosting
• HTTPS encryption
• access controls
• software and plugin updates
• backups
• firewall and traffic protection
• anti-spam measures
• account authentication
• security monitoring

Cloudflare and Hostinger form part of the site’s current technical security infrastructure.

No website, server, email system or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. For that reason, please avoid submitting highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms or email unless necessary.

International Data Processing

AGoodShampoo is accessible internationally.

Because we use service providers that operate in multiple countries, information may be processed or stored outside the country where you live.

The privacy protections and legal requirements applying to such information may differ from those in your own jurisdiction.

Where applicable law requires particular safeguards for international data transfers, those requirements may apply to the relevant service provider or processing relationship.

Children’s Privacy

AGoodShampoo provides general hair-care information and is not specifically directed to children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children below the minimum age at which they can lawfully provide such information under applicable privacy law.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to AGoodShampoo without appropriate authorization, contact us at info@agoodshampoo.com so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

Your Privacy Rights

Your privacy rights depend on where you live and which laws apply to the processing of your information.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• request access to personal information we hold about you
• request correction of inaccurate information
• request deletion of certain personal information
• object to certain processing
• request restriction of certain processing
• withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
• request data portability where applicable
• opt out of certain advertising or data-sharing practices
• lodge a complaint with an appropriate privacy or data-protection authority

These rights are not identical in every jurisdiction and may be subject to legal exceptions.

To submit a privacy request, contact:

info@agoodshampoo.com

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.

Advertising Choices

Google provides controls that allow users to manage or opt out of personalized advertising.

Turning off personalized advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements. It generally means that the ads shown will not be selected using the same personalization signals.

Non-personalized ads may still use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting and fraud prevention.

You may also use available browser controls and AGoodShampoo’s consent interface to manage cookies and related technologies where those controls are available.

External Links

AGoodShampoo contains links to external websites, including:

• manufacturers
• retailers
• scientific publications
• medical organizations
• regulatory sources
• research databases
• other informational resources

When you follow a link to an independent third-party website, that website’s privacy policy and practices apply.

AGoodShampoo does not control the privacy practices, cookies, tracking technologies, security measures or content of independent third-party websites.

You should review a third party’s privacy information if you want to understand how it handles your information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when:

• website features change
• service providers change
• analytics systems change
• advertising arrangements change
• affiliate programs are added or removed
• privacy or consent tools change
• security practices change
• applicable legal requirements change
• we identify information that needs clarification or correction

When we make meaningful changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page.

The date will reflect an actual revision to the policy rather than being changed solely to make the page appear current.

Contact Us About Privacy

Questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of information through AGoodShampoo can be sent to:

AGoodShampoo
Site owner/operator: Carolina Herrera
Website: https://agoodshampoo.com/
Privacy email: info@agoodshampoo.com
General email: carolina@agoodshampoo.com

You may also contact us through the AGoodShampoo Contact Us page.