Last updated: May 10, 2026 · Effective: May 10, 2026
Tester Hub Media LLC ("we," "us," "our," or the "Company") operates the Start as a Tester website at startastester.top (the "Site") together with related services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, retain, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our Site, submit an application to our home product testing panel, or otherwise interact with us.
We take your privacy seriously and aim to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the EU/UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA, Canada's PIPEDA, Brazil's LGPD, and other relevant federal, state, and international privacy regulations.
We may receive information from advertising and analytics partners regarding the source of your visit, attribution metrics, or anonymized engagement signals. We may also receive verification or fraud-prevention signals from service providers we work with.
| Purpose | Legal Basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Process and review your application to the testing panel | Performance of a contract / Consent |
| Send you confirmation, invitations, and program communications by email or SMS | Performance of a contract / Legitimate interest |
| Measure and optimize advertising and acquisition campaigns | Legitimate interest / Consent |
| Run analytics to improve the Site and the matching process | Legitimate interest |
| Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or duplicate submissions | Legitimate interest / Legal obligation |
| Comply with legal and regulatory obligations | Legal obligation |
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with the following categories of recipients, only as needed for the purposes described in this Policy:
Our Site uses advertising pixels and conversion tracking technologies, including the Meta Pixel (operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., parent company of Facebook and Instagram) and other similar tools, to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. When you submit an application, we may transmit hashed personal data (typically email, name, and phone number) to advertising platforms. Identifiers are hashed using SHA-256 prior to transmission, in line with each platform's data terms.
The Meta Pixel collects information such as your IP address, browser/device data, pages visited on our Site, and events such as form submissions. This information is used by us and by Meta for ad delivery, ad measurement, reporting, and audience building (including the creation of Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences). Meta may combine this information with other data it holds about you in accordance with its own privacy policy, available at facebook.com/privacy/policy.
| Cookie / Pixel | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Pixel (_fbp, _fbc) | Ad delivery, measurement, and audience building on Facebook/Instagram | Up to 90 days |
| Other advertising pixels | Ad delivery, measurement, and retargeting | Up to 90 days |
| Click identifiers (fbclid, gclid) | Attribute traffic to specific ad campaigns | Up to 90 days |
| Analytics cookies | Aggregate site usage and performance metrics | Up to 13 months |
| Session cookies | Essential form state and basic functionality | Session |
If you are in the EU, EEA, or UK, you have the right to: access your data; correct inaccuracies; request deletion; restrict or object to processing; data portability; withdraw consent at any time; and lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
California residents have the right to: know what we collect; request deletion; correct inaccurate data; opt out of any sale or sharing of personal information; limit use of sensitive personal information; and not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. To opt out, email us with the subject line "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information."
Residents of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws have similar rights, including access, correction, deletion, and opt-out of targeted advertising. We honor these rights to the extent required by applicable law.
Email privacy@startastester.top with the subject line "Privacy Rights Request." We will respond within 30 days, or sooner where required by law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling the request.
We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, including TLS/SSL encryption in transit, SHA-256 hashing of personal data prior to third-party transmission, role-based access controls, and routine monitoring of our systems. No method of internet transmission or storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We are headquartered in the United States. If you access the Site from outside the US, your information may be transferred to and processed in the US or other jurisdictions whose laws may differ from yours. Where required, we rely on appropriate transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
The Service is not directed to individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe a minor has submitted information, please contact privacy@startastester.top and we will promptly delete it.
We may update this Policy occasionally. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be highlighted where appropriate. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.