Effective date: 30 September 2026 | Last updated: 30 September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Marcos Martinez Martinez (“we”, “us”, “our”), the operator of Solar Home Basics (solarhomebasics.com), collects, uses and shares information when you visit our website. By using the site you acknowledge this policy. If you’re in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom or Switzerland, please also read the section “Your rights under GDPR and UK GDPR”.
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller is Marcos Martinez Martinez, Spain. You can contact us at info@solarhomebasics.com.
2. Information we collect
Information collected automatically
- Device and usage data: IP address (which may be truncated or anonymised by our tools), browser type, device type, operating system, language, referring page, pages viewed, time on page and approximate location (country or region).
- Cookies and similar technologies: small files or identifiers used for site functionality, analytics, advertising and affiliate tracking. See our Cookie Policy.
- Server logs: our hosting provider records technical data for security and performance.
Information you provide
- When you contact us: your name, email address and the contents of your message.
- Comments: your name, email address, website (optional) and comment, if you leave a comment on an article.
We don’t intentionally collect sensitive categories of personal data, and please don’t send us any.
3. How we use information
- To operate, secure and improve the website and its content.
- To understand how visitors use the site (analytics).
- To show advertising and measure its performance.
- To track affiliate referrals, so we can earn commission when you buy through our links.
- To respond to your messages and requests.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
4. Legal bases (EEA, UK and Switzerland)
- Consent for non-essential cookies and similar technologies, including advertising and analytics cookies where required. You can withdraw consent at any time through our cookie settings.
- Legitimate interests in running, securing and improving the site, where these aren’t overridden by your rights.
- Contract or pre-contract steps where you ask us to do something (for example, respond to a request).
- Legal obligation, where we must keep or disclose information by law.
5. Advertising, analytics and affiliate partners
Google AdSense and advertising
We use Google AdSense and may use other advertising partners to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings, and you can learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info (US) or youronlinechoices.com (EU/UK).
- For visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, we use a consent management platform (CookieAdmin) to ask for your choices before personalised ads or non-essential cookies are used.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used. It may set cookies and process usage data as described in the Cookie Policy.
Affiliate links
Some links on our site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Our affiliate partners may set cookies to track referrals. See our Affiliate and Advertising Disclosure.
6. Who we share information with
- Service providers that help us run the site (hosting, security, analytics, consent management, email).
- Advertising and affiliate partners, as described above.
- Professional advisers, authorities or courts where required by law or to protect rights.
- A successor, if the site or business is sold or reorganised.
We don’t sell your personal information in exchange for money. However, sharing data with advertising partners through cookies may count as a “sale” or “sharing” for targeted advertising under some laws, which is why we provide the choices described below.
7. International transfers
Some of our providers, including Google, are based in or process data in countries outside your own, such as the United States. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the EU-US and UK-US data bridge frameworks, as applicable to the provider.
8. How long we keep information
We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes described. Analytics and cookie data are kept for the periods shown in the Cookie Policy or set in our tools. Messages you send us are kept for as long as needed to handle your request and for a reasonable period afterwards.
9. Your rights under GDPR and UK GDPR
If you’re in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you may have the right to: access your data; correct it; have it erased; restrict or object to processing; data portability; and withdraw consent at any time (which doesn’t affect earlier processing). To exercise these rights, email info@solarhomebasics.com. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority. In the UK, that’s the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). In the EU, contact your local authority. Our lead authority is the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, aepd.es).
10. Your rights under US state privacy laws
Depending on where you live (for example California and other states with comprehensive privacy laws), you may have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it’s used, request access, correction or deletion, opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and of targeted advertising, and not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. We collect the categories of information described in section 2 (identifiers, internet activity and, if you contact us, contact details) for the purposes in section 3.
- To opt out of targeted advertising and the sale or sharing of personal information, use the cookie settings icon on our site to switch off advertising and analytics cookies, or email us. Where our consent tool supports it, we honour opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.
- To make a request, email info@solarhomebasics.com. We may need to verify your identity.
11. Children
Our site is intended for a general adult audience and isn’t directed at children under 16. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we’ll delete it.
12. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information, but no online service is completely secure.
13. Third-party sites
Our pages link to other websites (for example government sites, manufacturers and installers). We’re not responsible for their privacy practices, so please read their policies.
14. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date shows the latest version, and we’ll take extra steps to inform you if changes are significant.
15. Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email info@solarhomebasics.com.