Privacy Policy
Website: https://topantenna.com
Effective date: November 2, 2026
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Data controller / operator: TopAntenna
Contact: sales@topantenna.com
1. Who We Are
This website (“Site”) is operated by TopAntenna (“we”, “us”, “our”), located at Chongyuan Guanghui Technology Park, Jienan Road, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, 523932, P.R.China. For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), we act as the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. For the purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA/CPRA”), we act as a “business” that collects consumers’ personal information.
Website address: https://topantenna.com
2. What Personal Data We Collect
2.1 Information you provide
- Comments: when you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form (name, email address, website if provided), your comment content, your IP address, and your browser’s User-Agent string, to help detect spam.
- Account / registration: if you register for an account, we store the profile information you provide (username, email address, display name, and any optional profile fields such as name, bio, or contact details).
- Contact and business enquiries: if you contact us via email or a contact form, we keep your name, email address, and message content so we can respond.
- Media uploads: if you upload images, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the Site.
2.2 Information collected automatically
- Cookies and similar technologies (see Section 4 for categories and lifetimes).
- Server logs: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, and timestamps, retained for security and abuse prevention.
- Embedded content: articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking you if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
2.3 CCPA/CPRA categories at a glance
| Category | Examples | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email address, username, IP address | You; automatic collection |
| Internet activity | Browsing history on our Site, interaction data, cookies | Automatic collection |
| Geolocation (derived) | IP-derived country/region | Automatic collection |
| Other | Comment content, enquiry messages | You |
We do not collect, use, or disclose sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA, we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we have not done so in the preceding 12 months.
3. How We Use Your Data and Our Legal Bases (GDPR)
| Purpose | GDPR legal basis (Art. 6) |
|---|---|
| Publishing and managing comments, spam detection | Legitimate interests (site security and integrity); consent where you opt in to save your details |
| Providing and administering user accounts | Performance of a contract / taking steps at your request |
| Responding to enquiries and password resets | Legitimate interests; performance of a contract |
| Site security, fraud and spam prevention, server logs | Legitimate interests |
| Google Analytics cookies | Consent (withdrawable at any time) |
Automated spam detection: visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service. We do not carry out automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.
4. Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies at any time via your browser settings. Blocking all cookies will affect site functionality.
| Cookie category | Purpose | Lifetime | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comment opt-in (“save my info”) | Stores your name, email, and website so you need not re-enter them | 1 year | Strictly functional |
| Test cookie (login page) | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies; no personal data | Session (discarded on browser close) | Strictly necessary |
| Login cookies | Save your authentication state | 2 days; 2 weeks with “Remember Me”; removed on logout | Strictly necessary |
| Screen options | Remember admin interface display preferences | 1 year | Strictly functional |
| Post-editing cookie | Records the ID of the post you just edited; no personal data | 1 day | Strictly functional |
| Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_<container-id>) | Distinguishes unique visitors and measures how visitors use the Site (Google Analytics 4). Operated by Google LLC. How Google uses data | Up to 2 years (refreshed on return visits) | Analytics — non-essential, set only with your consent |
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with the Site (pages viewed, session duration, referring source, approximate region derived from IP). These cookies are non-essential: they are only set after you give consent via our cookie banner, and you can withdraw consent at any time by reopening the banner via the “Cookie settings” link in the footer [add this link after installing the consent plugin], or by deleting cookies in your browser. Google may transfer this data to the United States; we rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses as described in Section 7. We do not enable Google advertising or data-sharing features. Google’s privacy policy. You can also install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
5. Gravatar
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see whether you are using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
- Service providers / processors: automated spam-detection service, Gravatar, our hosting provider, and Google (Google Analytics).
- Legal and regulatory disclosures: where required by law, regulation, or valid legal process.
- Password resets: if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties.
7. International Data Transfers
Our Site is hosted in the United States (Virginia). Personal data of visitors from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland may therefore be transferred to and stored in the United States. Where this occurs, we rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (where the recipient is certified) or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (or the UK/Swiss equivalents), together with supplementary technical measures where required.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: if you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely, so we can recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Where permitted, you may request erasure (Section 9).
- Registered users: we retain profile information for the lifetime of the account. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (username cannot be changed); site administrators can also see and edit that information.
- Contact and enquiry emails: retained for 2 years after the enquiry is closed.
- Server logs: retained for 90 days.
Where a specific retention period is not stated, we keep data only as long as necessary for the purposes in Section 3, and then delete or anonymize it.
9. Your Rights
9.1 GDPR rights (EEA/UK residents)
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
- Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
- Erasure (“right to be forgotten”) — request deletion of your personal data, except where retention is required for administrative, legal, or security purposes;
- Restriction of processing; Objection to processing based on legitimate interests;
- Data portability — receive an export file of the data you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format;
- Withdraw consent at any time for processing based on consent (e.g. optional cookies), without affecting prior processing;
- Lodge a complaint with your local supervisory data protection authority.
9.2 CCPA/CPRA rights (California residents)
- Right to know — the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, the purposes, sources, and recipients (Sections 2, 3, 6);
- Right to delete — request deletion of personal information we hold, subject to statutory exceptions;
- Right to correct — correct inaccurate personal information;
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing — not applicable, as we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
- Right to non-discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights;
- Right to limit use of sensitive personal information — not applicable, as we do not collect sensitive personal information.
9.3 How to exercise your rights
Email sales@topantenna.com from the address associated with your account or comment. We will verify your identity and respond within the statutory deadlines (GDPR: one month; CCPA: 45 days, extendable by 45 more). Authorized agents may submit requests on your behalf with written permission.
10. Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 (under COPPA) or under 16 in the EEA (or the age of consent in your member state) without verifiable parental consent. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
11. Security
We apply appropriate technical and organizational measures, including HTTPS/TLS encryption in transit, access controls, and restricted administrator access. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Data Breach Notification
If a personal data breach is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the competent supervisory authority without undue delay (and affected individuals where the risk is high), in accordance with GDPR Articles 33–34.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy periodically. Material changes will be announced on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
14. Contact Us
For any privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints:
- Email: sales@topantenna.com
- Postal: Chongyuan Guanghui Technology Park, Jienan Road, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, 523932, P.R.China
- EU/UK representative (Art. 27 GDPR): we have not yet appointed a representative in the EU/UK and are evaluating this requirement with legal counsel. In the meantime, all requests and complaints may be sent to us directly at sales@topantenna.com.
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