Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you contact us through our contact form or by email. This includes your name, email address, and the content of your message. We do not collect this information unless you choose to contact us.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through standard web technologies. This includes your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited on our site, time spent on pages, and the website that referred you to us. This information is collected through analytics tools and is used in aggregate form to understand how visitors use our site.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to improve your experience. We use the following types of cookies: essential cookies that are necessary for the website to function, analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use our site, and advertising cookies placed by Google AdSense if you see advertisements on our pages. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features on our site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries and messages
• To understand how visitors use our website and improve our content
• To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• To monitor and analyse website traffic and usage patterns
• To detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
• To comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

3. Google AdSense and Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies by visiting aboutads.info.

4. Affiliate Links

Our website contains affiliate links to third-party products and services. When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate links are clearly disclosed on every page that contains them.

When you click an affiliate link and visit a third-party website, that website's privacy policy applies to your visit and any information you provide to them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites we link to.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect information about your use of our website:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to visiting. We use this information to improve our website. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and Google's Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognising you on return visits by disabling cookies in your browser.

AliExpress Affiliate Programme

We participate in the AliExpress affiliate programme. When you click an AliExpress affiliate link on our Creator Gear page, AliExpress may collect information about your visit in accordance with their own privacy policy. We earn a commission if you make a purchase through our affiliate links.

Formspree / Contact Form

Our contact form may be processed through a third-party form service. Information you submit through the contact form including your name and email address is transmitted securely and used solely to respond to your enquiry.

6. Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions and email correspondence for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter in case of follow-up questions. Analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics default retention settings. We do not retain personal data beyond what is necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

• The right to access personal information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR. If you are located in California, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the Contact section below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete that information promptly.

9. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorised access. However, no internet transmission is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information transmitted to or from our website.

10. External Links

Our website contains links to third-party websites including the tools and products we review and recommend. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your data rights, or have concerns about how we handle your information, please contact us: