1. Introduction
Welcome to Gadg4u.com. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website, gadg4u.com, including any related services (collectively, the “Service”).
By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of our Service.
2. Who We Are
Gadg4u.com is a product recommendation platform that participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and other Amazon marketplaces worldwide.
3. Information We Collect
3.1. Information You Provide to Us
- Contact Forms: If you contact us via forms or email, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
3.2. Information We Collect Automatically
- Log Data: Includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other technical data.
- Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
- Affiliate Tracking: As an Amazon Affiliate, we use affiliate links that may track clicks and purchases for commission purposes. This tracking is managed by Amazon’s systems and adheres to Amazon’s Privacy Policy.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Respond to your inquiries and support requests.
- Improve and maintain our website and services.
- Analyze traffic and usage patterns.
- Track affiliate link performance.
- Comply with legal obligations.
5. Third-Party Services
5.1. Amazon Affiliate Program
We participate in the Amazon Associates Program. When you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our site, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any resulting purchases for affiliate commission purposes.
Please refer to Amazon’s Privacy Policy for more information on how Amazon collects and processes data: https://www.amazon.com/privacy
5.2. Analytics Services
We may use third-party analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) that collect data on website usage. These services may collect your IP address and other technical information.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to:
- Analyze website traffic and usage.
- Enhance your browsing experience.
- Support affiliate tracking.
You can disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may impact your experience on our website.
7. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may disclose your information:
- To service providers who assist in operating our website.
- To comply with legal requirements or protect our legal rights.
- In connection with any merger, sale, or acquisition of all or part of our business.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of your data.
- Object to or restrict certain types of data processing.
- Withdraw your consent where processing is based on consent.
Please contact us at privacy@gadg4u.com to exercise these rights.
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
11. International Transfers
If you are located outside of the country where our servers are hosted, please note that your information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in that country, where data protection laws may differ.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://gadg4u.com.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.