Privacy and Cookies Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective date: 2023.04.16

[gadget]how²/Jonathan Procter (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the gadgethow2.com website (the “Service”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). You are not required to provide this information to us, and you are welcome (in fact, encouraged) to use forms of anonymised information in place of your name and email address (e.g; a pseudonym and a hidden email address such as one provided by SimpleLogin, iCloud Hide my Email, DuckDuckGo’s duck.com etc). If provided, personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our Service. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense is a program run by Google that allows publishers in the Google Network of content sites to serve automatic text, image, video, or interactive media advertisements, that are targeted to site content and audience. Google AdSense uses cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Google may also share this information with third parties. You can find more information about how Google uses data when you use our website here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Disqus

We use Disqus to provide commenting functionality on our website. Disqus is a third-party commenting system that allows users to comment on articles and other content. When you leave a comment on our website using Disqus, we may collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and IP address. We use this information to identify you as the author of the comment and to prevent spam. For more information on how Disqus collects and uses data, please see their privacy policy at https://help.disqus.com/terms-and-policies/disqus-privacy-policy

2. Use of Data

We use the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To provide customer care and support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
• To monitor the usage of the Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

3. Disclosure of Data

We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of our Service
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability