Privacy Policy

Who we are

Get Gear Lab (“we”, “us”, “our”) runs the website getgearlab.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it and the choices you have. If you have any questions, contact us at info@getgearlab.com.

Information we collect

Information you give us

• Contact form and email: your name, email address and message when you contact us.
• Comments: the name, email and comment you submit. Your email is never shown publicly.
• Newsletter: your email address if you subscribe to updates.

Information collected automatically

• Log data: IP address, browser type, device, pages visited, referring pages and the date and time of your visit.
• Cookies and similar technologies: small files that help the site work and measure how it is used. See our Cookie Policy.

How we use your information

• Run, maintain and improve the website
• Understand which guides are useful so we can write better ones
• Reply to your messages and requests
• Send updates or notifications you have signed up for
• Show advertising that helps keep the site free
• Protect the site against spam, fraud and abuse

Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Google is a third-party vendor and uses cookies to serve ads on our site.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s 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 this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.

For more detail, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. We do not control the cookies used by advertisers.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics (through Google Site Kit) to understand how visitors use the site, such as which pages are read and for how long. This data is aggregated and helps us improve our content. You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Push notifications and newsletter

If you allow browser push notifications, our provider OneSignal stores a device identifier so it can send you alerts about new guides. You can turn notifications off at any time in your browser settings.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is stored with our email service provider (Mailchimp) and used only to send you updates. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.

Comments

When you leave a comment, we store the comment, your name, email and IP address to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to show your profile picture.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers that help us run the site (such as hosting, analytics, advertising, email and notification services), when required by law, or to protect our rights and the safety of our users.

Data retention and security

We keep contact messages and comments for as long as needed to respond and to keep a record of the conversation. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe. We use reasonable technical measures to protect your information, but no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Ask us to delete your data
• Object to or restrict how we use your data
• Receive a copy of your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent at any time

California residents (CCPA/CPRA): you may request to know, delete or correct the personal information we have collected about you. We do not sell or share personal information for money.

EEA and UK residents (GDPR): you may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To make a request, email info@getgearlab.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Children’s privacy

Get Gear Lab is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

Links to other websites

Our guides link to manufacturers, government agencies and other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites, so please review their policies.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.