Privacy Policy

Who we are

We’re Gadgetry Today. Our website address is: http://gadgetry.today.

This is an outline of our site wide Privacy Policy. The owners and writers of this website shall be known as ‘us’, ‘we’, or ‘the Site’. The users shall be referred to as ‘you’, ‘visitors’, or ‘the User’.

Our Audience

Audience:

We serve a general audience, and as such the posts, pages, content and materials on this site are not specifically intended for anyone under 13 years of age.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of underaged internet users, and will delete any  information accidentally collected from anyone under 13 years of age as soon as we are aware of it.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

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 with our spam detection procedures.

An anonymized string created from your email address (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 we approve your comment, any profile picture you upload is visible to the public in the content of your comment.

The User should exercise caution when using comment forms, as information posted here becomes public. The Site is not liable for damages or losses incurred from information shared publicly by the User on the Site.

Media

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.

Contact forms

Cookies

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

This site uses services from Third Parties, some of which make use of cookies. Partners such as (but not limited to) Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon and eBay may use cookies for a variety of reasons. Some examples include (but are not limited to): saving preferences from previous visits, presenting advertisements to the user based on past search history, and various related services.

Gadgetry Today has no control over the terms of use and privacy policies of these Third Parties, and the Agreements between the User and any Third Parties that install cookies or collect data from the User is strictly between the User and the Third Party.

Cookies can be blocked through the User’s browser settings. It should be mentioned that disabling cookies can diminish the user experience on the Site.

It is the responsibility of the User to monitor, filter and understand the terms of use and privacy policies relating to cookies on their browser, device or computer.

Embedded content from other websites

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. We don’t control the privacy policy of 3rd party sites, and as such you should be cognizant of the data policies set out by those 3rd parties.

Analytics

Gadgetry Today collects data from visitors to the site, unless data is explicitly blocked by the user. This is standard practice with many sites, and the data collected is used to measure and improve site traffic, improve layout and services, understand the demographics of the User, and ultimately provide an ideal experience for the User.

The data is collected through Third Party analytics software, and is collected automatically from each visitor to the site (unless otherwise blocked). This data is viewed as an aggregate, and we aren’t looking at individual visits.

Some examples of data that may be collected are: internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service providers (ISPs), browser data, entry and exit points, and other relevant demographics. This information is anonymous and used for the purpose of monitoring traffic trends.

Who we share your data with

Like many sites we use third party analytics services to collect this data anonymously in order to better understand who is reading the site and make improvements to our content.

How long we retain your data

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. Gadgetry Today does not currently allow user registration or collect this personal information.

The data collected by third party services depends on the service.

What rights you have over your data

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 we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Demographics are collected anonymously through a third party analytics services

Your contact information

Additional information

Links to Other Sites:

This website makes use of links to other sites and services. Once you leave this site, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy and are subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of another organization. Please be aware of this.

How we protect your data

Gadgetry Today uses reasonable security measures to protect site data, content and information, and we take your data security seriously. That said, the Site is not liable for any damages incurred by breaches in these security measures. The Site is not responsible for the security of any User generated accounts or passwords created on this site. We recommend being circumspect regarding what you willingly share on the Site, and guarding your personal information carefully.

There is further information on user submitted content and posts in the Terms of Use section.

It is the User’s responsibility to read, understand and adhere to the Terms of Use and to the Privacy Policy. These policies may be changed or updated at any time without notice to the User.