Our website address is: https://purelytechhub.com
This Privacy Policy explains how PurelyTechHub (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website. By using this site, you agree to the practices described below.
Information We Collect
Comments. When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
An anonymized string derived from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile photo is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Contact form. If you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide, solely to respond to your inquiry.
Media. If you upload images to the site, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract it.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience on future comments. These last year.
Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Logging in sets additional cookies to save your login details and screen preferences; login cookies last 2 days (2 weeks if you select “Remember Me”), and screen option cookies last 1 year. Logging out removes your login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie containing only the post ID, which expires after one day.
Advertising and Third-Party Cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertising on this site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other sites on the internet.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.nThird-party advertising partners may use their own cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
We do not have direct access to or control over the cookies used by these third-party advertisers.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site (e.g., pages viewed, time on site, general location). This data is aggregated and does not personally identify you. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles from other sites). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including tracking your interaction if you’re logged into an account on that site.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal information. Data may be shared with:
Service providers who help operate the site (e.g., hosting, analytics, spam filtering). Advertising partners (Google AdSense and its network), as described above. Legal authorities, if required by law
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
How Long Do We Retain Your Data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments. If you register an account with us, your profile information is retained until you request deletion. Administrators can also access and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request an exported copy of the personal data we hold about you, or request that we erase it, subject to any data we’re legally required to retain.
You have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to data portability, as described above. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. You have the right to know what personal information is collected, to request deletion, and to opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below.
Children’s Privacy
This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please get in touch with us so we can remove it.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Advertising and analytics data may be processed by third parties (including Google) outside your country of residence.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page, with the “Last updated” date updated accordingly.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, contact us at purelytechhub@gmailcom or via our Contact Us page.