Privacy Policy

Last updated: This page describes how Handheld Guru (“we”, “us”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit handheld.guru and related services. It is provided as a practical template for publishers and ad-supported sites. Have counsel review for your jurisdictions.

Information we collect

Log and device data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and timestamps (often via server logs or analytics).
Cookies and similar technologies: We and our partners may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and SDKs for essential site operation, analytics, personalization, and advertising.
Information you provide: When you contact us (including via our contact form), we receive the details you submit (such as name, email address, and message content).
Comments or accounts (if enabled): Data you submit in connection with interactive features.

Advertising and Google

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits here and elsewhere on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings and can learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services in Google’s Privacy & Terms. For additional industry opt-outs, see the Network Advertising Initiative.

For more detail on categories of cookies we use and how to manage them, see our Cookie Policy. For how we monetize and label sponsored or affiliate content, see our Advertising / Affiliate Disclosure.

How we use information

We use information to operate and improve the site, understand readership, secure our services, communicate with you when you contact us, comply with law, and deliver and measure advertising.

Sharing and retention

We may share information with service providers (hosting, analytics, email delivery, advertising networks), professional advisers, and when required by law. Retention periods vary by system and legal requirements; we retain contact form submissions only as long as needed for editorial and security follow-up unless a longer period is required by law.

Children

Our services are not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

International visitors

If you access the site from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where we or our vendors operate.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain processing of personal information, and to object to or opt out of certain uses (including targeted advertising). Use the contact options on our Contact page for privacy-related requests. Where required, we work with consent tools (for example, a certified CMP) for ads personalization in regulated regions.

Contact

Questions about this policy: use the Contact page.