Privacy Policy

Welcome to Home Gear Ratings. Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information when you visit homegearratings.com.

Home Gear Ratings is an independent kitchen appliance review site owned and operated by Trixie-LD. If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact us at homegearratings@gmail.com.

Home Gear Ratings is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

This means that when you click a product link on our site and make a purchase on Amazon, we may earn a small commission — at no additional cost to you. This does not influence our editorial recommendations. We only recommend products we have independently researched and believe to be genuinely useful.

We collect personal information only when you choose to provide it. This currently happens in one way: when you contact us by email at homegearratings@gmail.com. In that case, we receive your email address and any information you include in your message.

We do not operate a newsletter, comment system, user accounts, or any other form that collects your personal data automatically.

Like most websites, our hosting provider and analytics tools may automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our site, including:

• Your IP address
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring URL (the page you came from)
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Date and time of your visit

This information is used in aggregate form to understand how visitors use the site and to improve its content and performance. It is not used to identify you personally.

We may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — for analytics purposes. Third-party services we use (such as Google Analytics) may also place cookies on your device. You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling cookies will not prevent you from accessing any content on this site.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your questions and emails
• To analyze site traffic and improve content quality
• To understand which pages and topics are most useful to our readers
• To comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Our site may use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

We may use Google Analytics to understand site traffic patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymized data. You can opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Product links on this site may direct you to Amazon.com. Amazon’s privacy policy governs any data collected when you visit their site. You can review Amazon’s privacy policy on their site.

This site is built on WordPress. Our hosting provider may collect server logs as a standard part of web hosting operations.

Our content includes links to external websites, including Amazon product pages, manufacturer sites, and reference sources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you visit.

This site is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us at homegearratings@gmail.com and we will promptly delete it.

Email correspondence is retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for reasonable record-keeping purposes. Analytics data is retained according to the data retention settings of the third-party tool in use.

Depending on your location, you may have rights including:

• The right to access the personal information we hold about you
• The right to request correction or deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to or restrict certain processing of your data
• The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at homegearratings@gmail.com. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: homegearratings@gmail.com