This policy explains what information Powertools4u.com collects when you visit, why it is collected, and who else handles it. We have tried to write it in plain English rather than legal boilerplate, and to describe only what this site actually does.
The short version
You can read this site without giving us anything. We do not sell personal information. We do not run advertising networks or retargeting. You only hand over personal details if you choose to send us a message.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our server records technical details of each request: the page requested, the date and time, the browser and device type, the referring page, and the IP address the request came from. This is standard web server logging and is used for security and troubleshooting.
Cloudflare sits in front of this site as a content delivery network and security layer. Every request to Powertools4u.com passes through Cloudflare before it reaches our server, which means Cloudflare processes request data including IP addresses in order to serve pages quickly and to filter malicious traffic. Cloudflare handles that data under its own privacy terms.
Analytics
We measure traffic in one way, and it is not Google Analytics.
We use a first party measurement script served from analytics.devdome.com, which records page views, referrers and outbound link clicks so we can see which reviews are useful and which links people follow. It is configured to respect a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
The purpose is simple: to understand how the site is used in aggregate. We are not building profiles of individual readers, and we do not attempt to identify you from analytics data.
Outbound links and click tracking
When you click a product link, you pass through a redirect on this site before reaching Amazon. That step sets a first party cookie containing a randomly generated visitor identifier, which lets us count clicks and attribute a referral. The identifier is not tied to your name or email address, and it is not shared with advertisers.
Once the redirect hands you over to Amazon, Amazon’s own privacy notice and cookie practices apply. We have no visibility into what you look at or buy there, and Amazon reports commissions to us in aggregate without telling us who any individual customer is. Our cookie policy covers this in more detail.
Information you give us
If you use our contact form, the name, email address and message you type are emailed to us and also saved in this website’s own database, so that enquiries are not lost if an email fails to arrive. That means your message is retained on our server until it is deleted.
We use what you send only to reply to you and to correct the site where you have pointed out a problem. We do not add contact form submissions to a mailing list, and we do not pass them to third parties. There is no newsletter and no reader account system on this site, and public registration is closed.
Payments
Nothing is sold here and no payment method is enabled. We never see or store card details, billing addresses or delivery addresses. Any purchase you make happens on the retailer’s own site under its terms.
How long information is kept
Server and security logs are kept for a limited period and then rotated out. Contact form messages are kept for as long as they remain useful for answering you or maintaining the site, and are deleted when they are not. The visitor identifier cookie set at the outbound redirect expires on its own after roughly two years, or sooner if you clear your browser.
Your choices
You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask us to delete it. In practice this almost always means a message you sent through the contact form, and we will remove it on request. You can also block or clear cookies in your browser at any time, and enable a Do Not Track setting if your browser offers one. Blocking cookies does not stop you reading the site.
To make any of these requests, or to ask a question about this policy, use the contact page. Please tell us enough for us to find the record you mean.
Other sites
This policy covers Powertools4u.com only. Once you follow a link to Amazon, a manufacturer or any other site, that site’s own policies take over.
Changes
This policy is reviewed periodically and updated when the way the site works changes. The version published here is the one that applies.