Who we are
Mygadgetszone.com is an independent gadgets review website created to help everyday users in India understand technology in simple language before they buy. The focus is on honest, detailed reviews and comparisons of smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, audio products and other consumer gadgets.
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 spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also 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 approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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.
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 visit our login page, 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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.
Who we share your data with
Mygadgetszone.com does not sell your personal information to anyone. However, we may share limited data with trusted third parties who help us run this website and provide services.
We may also share information if required to comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or protect the rights, property or safety of mygadgetszone.com, our users or others. Whenever possible, only the minimum necessary data is shared, and third parties are expected to handle it securely in line with their own privacy policies.
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.
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 your data is sent
Data collected through mygadgetszone.com may be processed or stored on servers located in different regions, depending on our hosting, analytics and service providers. This means your information may be transferred to and stored in a country different from your own, which may have different data protection laws than your country.
Where data is transferred across borders, reasonable measures are taken to ensure it is handled securely and in line with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. Service providers and third parties who process data on our behalf are expected to follow appropriate security and privacy standards when handling such information.