Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 26, 2026
This policy explains what personal data SafeBuys (safebuys.com) collects, why, and what choices you have. If you have a question about it, please reach us through the contact page or at sales@safebuys.com.
Data you give us
Contact form
When you send a message through our contact form, we receive your name, email address, your message, and the IP address the message was sent from. We use this only to reply to you and to deal with spam. Messages are delivered to our email inbox and kept only as long as needed to handle your request.
Comments
When you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address and website you enter, plus your IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam. Your email address is never shown publicly. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture; Gravatar’s privacy policy is at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Comments and their metadata are kept so that follow-up comments can be approved automatically.
Data collected automatically
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email and website in cookies so you don’t have to type them again; these last one year. Site administrators also receive login cookies when they sign in. Our analytics tools (below) may also set cookies. We do not use advertising cookies.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) and Clicky (Roxr Software Ltd.) to understand how visitors use the site, for example which pages are read and how people arrive. These services collect information such as pages visited, referring site, approximate location based on your IP address, device and browser type, and may set cookies or similar identifiers to recognize repeat visits. We use this information only in aggregate to improve the site. You can block these tools with your browser’s privacy settings or a content blocker; Google also offers an opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Server logs and security
Like most websites, our hosting server records basic technical information such as IP addresses, pages requested and browser type. These logs are used to keep the site secure and working, and are deleted on a regular schedule.
Fonts and embedded content
Pages load fonts from Google Fonts, which means your browser connects to Google’s servers. Articles may also contain links or embedded content from other websites; those sites may collect data about you as if you visited them directly.
Links to other websites
Our guides link to manufacturer and retailer websites. Once you leave SafeBuys, that site’s own privacy policy applies. Some links may be affiliate links, as described in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Who we share data with
We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the service providers named above (our host, Google Analytics and Clicky for visitor statistics, Gravatar for comment avatars, Google Fonts) to the extent needed to run the site, or when required by law.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, correct it, ask us to delete it, or object to how we use it. You can also request an export of the data we hold about you from your comments. To make a request, contact us through the contact page. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle personal data, we will update this page and the date at the top.