This Privacy Policy explains how WearablesHQ.net collects, uses, and protects your personal information. Please read it carefully before using our website.
Effective: March 3, 2026
Last updated: March 2026
GDPRCCPA / CPRACOPPA
This Privacy Policy applies to the website WearablesHQ.net (the “Site”), operated by WearablesHQ, a wearable technology review and affiliate content website based in the United States.
We collect information in three ways: information you provide directly, information collected automatically when you visit, and information from third-party services.
A. Information You Provide Directly
Contact form submissions: name, email address, and the content of your message when you use our contact form.
Email newsletter sign-ups: email address when you subscribe to receive updates, guides, or promotional content.
Comments: if comment functionality is enabled, name, email address, and comment content.
Correspondence: any information you voluntarily include when contacting us by email.
B. Information Collected Automatically
Log data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, time and date of visit, and time spent on pages.
Device information: device type (desktop, mobile, tablet), screen resolution, and hardware model where available.
Cookies and tracking data: see Section 05 for full details.
Analytics data: page views, session duration, bounce rate, traffic sources, and user behaviour via Google Analytics.
C. Information From Third Parties
Amazon Associates: aggregated, non-identifiable click and conversion data from Amazon when users click our affiliate links. We do not receive your personal Amazon account information.
Google AdSense: aggregated advertising performance data. See Section 06 for full details.
Email service provider: delivery and open-rate statistics when we send email newsletters.
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How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Purpose
Legal Basis (GDPR)
Data Used
Respond to contact form enquiries
Legitimate interests / Contract
Name, email, message content
Send email newsletters (with consent)
Consent
Email address
Improve website performance and content
Legitimate interests
Analytics data, log data
Display personalised advertising via Google AdSense
Consent (where required)
Cookie / device data
Track affiliate link clicks via Amazon Associates
Legitimate interests
Cookie / click data
Comply with legal obligations
Legal obligation
Varies
Prevent fraud and ensure site security
Legitimate interests
IP address, log data
Analyse traffic sources and audience behaviour
Legitimate interests
Analytics / log data
We do not sell your personal information. We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.
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Who We Share Your Information With
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share data in the following limited circumstances:
Service providers: We use third-party providers to operate the Site (hosting, analytics, email delivery). These providers are contractually prohibited from using your data for their own purposes and must comply with applicable privacy laws. Current providers include: WordPress.com / WP Engine (hosting), Google Analytics (analytics), Google AdSense (advertising), and your chosen email service provider.
Amazon.com: When you click an Amazon affiliate link, you are redirected to Amazon.com. Amazon’s privacy policy and data practices govern any information you provide to Amazon directly.
Legal compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, or governmental authority, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our legal rights or the safety of others.
Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity, subject to the same privacy protections described in this policy.
Aggregated or anonymised data: We may share anonymised, non-personally identifiable statistics about site traffic or audience demographics without restriction.
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Cookies & Tracking Technologies
WearablesHQ.net uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience, analyse site traffic, and deliver advertising. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device by your browser.
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features. See each browser’s help documentation for instructions.
Cookie Name / Type
Provider
Purpose
Duration
_ga, _gid
Google Analytics
Distinguishes unique users and sessions; tracks page views and behaviour
2 years / 24 hours
_gac_*
Google Analytics / Ads
Tracks conversions from advertising campaigns
90 days
IDE, DSID
Google DoubleClick (AdSense)
Registers and reports user actions after viewing/clicking an ad for cross-site retargeting
1 year
test_cookie
Google DoubleClick
Checks whether the browser accepts cookies
1 day
session-id, ubid-main
Amazon.com
Identifies returning visitors and tracks affiliate link attribution
Session / 1 year
tag-session-id
Amazon Associates
Tracks affiliate tag attribution for commission calculation
24 hours
wordpress_*, wp-settings-*
WordPress (wearableshq.net)
Core WordPress functionality cookies for logged-in users (admin/editor only)
Session / 1 year
PHPSESSID
Server / Hosting
Maintains session state for the current browser session
WearablesHQ.net may use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Google uses this data to show you personalised advertisements that may be relevant to your interests.
Google may use the DoubleClick cookie to serve interest-based ads across websites on the Google Display Network.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
Alternatively, visit aboutads.info/choices to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies.
We use Google Analytics (provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to analyse how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects anonymised data about your visit including pages viewed, time spent, traffic source, and device type.
We have enabled IP anonymisation in Google Analytics. Your IP address is anonymised before it is stored by Google.
Google Analytics data is transferred to and processed in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which does not use third-party cookies by default and offers enhanced privacy controls.
WearablesHQ.net 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.
When you click an Amazon affiliate link on WearablesHQ.net, Amazon places cookies on your device to track whether a qualifying purchase was made within the attribution window (typically 24 hours, or 90 days if the item was added to your cart).
WearablesHQ receives aggregate click and commission data only from the Amazon Associates program. We do not receive your name, payment information, shipping address, or Amazon account details.
Once you leave WearablesHQ.net and visit Amazon.com, Amazon’s data collection practices apply independently of this Privacy Policy.
You can manage Amazon cookie preferences in your Amazon account settings or through your browser’s cookie management settings.
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Third-Party Links & External Websites
WearablesHQ.net contains links to external websites, including product pages on Amazon.com, manufacturer websites, research publications, and other third-party resources. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those external websites.
We have no control over and take no responsibility for the privacy practices or content of any external website. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit before providing personal information.
Clicking an affiliate link may place cookies from the destination website (e.g. Amazon) on your device independent of any cookies placed by WearablesHQ.
Embedded content (e.g. videos or social media widgets) from third-party platforms may collect data according to their own privacy policies even if you do not interact with that content.
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Children’s Privacy (COPPA)
WearablesHQ.net is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in the United States, or under the applicable age of digital consent in other jurisdictions (e.g., under 16 in some EU member states).
In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we take the following measures:
Our website is designed for adults, athletes, fitness professionals, and health-conscious individuals aged 18 and older.
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13.
If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information promptly from our systems.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at contact@wearableshq.net and we will take immediate action to remove it.
We do not direct interest-based advertising to children and do not use behavioural data to serve ads to users we know or suspect to be under 13.
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Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you are located, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@wearableshq.net. We will respond within 30 days (GDPR) or 45 days (CCPA/CPRA).
Right to Access
Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and information about how it is used.
Right to Rectification
Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
Right to Erasure
Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”), subject to certain legal exceptions.
Right to Restrict Processing
Request that we limit how we use your personal data while you contest its accuracy or our right to process it.
Right to Data Portability
Receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller.
Right to Object
Object to processing based on legitimate interests, or to direct marketing and profiling at any time.
To submit a rights request, email contact@wearableshq.net with “Privacy Rights Request” in the subject line. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
If you have subscribed to our email list, you may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send you.
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California Residents — CCPA / CPRA
This section applies to residents of the State of California, USA, and is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
Categories of personal information we collect:
Identifiers: IP address, email address (if subscribed), and name (if provided via contact form)
Internet / network activity: browsing history on our site, pages visited, click data, and referring URLs
Geolocation data: general geographic location inferred from IP address (city/region level only, not precise location)
Inferences: audience segments or interest categories created by Google Analytics or AdSense based on browsing behaviour
California Consumer Rights under CCPA/CPRA:
Right to Know: You may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months, the sources, the business purposes, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
Right to Delete: You may request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Correct: You may request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: We do not sell your personal information and do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising in a manner that constitutes a “sale” under California law. However, our use of Google AdSense may constitute “sharing” for cross-context advertising under CPRA. You may opt out via the AdSense opt-out link in Section 06, or by using a browser extension that sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined under CPRA.
Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.
To submit a verifiable consumer request under CCPA/CPRA, contact us at contact@wearableshq.net with “California Privacy Request” in the subject line. We will respond within 45 calendar days.
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EU / EEA Visitors — GDPR
This section applies to visitors from the European Union, European Economic Area (EEA), and United Kingdom, and is provided pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK GDPR.
Legal Bases for Processing
We process personal data only where we have a valid legal basis. The legal bases we rely on are:
Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): For email newsletters, non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising), and personalised ads. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): For website analytics, security monitoring, affiliate link tracking, fraud prevention, and improving content — balanced against your rights and freedoms.
Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)): Where processing is required to comply with applicable law.
International Data Transfers
WearablesHQ is operated in the United States. If you are located in the EU/EEA or UK, your personal data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. We rely on the following transfer mechanisms:
EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Google LLC (Analytics and AdSense) is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs): Where applicable, we rely on SCCs approved by the European Commission for transfers to processors not covered by adequacy decisions.
Cookie Consent
For EU/EEA visitors, we obtain your explicit consent before setting non-essential cookies (including Google Analytics and AdSense cookies). You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your preferences in the cookie consent banner or by contacting us.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
EU/EEA and UK residents have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection supervisory authority. A list of EU supervisory authorities is available at edpb.europa.eu. UK residents may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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Data Security & Retention
Security Measures
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These include:
HTTPS / SSL encryption on all pages of the website
Access controls — administrative access is restricted to authorised personnel only, using strong authentication
Secure hosting on a reputable provider with regular security updates
Regular WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates to address known security vulnerabilities
No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially reasonable measures to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Data Retention
Data Type
Retention Period
Reason
Contact form submissions
12 months
To respond to enquiries and maintain correspondence records
Email newsletter subscriptions
Until unsubscribe + 30 days
To maintain suppression lists and comply with unsubscribe requests
Server / access logs
90 days
Security monitoring and technical troubleshooting
Google Analytics data
14 months (GA4 default)
Traffic analysis and content performance measurement
Cookie consent records
12 months
Proof of consent for GDPR compliance
When data is no longer required for the purposes set out above, it is securely deleted or anonymised.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. When we make changes, we will:
Update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
For material changes that affect how we process your personal data, we will provide a more prominent notice (such as an email to newsletter subscribers or a banner on the website).
Your continued use of WearablesHQ.net following the posting of any updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgement of the changes.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Privacy Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or have concerns about how your data is handled, please contact us:
