Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Widget Weekly ("Widget Weekly," "we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you visit widgetweekly.com (the "Site"). Widget Weekly is an independent technology news and information site. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

Information We Collect

Information you provide. We collect information you choose to give us — for example, your name and email address when you subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, or otherwise communicate with us. You do not need to provide this information to read the Site.

Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, our hosting and infrastructure providers automatically receive standard technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device and operating system, referring pages, and access times. We use an anonymous, aggregate counter to measure how many times each article is viewed; it stores nothing on your device and does not identify you.

Information from partners. If we later enable advertising or analytics, we may receive information from those providers (such as aggregated audience or measurement data), as described below.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage) to operate the Site, understand how it is used, and — as the Site grows — to support advertising. We group them by purpose:

• Strictly necessary. Required for the Site to function, such as security, network management, and remembering your privacy choices. These do not require consent.
• Analytics and performance. Help us understand traffic and which articles are popular so we can improve the Site.
• Advertising. Used by us and advertising partners to deliver and measure ads, and in some cases to personalize them based on your interests.

At present, the Site sets only strictly necessary storage and an anonymous, aggregate article view counter; we do not yet run analytics or advertising cookies. When we introduce them, we will request your consent through a consent-management banner before any non-essential cookies are set where required by law, including for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. You can change your choices at any time through the "Cookie settings" link, or by adjusting your browser to refuse or delete cookies.

Advertising and Analytics

As the Site grows we expect to work with third-party advertising and analytics providers, which may include Google (for example, Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and Google Analytics). These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to measure performance and to deliver and personalize advertising, including interest-based advertising informed by your activity across different websites.

Where we offer interest-based advertising, you will be able to manage your consent through our consent banner. You can also exercise industry opt-outs at the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, and (in Europe) Your Online Choices, and you can control Google's personalization in your Google Ads settings.

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve the Site; to respond to your requests and communicate with you; to send newsletters and other communications you have requested; to measure and understand our audience; to support advertising where enabled; and to protect the Site, our users, and the public, including detecting and preventing fraud and abuse.

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only as follows:

• Service providers who process data on our behalf to operate the Site (for example, hosting, content delivery, email, and analytics), under contracts that limit their use of the information to providing those services.
• Advertising partners, where advertising is enabled, as described in "Advertising and Analytics."
• Legal and safety — when required by law or legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Widget Weekly, our users, or the public.
• Business transfers — in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case we will require the recipient to honor this policy.

Search

When you use the search feature, the text of your query is sent from your browser to our content provider's API (Sanity) to return matching articles. You do not need to identify yourself to use search, and we do not associate search queries with your name or email.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights over your personal information. To exercise any of them, contact us at privacy@widgetweekly.com. We will respond as required by applicable law and will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland. You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to our processing of your personal information; the right to data portability; and the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

California. You have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use and disclose it, to request access to and deletion or correction of that information, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell your personal information for money; if we enable interest-based advertising, the associated data sharing may be considered a "sale" or "share" under California law, and you may opt out through our consent banner.

Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal information on the following legal bases: your consent (which you may withdraw at any time); our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Site; performance of a contract when you request a service from us; and compliance with a legal obligation.

International Data Transfers

We operate from the United States and use service providers that may process and store information in the United States and other countries. Where we transfer personal information from the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, where required.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements, after which we delete or anonymize it.

Security of Your Information

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, including encrypting data in transit using TLS/SSL. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children

The Site is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

Third-Party Links

The Site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of any site you visit.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will post a prominent notice on the Site and update the date below. Your continued use of the Site after the changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at privacy@widgetweekly.com.

Effective as of June 24, 2026.