Who we are

Our website address is: https://phonecurious.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it:

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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Affiliate Disclaimer

Some of the products mentioned on this site may include an affiliate link and provide Phonecurious.com and its owner(s) and contributes with of monetary earnings. Amazon is an affiliate network we use. When you select a link that goes to Amazon, a cookie may store some data based on your Amazon preferences. You can see Amazon’s privacy notice here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=468496

Analytics

We use Google Analytics and StatCounter to track the use and performance of our website. You can view the Google Analytics privacy policy at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en and StatCounter privacy policy at https://statcounter.com/about/cookies/

Who we share your data with

We have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our website. As a result of your visit to our site, Google and other third-party ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information.

  • Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site.
  • Google’s use of the advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting https://www.google.com/settings/ads
  • Users may opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

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.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.