Last Updated – February 2026
Effective Date – February 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how GearStackD.com collects, uses, and handles information when you visit our website. By accessing or using GearStackD.com in any way, you confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website immediately.
1. Who We Are
GearStackD.com (“GearStackD”, “we”, “us”, “our”, or “the Website”) is an independently operated technology content and affiliate marketing website. We publish research-based product reviews, comparisons, buying guides, and recommendations for readers worldwide. GearStackD.com is operated from India. For all privacy-related enquiries, contact us through our contact page.
2. What Information We Collect
We collect two categories of information — what you voluntarily provide to us, and what is collected automatically when you use the website.
Information You Provide Directly
This only applies when you choose to interact with us. When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We collect only what you voluntarily choose to share with us and nothing more.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit GearStackD.com, certain technical data is collected automatically by our website and third-party tools. This may include your approximate geographic location based on IP address (country or region level only), browser type and version, device type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on the site, traffic source, and links clicked — including affiliate links. This data is used in anonymised and aggregated form only to understand how the website is used and to improve it.
We do not collect sensitive personal data of any kind — including health information, financial account details, payment card numbers, government identification, biometric data, or any similar category of sensitive information. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes only:
- To respond to messages and enquiries submitted through our contact form or sent to us directly by email.
- To send our newsletter to readers who have explicitly and voluntarily subscribed to receive it.
- To understand how visitors use GearStackD.com, so we can improve the website’s content, performance, and overall user experience.
- To track affiliate link clicks and attribute commissions through third-party affiliate programme providers — this data is processed by those providers, not stored by us directly.
- To maintain the security and technical operation of the website.
- To comply with any legal obligation to which GearStackD.com may be subject under applicable local Indian law.
We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to any third party for commercial or marketing purposes. We do not use your data for automated decision-making, profiling, or targeting of any kind.
4. Cookies & Affiliate Tracking
GearStackD.com uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to operate the website and support our affiliate marketing activities. The types of cookies used on this website are:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies — Essential for the website to function correctly. These cannot be disabled and do not require your consent.
- Analytics Cookies — Collect anonymised, aggregated data about how visitors interact with the website, such as pages visited and traffic sources. This data helps us improve our content and website performance. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics.
- Affiliate Tracking Cookies — When you click an affiliate link on GearStackD.com, a tracking cookie is placed on your device by the affiliate programme provider — not by us directly. This cookie records that your visit originated from GearStackD.com so we can receive a commission if you complete a purchase. These cookies are managed and governed by the respective affiliate programme providers and typically remain active for between 24 hours and 90 days, depending on the programme.
- Functional Cookies — Allow the website to remember your preferences, such as your cookie consent choice.
When you first visit GearStackD.com, you will be presented with a cookie consent notice where you can manage your preferences. You can also manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
GearStackD.com accepts no liability of any kind — legal, financial, or otherwise — for data collected, stored, or processed by third-party affiliate programme providers through their own tracking cookies. Any data handling by those providers is governed entirely by their own privacy policies.
5. Third-Party Services & Data Sharing
We work with a number of trusted third-party service providers to operate GearStackD.com. These providers may process limited technical or personal data as a necessary part of delivering their services. The categories of third-party services we use include web hosting, website analytics, email marketing, contact form processing, affiliate programme tracking, and content delivery. All third-party providers are required to handle data securely and only for the purposes we specify.
GearStackD.com does not control and accepts no responsibility whatsoever — legal, financial, moral, or otherwise — for the data practices, privacy policies, terms, security standards, or conduct of any third-party service provider. Once data passes to a third-party service, it is subject to that provider’s own policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party service you interact with.
GearStackD.com also contains links to external websites, including retailers accessed through affiliate links. Once you leave our website, this Privacy Policy no longer applies in any form. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the privacy practices or content of any external website, and your use of any external website is entirely at your own risk.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. Contact form submissions are generally retained for a maximum of 12 months. Newsletter subscriber data is retained while you remain subscribed and removed promptly following an unsubscribe request. Anonymised analytics data may be retained for up to 26 months in aggregated form. We do not directly store or control any data processed through affiliate tracking cookies — that data is managed by the respective affiliate programme providers under their own retention policies.
7. Data Security
GearStackD.com implements reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include SSL/HTTPS encryption, secure hosting infrastructure, access controls, and regular software updates. We operate on a principle of data minimisation — collecting only what is genuinely necessary.
However, no method of data transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. GearStackD.com, its owners, operators, and all associated parties (collectively, the “GearStackD Parties”) expressly disclaim all liability — legal, financial, moral, or otherwise — for any unauthorised access to, loss of, alteration of, or disclosure of data that occurs despite the security measures in place. You provide any information to this website entirely at your own risk.
8. Email Communications
We will only send marketing or newsletter emails to you if you have explicitly and voluntarily opted in to receive them. Every email we send includes a clear and functional unsubscribe link. You may withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time. Submitting a contact form enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to our newsletter — these are entirely separate and require independent consent. We do not send unsolicited commercial email of any kind.
9. Your Privacy Choices
Regardless of where you are located, you may contact us at any time to request access to any personal data we hold about you; to ask us to correct any inaccurate information; to request deletion of your personal data, subject to any overriding legal obligation we may have to retain it; or to withdraw your consent to email communications at any time. To make any such request, contact us through our contact page, and we will respond as promptly as reasonably possible.
We will make reasonable efforts to honour all valid privacy requests. However, the GearStackD Parties accept no liability of any kind for any claim, loss, or damage arising from our handling of privacy requests, including any claim that a request was not fulfilled within a particular timeframe or in a particular manner.
10. Full Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability
This section limits the legal, financial, and all other liability of GearStackD.com and all associated parties in connection with your use of this website and any data handling described in this Privacy Policy.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the GearStackD Parties — including GearStackD.com, its owners, operators, editors, contributors, affiliates, and any person or entity associated with the operation of this website — hereby expressly disclaim all liability of any kind — legal, financial, moral, reputational, or otherwise — arising out of or in connection with:
- Any collection, use, storage, processing, or disclosure of data as described in this Privacy Policy.
- Any data breach, unauthorised access, loss, or alteration of information, whether caused by the actions of third parties, technical failure, or any other event beyond our reasonable control.
- Any data handling, privacy practice, or conduct of any third-party service provider, affiliate programme, or external website linked to or from GearStackD.com.
- Any reliance on, or decision made based on, content, information, or recommendations published on this website.
- Any failure to fulfil a privacy request within a particular timeframe or in a manner expected by the requesting party.
- Any claim of any nature by any person or entity arising from their use of, or interaction with, GearStackD.com or any third-party service connected to it.
Under no circumstances shall the total cumulative liability of the GearStackD Parties to any person or entity for any cause whatsoever — whether in contract, tort, negligence, or any other legal theory — exceed zero, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Your use of this website and submission of any information is entirely at your own risk.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update, modify, or replace this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice. Changes take effect immediately upon being posted to this page. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will reflect any revision. Your continued use of GearStackD.com after changes are posted constitutes your unconditional acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
12. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
This Privacy Policy, and any dispute, claim, or matter of any kind arising out of or in connection with it — including any dispute relating to our collection, use, storage, or handling of your personal data — shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the local laws of India, without regard to any conflict of law principles.
By using GearStackD.com, you irrevocably and unconditionally agree that any dispute, legal action, claim, or proceeding of any nature arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy shall be subject exclusively to the jurisdiction of the local competent courts of India. You expressly waive any right to bring any such proceedings in any other court, tribunal, forum, or jurisdiction anywhere in the world.
GearStackD.com makes no representation that its data handling practices are appropriate for, compliant with, or legally permitted under the laws of any jurisdiction outside India. Visitors who access GearStackD.com from outside India do so entirely at their own initiative and are solely responsible for determining whether their use of this website complies with any applicable local laws in their own country or jurisdiction. The GearStackD Parties accept no liability of any kind arising from access to this website — or from any data handling connected to such access — from any jurisdiction outside India.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us. We take all privacy-related enquiries seriously and will respond as promptly as reasonably possible.
Your privacy matters to us. GearStackD.com is committed to handling your information with care, transparency, and respect.
