Our Data Protection Officer is the person responsible for overseeing our compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). If you want to contact this individual, you can email compliance@howtogeek.com.   The information we collect falls into four data classes. Information Collected from Third Parties  When you provide this information directly to us by the methods described above, we use it for the purpose of communicating with you, providing customer service, verifying your information, providing advertising or marketing services,  We may use third-party analytic providers and technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to assist in collecting this information. We receive this data, on occasion, for the purpose of providing information to you about products and services offered by How-To Geek and our business partners,  When you “like” or “follow” us on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, we collect some information from you including your name, e-mail address, and any comments or content you post relevant to us including photos or videos. We collect and use this data for the purpose of communicating with you, providing customer service, verifying your information, providing advertising or marketing services, We automatically collect certain information about the computer or devices you use to access our Site. This includes: (a) IP addresses, geolocation information, We use third-party analytic providers and technologies, including cookies, as described below, and other similar tools, to assist in collecting this information.  Note that some of our advertisers may place cookies on your computer, including Future plc and Google AdSense. We do not have control over cookies placed by our advertisers.  However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of our Site may not function properly. We do not currently disclose your information in any of the categories above to third parties. However, we reserve the right to make disclosures in the future, under the following circumstances:  As a part of business mergers or acquisitions   In the event that we make the decision to begin disclosing this information we will notify you by updating this policy, and prior to any significant disclosure we may provide notice to you by placing a notice in a prominent or relevant location within our Site, and in some cases via email directly to you. If you would like to correct or erase your personal data we have collected please send us a request by email at compliance@howtogeek.com. When we receive such a request, we will seek to comply as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event more than 30 days). We will keep your information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes that it has been collected, taking into account any legal requirements that may apply. In the unlikely event that we believe the security of your information may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you.   Because, for your security, we require you to prove your identity before granting access to your information, we will verify your identity. Additionally, you have the right to request that we delete personal information that we may have collected from you. In certain circumstances we have the right to retain information, even in the event of a request to remove the information. No one under 13 years of age is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public forums, chats, etc. Minors between 13 – 17 years of age must get permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before using our Services 

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The service provides a complaint mechanism for the handling of personal data. The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect. This service gathers information about you through third parties. This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes. This service gathers information about you through third parties. Third parties may be involved in operating the service. This service tracks you on other websites. The service uses your personal data for advertising. This service collects your IP address for location use. This service receives your location through GPS coordinates. This service uses third-party cookies for statistics. Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes including advertising. Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service. The service does not share user information with third parties but may do it in the future. The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.. The service promises to inform and/or notify users regarding government inquiries that may involve users' personal data. You can request access and deletion of personal data. The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes. The services will notify users if personal data has been affected by data breaches. You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed. You can delete your content from this service. This service holds onto content that you've deleted. This service is only available to users of a certain age.