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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 01, 2026

1. Introduction

GearForge ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website gearforge.online (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our gear generator tools, in compliance with applicable data protection laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other relevant legislation.

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Service.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information You Provide

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Contact Form: Name, email address, subject, and message content when you submit our contact form
  • Email Communication: Any information you provide in emails sent to us

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you access our Service, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

  • Log Data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and clickstream data
  • Device Information: Device type, screen resolution, and unique device identifiers
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, and navigation patterns

2.3 Gear Generator Tool Data

Important: All gear calculations, rendering, and design operations happen entirely within your web browser (client-side). We do not collect, store, transmit, or have access to any gear design parameters, generated profiles, or exported files (SVG, PNG, DXF). Your gear designs remain completely private on your device.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

3.1 Essential Cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies for:

  • Session management and security (CSRF protection)
  • Remembering form submissions and flash messages

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

We may use third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our Service. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about usage patterns. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3.3 Advertising Cookies

We may use Google AdSense or similar advertising services to display advertisements. These services may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • Maintain and improve our website and tools
  • Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
  • Send administrative communications when necessary
  • Comply with legal obligations

5. Third-Party Services

Our Service may use the following third-party services:

  • Google Fonts: For typography. Google may collect usage data per their privacy policy
  • Google Analytics: For website analytics and usage tracking
  • Google AdSense: For displaying relevant advertisements

Each third-party service has its own privacy policy governing the collection and use of your information.

6. Data Retention

  • Contact form submissions: Retained until the inquiry is resolved, then deleted within 90 days
  • Server logs: Retained for a maximum of 30 days
  • Analytics data: Retained according to the analytics provider's retention policies

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:

  • Right of Access: Request copies of your personal data
  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing your personal data
  • Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization
  • Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we relied on consent to process your data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@gearforge.online. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. Your Rights Under CCPA

If you are a California resident, the CCPA grants you the following rights:

  • Right to Know: Request disclosure of personal information collected, used, disclosed, or sold
  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information collected
  • Right to Opt-Out: Opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: Not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CCPA rights

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete it.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. By using our Service, you consent to such transfers.

11. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

12. Do Not Track Signals

We honor Do Not Track (DNT) signals. When DNT is enabled, we will not track your browsing activity across third-party websites.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after such modifications constitutes your acknowledgment and agreement to the modified Privacy Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at: