Privacy Policy

DIY Tool Guide operates the website at diytoolguide.com. This policy explains what information may be processed when you visit the site, why it is used, and the choices available to you.

Information that may be collected

• Basic technical information. A request to the site or a third-party service may include information such as IP address, browser and device type, referring page, requested page, and date and time.
• Analytics information. When Google Analytics is configured and you accept analytics, it may measure page views, navigation, approximate location, device information, and referral information.
• Consent preference. The cookie banner stores your analytics choice in your browser's local storage under cookie-consent so the site can remember it.
• Affiliate attribution information. The site includes Impact tracking technology. It may process technical request data and use cookies or similar identifiers to attribute eligible clicks or purchases when affiliate destinations are active.

Contact and newsletter information

The site does not currently operate a contact-form delivery service or an email newsletter signup. The contact endpoint rejects submissions and does not retain the submitted form fields. If a contact email is configured, the contact page will open your own email application; your message will then be handled by your email provider and the receiving mailbox provider. Do not send sensitive personal information.

How information is used

Information processed through the site may be used to:

• deliver pages, maintain security, and diagnose technical problems;
• understand aggregate readership and improve content and navigation;
• remember your analytics preference; and
• measure and attribute eligible affiliate referrals.

DIY Tool Guide does not offer personal information for sale. Third-party services process information under their own terms and privacy policies.

Cookies, local storage, and analytics choices

Google Analytics is loaded only when a measurement ID is configured. Analytics storage is denied by default and is updated after you use the cookie banner. Even with storage denied, Google's consent technology may send limited, cookieless measurements. You can reject or accept analytics from the banner, clear the saved choice from browser storage, or use browser controls to block or delete cookies.

For details about Google's handling of analytics data, see Google's Privacy Policy.

Affiliate tracking and external sites

The site has affiliate-link infrastructure, although retailer affiliate destinations may not always be active. If you follow an eligible affiliate link, the network or retailer may use cookies or similar technology to recognize the referral. Impact's current privacy information is available in its Privacy Policy. Retailers and other external sites have their own privacy practices, which we do not control. See the Affiliate Disclosure for the commercial relationship.

Data retention

The consent preference remains in local storage until you clear it or the site changes the consent mechanism. Analytics and affiliate providers retain data according to their own settings and policies. We retain operational information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for security, troubleshooting, and site operation, subject to any applicable obligations. Because contact submissions and newsletter signups are not currently active, the site does not maintain those lists.

Your choices

• Use the cookie banner to reject analytics storage.
• Block, delete, or limit cookies and local storage in your browser.
• Avoid clicking external or affiliate links.
• Use the contact page to ask about information associated with you when a contact method is available.

Depending on where you live, applicable law may provide additional rights. We may need enough information to verify and respond to a request.

Children's privacy

The site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly request personal information from children through the site.

Changes to this policy

We may revise this policy when site features or data practices change. The date at the top shows the latest published revision.

Contact

For a privacy question or request, use the contact page. If no contact address is displayed there, an email channel has not yet been configured.