Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 13, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to LatheGuide.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users (“you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website LatheGuide.com (the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.  

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Effective Date” of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.  

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

  • Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you use our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave comments on our site.  
  • Derivative Data (Log Files & Analytics): Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. We also use analytics tools (like Google Analytics) which collect information such as device type, general geographic location, and Browse patterns. This data is typically anonymized or pseudonymized.  
  • Comments Data: 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.  
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy below. 

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:  

  • Respond to your comments, questions, and inquiries submitted via the contact form or email.
  • Send you newsletters or other information you have subscribed to.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
  • Maintain the security and operation of our Site, including spam detection and prevention.
  • Understand how users interact with our content to improve it.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve the Site and your experience, see which areas and features of the Site are popular, and count visits.  

  • Types of Cookies We May Use:
    • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the basic functionality of the site.
    • Analytics Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website when they are using it (e.g., Google Analytics).  
    • Affiliate Cookies: If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie may be set by the affiliate network or merchant to track the referral
    • Advertising Cookies / Third-Party Advertising: These third-party advertisers and ad networks (such as Google AdSense) may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies when you interact with the Site or click on their ads.
  • Managing Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.  

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your Personal Data with third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, spam detection).  
  • By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.  
  • Analytics Partners: We use analytics services like Google Analytics to understand site usage. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including cookies and your IP address. Their use of such information is governed by their privacy policies.  
  • Affiliate Partners: clicking links may share data (via cookies) with affiliate networks/merchants.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.  

  • Comments: 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.  
  • Contact Form Submissions: We typically keep contact form submissions for one year for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes unless you explicitly consent (e.g., by subscribing to a newsletter).  
  • Analytics Data: Analytics records are typically kept for 26 months before being automatically deleted or anonymized.

7. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.  

8. Your Data Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You may have the right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You may have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.  
  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You may have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.  
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You may have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.  
  • Right to Object to Processing: You may have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.  
  • Right to Data Portability: You may have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.  

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.  

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the specified age without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Third-Party Links & Embedded Content

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. 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. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information.  

Affiliate Disclosure: “LatheGuide.com participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission if you purchase products through our links, at no extra cost to you. These links use cookies to track referrals.”

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Effective Date” and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.  

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

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