HardwareGeeks.com
Privacy Policy

1. Who operates this website

Michael Reyes and Arlett Mora operate this website under the name Mike Biz, based in New York City, New York, United States. Business registration for Mike Biz is pending. For privacy questions and requests, email contact@mikebiz.com and identify the website involved.

2. Information we receive

Visiting the website can generate technical information such as your IP address, browser and device details, requested pages, approximate location inferred from IP address, referral information, timestamps, and cookie or similar identifiers. Hosting and third-party services may collect these details.

If you use a contact form, we receive the information you choose to submit, including your contact details and message. Do not send passwords, government identification numbers, financial account details, or other sensitive information through a general contact form.

You may create or access an account through Google sign-in. Depending on the permissions presented during sign-in, we receive basic profile information such as your name, email address, profile image, and an account identifier. We do not receive your Google password. Review the permissions screen before continuing.

If you submit a comment, we receive your comment and the identity/contact details supplied through the commenting feature. The comment and its displayed name can be public. Technical information may be used for moderation, security, and spam prevention. A commenting service may process information under its own terms and privacy policy.

How information is used

We use information to operate and maintain the website, respond to messages and requests, provide available features, moderate public submissions, prevent misuse, diagnose technical issues, understand readership, measure advertising, and meet applicable legal obligations. Account and classified information, where those features exist, also supports account access, publication, featured placements, and related support.

Cookies, Google Analytics, and advertising

Our websites use Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google AdSense for audience measurement, advertising, and advertising measurement where enabled. These services may process activity data, IP addresses, device/browser information, and identifiers using cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, or similar technologies.

Google and other advertising vendors may use cookies to deliver ads based on visits to this website and other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow it and its partners to personalize ads using activity across sites. Collection and personalization depend on the services enabled, your settings, and applicable consent requirements.

Use the website’s cookie banner or available privacy controls to review the choices offered. A browser can also block or clear cookies, although this may affect features and does not remove information already collected. Where consent is required, it may be withdrawn through the applicable controls. An email request does not directly change Google’s account or browser settings.

See how Google uses information from partner sites, Google’s Privacy Policy, Google My Ad Center, and the Google Analytics browser opt-out tool. Opting out of personalized ads does not necessarily stop all advertising or measurement.

Embedded videos, maps, and external links

Some pages may embed YouTube videos or maps. Loading or interacting with an embed may send technical information to its provider and permit cookies or similar technologies, subject to the provider’s settings and applicable consent requirements. Providers may associate activity with an account if you are signed in. External websites and embedded services have their own privacy practices; review their notices before using them.

Who receives information

Hosting is provided by FusionArc Hosting. Information may be processed by hosting, email, website software, security, analytics, advertising, and other service providers needed for the features you use. Google may process data for its own purposes as described in its policies. Public submissions are available to others as explained above. We may disclose information when required by law or reasonably necessary to address fraud, security, legal claims, or protect people’s rights.

Advertising-related disclosures of online identifiers and activity can be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws, even without a cash payment. We do not make a blanket claim that these disclosures never occur.

Retention and deletion

We currently do not follow a routine deletion schedule for information we control. Messages, comments, account information, listings, and related records, where applicable, may remain until deletion is requested. This does not mean every technical log, cookie, backup, or third-party record is retained indefinitely; service providers apply their own settings and retention rules.

To request deletion, email contact@mikebiz.com with the website and enough detail to locate the information. We may verify your identity and may retain information needed for applicable legal obligations, disputes, security, or transaction records. Removal may not immediately clear backups, search-engine caches, or copies held by others.

Your privacy choices and requests

You can contact us to request access, correction, or deletion, or ask questions about use of your information. Depending on your location and whether the relevant law applies, you may have additional rights, including portability, restrictions or objections, withdrawal of consent, an appeal, or opting out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising.

Email contact@mikebiz.com with the subject “Privacy request” and identify the site. We will assess requests under applicable law and may need proportionate identity verification. Do not send identification documents unless we explain why they are necessary and how to provide them. You may also contact the appropriate privacy regulator. Browser privacy signals such as Global Privacy Control depend on the site and vendor configuration; this notice does not claim that a particular technical signal is already implemented.

International processing and security

The operators are based in the United States and work with services that may process information in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and other countries. Local protections may differ. Where applicable law requires a transfer safeguard, that requirement must be met; using the website alone is not a substitute for required consent or safeguards.

No website, transmission method, or storage system can guarantee complete security. If you believe information has been exposed or an account misused, contact us promptly.

Children’s information

Please do not submit personal information about a child through comments, classified listings, or general contact channels. A parent or guardian who believes a child’s information has been submitted can contact contact@mikebiz.com for review and removal where appropriate. Supporting children through charitable work does not itself mean a website is designed for children. This notice does not authorize collecting children’s information or replace any required parental consent.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy when practices or features change. The date above identifies the latest revision. Additional notice or consent will be provided where required. Questions may be sent to contact@mikebiz.com, addressed to Michael Reyes and Arlett Mora, Mike Biz, New York City, New York, United States.