Privacy policy
Get in Gear respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information when you visit getingear.co, sign up to our newsletter, use our contact form, or interact with our content.
Who we are
Get in Gear is an editorial website and newsletter covering useful, well-made gear for sleep, food, movement, family life and travel.
For questions about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us using the form on our Contact page.
What information we collect
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Your name, if you provide it
- Your email address, if you sign up to the newsletter or contact us
- Any information you choose to include in a contact form message
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type and pages visited
- Information about how you interact with the website, newsletter or links
We only collect information that is necessary for running the website, sending the newsletter, responding to enquiries and improving Get in Gear.
How we collect your information
We collect information when you:
- Visit the website
- Sign up to The Sunday Gear List or another newsletter
- Use the contact form
- Click links in our emails or articles
- Interact with cookies, analytics or similar technologies
Some information is provided directly by you. Some is collected automatically through website analytics, cookies or the services used to run the site.
How we use your information
We use personal information to:
- Send you newsletters or updates you have signed up for
- Respond to messages sent through the contact form
- Manage product submissions, partnership enquiries and editorial enquiries
- Improve the website and understand which content is useful to readers
- Monitor website performance and security
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information.
Newsletter
If you sign up to The Sunday Gear List, we will use your email address to send you newsletter emails.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email.
We may use basic newsletter analytics, such as whether emails are opened or links are clicked, to understand what readers find useful and to improve future emails.
Contact forms
If you contact us through the website, we will use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry.
This may include product submissions, press information, partnership enquiries, sponsorship enquiries, reader suggestions or general messages.
Please do not send sensitive personal information through the contact form unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Cookies and analytics
Get in Gear may use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function, understand website traffic and improve the reader experience.
Cookies may collect information such as your device type, browser, pages visited and approximate location.
You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some parts of the website may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
Affiliate links
Some links on Get in Gear may be affiliate links. This means we may earn a small commission if you buy something through one of our links, at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use cookies or tracking links to record that you came from Get in Gear. Their use of personal information is governed by their own privacy policies.
Affiliate links do not determine what we choose to feature.
Who we share information with
We may share personal information with trusted service providers who help us run the website and newsletter, such as:
- Website hosting and ecommerce platform providers
- Newsletter/email service providers
- Analytics providers
- Contact form and website functionality providers
- Professional advisers, if required
- Legal or regulatory authorities, where required by law
We only share information where necessary and expect service providers to handle it securely.
Shopify
Get in Gear is hosted on Shopify. Shopify may process certain information to provide website, hosting, analytics, checkout, security and related services.
Even if Get in Gear is mainly used as an editorial site, Shopify may collect technical and usage information when you visit the website.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary.
Newsletter subscriber information is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it.
Contact form messages may be kept for as long as needed to respond to the enquiry, manage any ongoing relationship, or keep appropriate records.
Website analytics information may be kept in aggregated or anonymised form for longer, where it no longer identifies individual users.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to:
- Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information
- Ask us to delete your information
- Ask us to restrict or object to certain uses of your information
- Withdraw consent, where we rely on consent
- Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the form on our Contact page.
Children’s privacy
Get in Gear is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact us using the form on our Contact page.
International transfers
Some of the services used to run Get in Gear may process information outside the UK or European Economic Area.
Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards provided by those service providers, where required by law.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure or alteration.
However, no website or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Links to other websites
Get in Gear links to other websites, retailers and brands.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. You should check their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us first using the form on our Contact page.
You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how your personal information has been handled.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.