The PC Technology Guide respects the privacy of visitors, and will not disclose any information gathered during registration to the forums or through emails received to anyone else unless this is explicitly agreed by both parties. PCTechGuide may occasionally communicate with members by email, but will not spam or in any way abuse members’ email addresses for marketing or any other purpose.
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Note that some companies advertise directly with PCTechGuide. These can change quite often, so they will not be listed on this page. However, details can be given on any advertisements on the site if requested.
Advertisers: please refer to PCTechGuide’s advertising information.
Statistics
Statistics are gathered on the site’s usage, which includes details on browsers, resolutions, country of origin and so on. This anonymous data that is not connected to individuals who visit the site.
Visitor IP Logging
IP logging is used for various reasons on the PCTechGuide website, particularly when members make posts on the forums. This is for security purposes, but visitors’ IP addresses may also be used for geo-location.
Be assured that this is anonymous, and is not used to track or trace any individuals with the exception of any site abuse. Site abuse may be through hacking attempts, misuse of the forums, or site harvesting. In these cases IP blocking will be affected, and, depending on the severity of the offence, IP tracing may be performed leading to possible further action.
Cookies
The PC Technology Guide uses cookies (tiny data files stored on your computer) to track member visits and log-in sessions. This is completely anonymous, and absolutely no sensitive data is stored on the cookies at all.