Effective date: October 12, 2026
This privacy policy explains what information RoboticaGuide.com (“RoboticaGuide”, “we”, “us”) collects when you visit the site, how it is used, and the choices you have. RoboticaGuide is owned and run by Brandon Cook, Editor. Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].
1. Information we collect
- Information you give us. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message.
- Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our servers and the services listed below receive technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages viewed and the date and time of your visit. Some of this is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
2. Advertising: Google AdSense and third-party vendors
We use Google AdSense to show ads on RoboticaGuide.com.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
- If you opt out, you will still see ads, but they may be less relevant to you. Non-personalized ads may still use cookies for frequency capping, aggregated reporting and fraud prevention.
For more on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
3. Consent
Visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent message, provided through a Google-certified consent management platform, before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used. You can accept, reject or manage your choices there, and you can change them later through the privacy settings link shown on the site. Elsewhere, by continuing to use the site you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy; you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time.
4. Analytics: Google Analytics 4
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site, for example which pages are read and how visitors arrive. Google Analytics uses cookies and reports aggregated information to us. You can prevent Google Analytics from using your data by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
5. Newsletter: Mailchimp
Our newsletter is delivered through Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.). When you subscribe, your email address is stored by Mailchimp and used only to send you the RoboticaGuide newsletter. Mailchimp may record whether emails are opened and which links are clicked. Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link, and you can also ask us to remove you by emailing [email protected]. See Intuit’s privacy statement for how Mailchimp handles data.
6. How we use information
We use the information above to run and secure the site, understand which content is useful, send the newsletter to people who asked for it, reply to messages, and show ads that fund the site. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for any other purpose without telling you.
7. Cookies and your choices
You can set your browser to refuse or delete cookies. If you block cookies, parts of the site may not work as intended. Opt-out links for advertising and analytics are listed in sections 2 and 4.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the EU/UK GDPR or US state privacy laws such as the CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. To make a request, email [email protected]. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.
9. Data retention
We keep newsletter subscriber data until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, and emails for as long as needed to deal with your message. Analytics and advertising data are retained by Google according to its own retention settings and policies.
10. Children
RoboticaGuide.com is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
11. Links to other sites
Our articles link to outside sources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The effective date at the top shows when it was last changed.
13. Contact
Brandon Cook, Editor, RoboticaGuide.com — [email protected]. See also our contact page.