Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

At sff.gg (“we”, “us”, or “our”), we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled securely and transparently. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our hardware databases, or interact with our tools and services.

1. Information We Collect

A. Comments & Submissions: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with automated spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service (https://automattic.com/privacy/).

B. Contact Forms: If you submit inquiries via our contact forms, we store the provided contact information (such as your name, email address, and message contents) for customer service, security, and administrative purposes. We do not sell or share your contact form submissions with third-party marketers.

C. Media Uploads: If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract location data from publicly hosted images.

D. User Accounts & Profiles: For users that register an account on our website (if enabled), we store the personal information provided in your user profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (usernames cannot be changed).

2. Google AdSense & Interest-Based Advertising

We use Google AdSense and third-party advertising companies to serve personalized (interest-based) ads when you visit sff.gg.

  • How Data is Collected & Used: Third-party vendors, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons and IP addresses to collect information as a result of ad serving on our site. This information is used to serve relevant ads based on prior visits to this website or other sites on the internet.
  • Google’s Data Practices: To learn more about how Google collects and processes data when you use our site, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.
  • Opting Out: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or through the Digital Advertising Alliance at aboutads.info.
3. Cookies & Consent Management (CMP)

Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience, manage site security, and serve personalized or non-personalized content.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience (lasting 1 year).

  • Account Login Cookies: If you have an account and log in, temporary cookies are set to determine browser support and maintain session state. Log-in cookies persist for two days, and screen option cookies last for a year. Selecting "Remember Me" keeps your login active for two weeks.

  • Cookie Consent Banner: Visitors in the UK/EEA are presented with a Consent Management Platform (CMP) banner upon arrival. You can update or withdraw your cookie consent preferences at any time via the consent widget on our site.

4. Analytics & Web Statistics

We collect statistical data to monitor traffic patterns, page views, search engine referrals, and server load. This performance tracking helps us optimize site performance, dynamic web applications, and database rendering. Analytics data is processed in an aggregate, non-personally identifiable format.

5. Where Your Data Is Sent & Who We Share It With

  • Spam Detection: Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service (e.g., Akismet).

  • Service Partners: We may share non-personally identifiable statistical or performance data with infrastructural partners (such as WordPress.org) strictly for security, performance optimization, and site functionality.

  • No Selling of Personal Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personally identifiable information to external third parties.

6. Third-Party Links & Affiliate Disclosure

The Website contains links to external online retailers and hardware manufacturers.

  • Amazon Associate Program: sff.gg is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, we earn revenue from qualifying purchases made through affiliate links on our site.

  • Other Affiliate Links: Some database entries and product links may contain commercial or affiliate tracking tags from other networks (e.g., AliExpress) to support website maintenance at no extra cost to you.

7. Data Retention & Your Rights (UK / EU GDPR)

Data Retention: Comment text and metadata are retained indefinitely. Contact form messages are retained indefinitely for support records unless deletion is requested.

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:

  1. Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  2. Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you (Right to be Forgotten).

Note: This does not include any data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

8. Security & Breach Procedures

We prioritize data security. All website data is housed in secure server environments protected by firewalls and continuous automated security checks. In the event of a verified data breach impacting user information, we will notify impacted users within 7 days.

9. Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us via our dedicated Contact Us page on sff.gg.