Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

Digi Trendz (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates digi-trendz.com. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights. By using this website you agree to this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

Newsletter subscription: Your email address. Used only to send security alerts and our weekly digest. Unsubscribe anytime.
Contact form: Your name and email, used only to respond to your enquiry.
Comments: Data shown in the comment form plus your IP address and browser user agent string.

Information Collected Automatically

Log data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, referrer URL, and time of access. Retained for up to 30 days for security and diagnostic purposes.
Cookies: See Section 2 for full details.

2. Cookies and Third-Party Advertising

Google AdSense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google, as a third-party advertising vendor, uses cookies — including the DoubleClick DART cookie — to serve ads to visitors of digi-trendz.com based on their prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to digi-trendz.com and/or other websites on the internet. This is known as interest-based advertising or personalised advertising.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting:

For more information about how Google uses data from sites that use Google services, see: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services

For Google’s advertising technology privacy information, see: Google Advertising Privacy

Google Analytics (when active)

We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics sets cookies to collect anonymised traffic data. IP addresses are not stored in full. You may opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Essential Cookies

WordPress sets essential cookies for login sessions and comment preferences. These are required for basic website functionality and do not track you for advertising purposes.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. You may also manage cookie consent using the banner shown on your first visit to this site. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website and the ads you see.

3. How We Use Your Information

To deliver the newsletter and security alerts you subscribed to
To respond to contact form enquiries
To analyse and improve website performance
To serve relevant advertisements via Google AdSense
To detect and prevent security threats and fraud
To comply with legal obligations

We never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR — UK and EU Readers)

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, we process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

Consent: Newsletter subscriptions, non-essential cookies, and advertising personalisation. You may withdraw consent at any time.
Legitimate interests: Server security logging, fraud prevention, and basic analytics to improve our content quality.
Contract: Processing contact form submissions to respond to your request.
Legal obligation: Compliance with applicable law and regulatory requirements.

Data Controller: Digi Trendz, digi-trendz.com. For data protection enquiries, use our Contact page.

5. Your Rights (GDPR — UK and EU Readers)

If you are located in the UK or European Economic Area, you have the following rights:

Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (the “right to be forgotten”)
Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
Restrict processing: Request that we limit how we use your data
Withdraw consent: At any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
Complaint: Lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk, or your local data protection supervisory authority

6. Your Rights Under CCPA / CPRA (California Readers)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) give you the following rights:

Right to know: What personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
Right to delete: Request deletion of personal information we have collected from you
Right to opt out: Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information.
Right to correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Right to limit use of sensitive personal information
Non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights

To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us via our Contact page.

7. Data Retention

Newsletter email addresses: retained until you unsubscribe
Contact form submissions: deleted after 90 days
Server log data: retained for 30 days
Comment data: retained unless you request deletion

8. International Data Transfers

This website is hosted on servers that may be located outside your home country. By using this site, data you provide may be transferred internationally. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for any cross-border transfers in accordance with applicable data protection law, including Standard Contractual Clauses for EEA data transfers where required.

9. Third-Party Links

Our articles may link to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal data.

10. Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU/UK). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us immediately.

11. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data, including HTTPS encryption across all pages of this website. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be posted on this page with the updated date. Continued use of digi-trendz.com after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

For privacy questions, data access requests, correction requests, or to exercise any of your rights under GDPR or CCPA:

Contact Digi Trendz

For Google’s full privacy information: policies.google.com/privacy

Privacy Policy — Digi Trendz