Privacy Policy — GearBay
How GearBay collects, uses, and protects personal data for visitors from the US and Germany.
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What Data We Collect
GearBay is a catalog website for robotics components and related educational content. Because this site has no registration, no checkout, no on-site payment, and no contact forms, the personal data we collect directly is minimal.
Data you provide voluntarily
When you choose to reach us by email or phone, you share whatever information you include in that message — typically your name, email address, and the content of your inquiry. We do not collect this data through the website itself; it passes through your own email client or phone carrier.
Data collected automatically
Our web server logs standard technical information when your browser loads a page: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and timestamps. These logs are generated by every web server and are used solely to keep the site running and secure.
Cookies and local storage
We set only strictly necessary cookies — those required for the site to function (for example, session security tokens). We do not use analytics cookies, advertising cookies, tracking pixels, or any third-party scripts that profile your behavior. No data is written to local storage beyond what is technically required to serve pages.
Why We Use Your Data
We process personal data only for the following purposes. For each purpose we identify the legal basis we rely on.
| Purpose | Data involved | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Responding to your email or phone inquiry | Name, email address or phone number, message content | Legitimate interest / performance of pre-contractual steps (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR for DE visitors; reasonable business necessity for US visitors) |
| Keeping the website secure and available | Server log data including IP address | Legitimate interest in operating a secure service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for DE visitors) |
| Compliance with legal obligations | Any data we are required to retain by applicable law | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR for DE visitors) |
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.
How Long We Keep Your Data
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law.
- Email and phone inquiry records — retained for as long as needed to resolve your inquiry and for a reasonable period afterward in case of follow-up, then deleted. The operator will publish the specific retention period once confirmed; see missingFacts.
- Server logs — retained for a limited period for security diagnostics. The operator will publish the specific retention period once confirmed.
- Strictly necessary cookies — expire at the end of your browser session, or as indicated in our cookie information.
When data is no longer needed, it is deleted or anonymized so that it can no longer be linked to you.
Your Rights
Depending on where you are located, you have different rights over your personal data. We honor requests from visitors in both the United States and Germany.
Rights under EU/German law (GDPR)
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure — ask us to delete your data where there is no overriding legal reason to keep it.
- Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data while a dispute is resolved.
- Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format where technically feasible.
- Object — object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- Lodge a complaint — you have the right to complain to your national supervisory authority. In Germany that is the relevant state data protection authority (Landesdatenschutzbehörde).
Rights under US law
US privacy law varies by state. Where applicable state laws grant residents rights to know, delete, correct, or opt out of the sale of personal information (for example, under the California Consumer Privacy Act), we honor those rights. Because we do not sell personal data and collect very limited information, most such requests will be straightforward to fulfill.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the Contact section below. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
Contact & Data Controller
The operator responsible for data processing on this website will confirm its verified legal details. The information below is provided by the operator and has not been independently verified by this policy generator.
In the meantime, you may reach us at:
- Email: utkzurkovo@inet.hr
- Phone: 098 192 7315
Please include "Privacy Request" in the subject line of any email so we can handle your inquiry promptly.
This policy was last reviewed by the operator before publication. If you have questions about how your data is handled, we welcome your inquiry.