Privacy & Cookie Statement

1. Scope

This statement explains how Cleany Mac ("we") handles information for people who visit cleanysmac.com (the "Site"). We publish educational guides about macOS maintenance and keep data collection to the minimum needed to run the Site well.

2. Information we handle

Two kinds of information reach us:

• What you send. If you email us or use the contact form, we receive your name, email address, and message.
• What's logged automatically. Like most sites, our hosting and analytics tools may record technical details — browser and device type, general location, the referring page, and the pages you view — to keep the Site secure and to see which guides are useful.

3. Purposes

We use that information to answer you, to operate and secure the Site, to improve our guides, to show and measure advertising where it appears, and to meet legal duties. We do not sell your personal information.

4. About cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help a site work and remember choices. The categories we and our providers may use include:

Category	Role
Essential	Keeps the Site secure and functioning; can't be turned off.
Preference	Remembers settings such as your consent choice.
Analytics	Helps us read aggregate, de-identified usage.
Advertising	Supports serving and measuring ads where shown.

You can manage cookies in your browser and, where offered, through our on-site consent prompt. Blocking some cookies may change how parts of the Site behave.

5. Ads & analytics providers

We may work with third parties, including Google, to display ads and measure traffic. These providers may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other sites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits here and elsewhere online.

To limit personalized ads, visit Google's Ads Settings. For industry-wide choices, see aboutads.info and Your Online Choices.

6. Managing your choices

• Clear or block cookies in your browser whenever you like.
• Use the opt-out links above to reduce personalized advertising.
• Ask us to access, correct, or delete anything you've sent us.

7. Legal rights

Depending on where you live, laws such as the EU/UK GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may give you rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict use of your personal information, and to object to certain processing. Email [email protected] to exercise them; we respond within the period the law requires.

8. Retention

We keep messages only as long as needed to reply and maintain reasonable records, and we hold automatically collected data for a limited period consistent with security and analytics needs.

9. Children

The Site is intended for a general, adult audience and is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age where you live). We do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Changes

We may revise this statement as our practices or the law evolve. The "Last revised" date above reflects the current version, and notable changes may be highlighted on the Site.

11. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected] or use the contact page.