Last Updated: 10 August 2026
At Softgeek.co.uk, we respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected and used when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how third-party services such as Google may process information, and the choices available to you.
By using Softgeek.co.uk, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.
1. About Softgeek
Softgeek.co.uk is a technology-focused website providing articles, guides, tutorials, reviews, news, tips, online tools, and other informational content relating to technology, artificial intelligence, software, hardware, cloud services, mobile devices, computers, internet services, and related subjects.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following ways.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us
- Submit information through a contact form
- Subscribe to a newsletter or other communication
- Submit feedback
- Communicate with us by email
- Use certain features or tools available on the website
This information may include your name, email address, and the contents of your communication.
Please do not submit confidential, sensitive, financial, or unnecessary personal information through the website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Softgeek, certain information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting providers, analytics services, security services, advertising providers, and similar technologies.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Language preferences
- General geographic information
- Date and time of access
- Pages viewed
- Referring website
- Approximate time spent on pages
- Interaction with website content
- Technical information about your browser and device
Some of this information may be collected using cookies, web beacons, pixels, scripts, local storage, or similar technologies.
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain Softgeek
- Provide website content and services
- Respond to enquiries
- Improve our website
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Analyse traffic and performance
- Detect spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats
- Protect the website and its users
- Improve our tools and features
- Measure advertising performance
- Display advertisements
- Provide personalised or non-personalised advertising where permitted
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless permitted or required by applicable law.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
Softgeek.co.uk may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display advertisements.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information as a result of advertising being displayed on our website.
Google and its advertising partners may use information about a user’s visits to Softgeek and other websites to provide, measure, and improve advertising.
Google may use advertising cookies to enable Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on a user’s prior visits to Softgeek or other websites.
The types of advertising shown may depend on factors including the user’s location, consent choices, browser settings, and whether personalised advertising is permitted.
For information about how Google uses data when its partners’ websites or apps are used, users may review Google’s official “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” information.
Users may also manage certain advertising preferences through Google’s advertising settings.
5. Personalised Advertising
Where permitted by applicable law, advertising providers may use information to provide personalised advertising.
Where consent is legally required, personalised advertising will only be enabled after obtaining the appropriate consent.
For visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Softgeek may use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform to obtain and manage consent for advertising and related data processing.
Where required, users may choose whether to consent to personalised advertising and related processing.
6. Consent Management
For users in regions where consent is required, Softgeek may display a consent message before certain cookies, local storage technologies, or advertising-related processing are enabled.
The consent mechanism may allow users to:
- Accept applicable purposes
- Reject or decline non-essential processing
- Manage individual privacy preferences
- Change or withdraw consent where supported
We do not treat simply continuing to browse the website as consent where applicable law requires an affirmative consent action.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Softgeek uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
- Website functionality
- Security
- Remembering preferences
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Measuring advertising performance
- Improving website functionality
Some cookies may be strictly necessary for the website to operate.
Other cookies and technologies may require consent depending on applicable law.
Please see our Cookie Policy for additional information.
8. Analytics
Softgeek may use analytics services to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics information may include pages viewed, traffic sources, browser information, device information, approximate location, and website interactions.
Analytics providers may use cookies, identifiers, or similar technologies.
Where required by law, applicable analytics technologies will be used only after obtaining the necessary consent.
9. Third-Party Services
Softgeek may use third-party services to operate, secure, analyse, advertise, or improve the website.
These may include:
- Advertising providers
- Analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Content delivery and security providers
- Email providers
- Embedded-content providers
- Social media services
- Other technical service providers
These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
We do not control the privacy practices of independent third parties.
10. Third-Party Websites
Softgeek may contain links to third-party websites.
Clicking an external link may take you to a website that operates independently from Softgeek.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
11. Sharing Information
We may share information with service providers where reasonably necessary to operate Softgeek.
This may include:
- Hosting providers
- Security providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising providers
- Email and communication providers
- Technical service providers
- Professional advisers
- Government authorities or law enforcement where legally required
We do not sell personal information as a standalone business activity.
12. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Information may be retained where necessary for:
- Legal obligations
- Security
- Fraud prevention
- Dispute resolution
- Business records
- Legitimate operational purposes
When information is no longer required, it may be deleted or anonymised.
13. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Children’s Privacy
Softgeek is not specifically directed toward children.
We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the information and take appropriate action.
15. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include:
- The right to request access
- The right to request correction
- The right to request deletion
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to object to certain processing
- The right to withdraw consent
- The right to data portability
- The right to complain to a relevant data protection authority
To make a privacy request, contact:
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
16. UK Privacy Law
Where applicable, Softgeek will process personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection and privacy laws, including the UK GDPR and relevant electronic communications and cookie requirements.
17. International Data Transfers
Some service providers used by Softgeek may process information outside your country of residence.
Where applicable, appropriate legal safeguards will be used for international transfers of personal information.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, technology, advertising providers, or legal obligations change.
The latest version will always be published on this page with the updated date.
19. Contact Us
For privacy-related questions or requests:
Softgeek.co.uk
Email: admin@softgeek.co.uk
Website: Softgeek.co.uk