Short version: Sorted Gear is a static site. There are no accounts, nothing to log into, and we do not sell data. The specifics:
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to see which guides get read and roughly where readers come from. It sets cookies and collects standard analytics data: pages viewed, approximate location from your IP address, device and browser type. We use it to decide what to write next. That is the whole reason it is there. You can opt out with Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Affiliate links
When you click an Amazon link and land on Amazon, Amazon sets its own cookies under its own privacy policy, which we do not control. That cookie is how the Associates program knows a purchase started here. The disclosure page explains how the money side of that works.
Hosting
The site is served through Cloudflare, which processes basic request information such as your IP address to deliver pages and keep the site online and protected. Cloudflare is our infrastructure provider, not a tracker we added.
The newsletter
The signup form on the site is not active yet, so right now we are not collecting email addresses through it. When it goes live, this page will be updated to say exactly what happens to an address you give us.
What we don't do
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We do not run advertising networks, and there are no third-party trackers beyond the analytics described above.
Your choices
Opt out of analytics with the Google add-on linked above, or email us with any privacy question at [email protected].
This is a plain-language policy that describes what the site actually does today. If our practices change, this page changes with them.
Last updated: May 16, 2026.