1. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with the Website. Primarily, this includes your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter integrations or contact us.
Data Transmission: Our contact and newsletter infrastructure is securely powered by Web3Forms. When you submit your email, the data is encrypted and routed directly to us. We do not store your communication data in public databases on our platform.
2. Analytics, Cookies & Tracking
To continuously improve our platform architecture and the quality of our curation, we utilize robust analytics tools, including Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. These platforms utilize cookies to measure traffic, log session durations, and generate anonymous UI heatmaps to identify navigational friction.
Strict Regional Compliance (GDPR/CCPA): We respect international privacy boundaries. When you visit our site, we execute a momentary, secure API ping to determine your localized region via your IP address. We do not store this IP address. If this check determines you reside within a strict privacy jurisdiction (such as the European Union or the United Kingdom), all tracking scripts and cookies are actively terminated at the network layer. They will absolutely not execute until you manually and explicitly provide consent via our privacy banner.
3. How We Use Local Storage
We utilize your browser's local storage capabilities strictly for functional, non-invasive platform enhancements. This includes persisting your preferred UI color theme (Light vs. Dark Mode) and logging your acknowledgment of our cookie consent banner. This data never leaves your device.
4. Third Parties & Affiliate Links
MinimalTech Systems acts as an affiliate platform. Consequently, this site heavily utilizes affiliate links (e.g., Amazon Associates program). Clicking outbound product links may place an external cookie on your browser, allowing the destination merchant to attribute a future purchase back to this website.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the data collection policies of external merchants once you exit the MinimalTech Systems domain.