This Privacy Policy explains what information HandheldWiki collects when you visit the site, and how it's used. Last updated 1 Aug 2026.
The short version. We don't ask you to create an account, and we don't collect names, emails or payment details through the site. We use privacy-friendly analytics and, where shown, third-party advertising.
Analytics. We use a self-hosted installation of Umami, a privacy-focused analytics tool. Umami does not use cookies and does not collect personally identifiable information. It records only aggregate, anonymous data — page views, referrers, country-level location, browser and device type — which cannot be used to identify you.
Advertising. We display ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising via Google Ads Settings and review your choices at aboutads.info. For visitors in the EEA and UK we present a consent prompt before any non-essential cookies are set, as required by Google's EU User Consent Policy.
Affiliate links. Some outbound retailer links are affiliate links. Clicking one may cause the retailer to set a cookie that attributes a purchase to us. See our Affiliate Disclosure. We never receive your payment or personal details from these retailers.
Your rights. Depending on where you live (e.g. under GDPR or CCPA) you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data held about you. Because we don't collect identifying data directly, we will usually have nothing on file — but you can contact us any time at [email protected] and we will help where we can.
Children. This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes. We'll update this page when our practices change and revise the date above.
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