Privacy Policy & Advertising Cookie Disclosure
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At SpecAndMeta (https://specandmeta.com), we prioritize visitor privacy and technical transparency. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you access our hardware benchmark databases, interactive calculators, and patch analysis articles, how third-party advertising partners (including Google AdSense) utilize cookies, and how you can exercise your statutory privacy rights.
1. Zero Server-Side Storage of Calculator Inputs
All interactive utilities hosted on SpecAndMeta—including the 120 FPS Hardware Tracker, Brawl Stars Upgrade Calculator, Clash of Clans Upgrade Planner, and Cross-Game eDPI Sensitivity Converter—run 100% client-side in your web browser. Your calculator selections, filter queries, and sensitivity configurations are never transmitted to or stored on a backend database.
2. Log Files & Basic Edge Telemetry
Like all standard static web hosts and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), our edge servers automatically record non-identifying HTTP request metadata in standard server log files. This includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address (anonymized where applicable), browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system platform, and request date/time stamp. This telemetry is used solely to prevent DDoS abuse, diagnose broken links, and maintain 100/100 Core Web Vitals performance.
3. Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookie Disclosure
SpecAndMeta utilizes Google AdSense and compliant third-party advertising networks to serve advertisements that support our independent hardware testing laboratory:
- Third-Party Vendors: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to
specandmeta.comor other websites on the internet. - Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) enables it and its partners to serve relevant advertisements to our visitors based on their visit to SpecAndMeta and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ad Settings (My Ad Center) or by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
4. GDPR (EEA/UK) & CCPA/CPRA (California) Privacy Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you hold specific legal rights regarding personal data:
- Right to Access, Rectification & Erasure (GDPR): Visitors located in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom have the right to withdraw consent for personalized advertising cookies via our Consent Management Platform (CMP) banner and to request erasure of any personal correspondence sent to our email channels.
- CCPA / CPRA Opt-Out Rights: California residents have the right to request disclosure of categories of personal information collected and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
5. Children's Information (COPPA Compliance)
SpecAndMeta does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has provided personal information via an email inquiry, please contact us immediately at contact@specandmeta.com and we will promptly purge such records from our inbox.
6. Contact Information
For any privacy-related questions or data requests, please contact our Data Protection Officer via email at contact@specandmeta.com or visit our Contact Page.