Privacy Policy | TechTars

1. Introduction

TechTars ("we", "our", or "us") operates the techtars.com website and related services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our platform.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Information

When you create an account, we may collect your email address and authentication credentials. We do not collect payment information, as all tools are currently free.

Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information when you access our platform, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent, and referring URLs. This is collected via Google Analytics and similar tools.

We use essential cookies for authentication, analytics cookies to understand usage patterns, and advertising and affiliate cookies set by third parties (see sections 4 and 6). You can disable non-essential cookies in your browser settings.

3. How We Use Your Information

To provide and maintain our services
To manage your account and authentication
To improve our platform and user experience
To analyze usage trends and optimize performance
To communicate service updates or changes
To show advertising and to attribute sign-ups or purchases made through affiliate links

4. Advertising (Google AdSense)

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.
Learn more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

5. Affiliate Links

Some links on TechTars are affiliate links (see our Affiliate Disclosure). When you click one, the affiliate network or merchant (for example EarnKaro or the partner company) may set a cookie or record a click ID so that a sign-up or purchase can be credited to us. We do not receive your name, contact or payment details from these partners; we only receive aggregated reports of clicks and commissions. Any information you give a partner after leaving our site is governed by that partner's privacy policy.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to improve our services. Advertising and affiliate partners collect data directly through their own cookies as described above.

7. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures including encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure authentication via Supabase, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

8. Third-Party Services

Our platform integrates with the following third-party services:

Supabase - Authentication and backend services
Google Analytics - Usage analytics
Google AdSense - Advertising
Meta Pixel - Conversion tracking
Affiliate networks and partners (e.g. EarnKaro) - Referral and purchase tracking

Each service has its own privacy policy governing data handling.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access and review your personal data
Request deletion of your account and associated data
Opt out of non-essential analytics tracking
Opt out of personalised advertising (see section 4)

To make a request, email info@techtars.com.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, email info@techtars.com or visit our Contact page.