Last updated: August 8, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to AARKLY (“we”, “our”, “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at https://aarkly.com (the “Site”). Please read this policy carefully. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and your browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
  • Contact and email forms: If you subscribe to our newsletter or use a contact form, we collect the information you submit, such as your name and email address.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

  • Log data: Our servers automatically record information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits.
  • Cookies and similar technologies: We and our third-party partners use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to recognize your browser, remember your preferences, and measure site usage. See the Cookies section below.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the Site to function, such as remembering your comment preferences or keeping you logged in.
  • Analytics cookies: Used to understand how visitors use the Site (e.g., pages visited, time spent), so we can improve our content.
  • Advertising cookies: Used by advertising partners (including Google AdSense) to serve ads relevant to your interests and to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

If you leave a comment on the Site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year. You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time.

4. Advertising and Third-Party Services

4.1 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this Site and other websites across the internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy or the Google Ads Settings page.

4.2 Affiliate Links

Some of the tools and services we review on the Site are accessed through affiliate links. If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. This never affects our editorial independence — we only recommend tools we genuinely use and trust, and we never accept payment for reviews or placement.

4.3 Analytics

We may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to collect aggregated, anonymized information about Site usage, including browser type, device type, and approximate location (country level). This data is used solely to understand our audience and improve our content.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, code snippets). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

7. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal information. We only share data with third-party service providers who help us operate the Site, including:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers who store the Site and its data.
  • Advertising partners (such as Google) who process data to serve and measure ads.
  • Analytics providers who process usage data on our behalf.
  • Spam detection services — visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, which processes the comment data and your IP address.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

8. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we retain your email address until you unsubscribe. Analytics and log data are retained for a maximum of 26 months, after which it is deleted or anonymized.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (including the GDPR in the EU/EEA and applicable US state privacy laws), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: Request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure: Request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal obligations to retain certain records.
  • Right to restrict processing: Request that we limit how we process your data.
  • Right to data portability: Request an exported file of the personal data you have provided to us.
  • Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including advertising and analytics.

If you have an account on this Site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the applicable minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last updated” date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us through the blog page on this Site or by using the contact form available on the Site.