Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 23, 2026
ZipperLubricant.com ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the rights you have under applicable privacy laws including the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
This policy applies to zipperlubricant.com and any pages under that domain. It does not apply to external websites we link to — those sites have their own privacy practices.
1. Information We Collect
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the site, our web server and the analytics and advertising services we use may automatically collect:
- Your device's IP address (which may be truncated or anonymised before storage)
- Browser type, browser version, and operating system
- Approximate location derived from the IP address (typically city/region level)
- The pages you visit on the site, the time of your visit, and how long you stay on each page
- The URL that referred you to our site, if any
- Diagnostic information if an error occurs
Information You Provide Directly
If you email us at one of the addresses listed on our Contact page, we receive whatever information you choose to include in your message — typically your email address, your name if you provide one, and the content of your message. We do not have a contact form on the site, so no data is submitted through forms on our pages.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and third parties we work with use cookies and similar technologies to run the site, measure traffic, and serve advertising. Details — including the specific services involved and how to opt out — are on our Cookie Policy page.
2. How We Use Information
We use the information described above to:
- Deliver the pages you request and keep the site running securely
- Understand which guides are most useful so we can improve them
- Diagnose and fix technical issues
- Serve advertising that helps fund the site (see Section 4)
- Respond to any message you send us
- Comply with legal obligations and protect against fraud, abuse, or misuse of the site
We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it for automated decision-making that has legal or similarly significant effects on you.
3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar rules, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Legitimate interest — for basic security logging and aggregated analytics that help us improve the site, where those interests are not overridden by your rights
- Consent — for non-essential cookies such as analytics and advertising cookies, where your local law requires consent. You can withdraw consent at any time; instructions are in the Cookie Policy
- Legal obligation — where we must retain or disclose information to comply with the law
4. Advertising and Third-Party Vendors
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertising on the site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet.
Under Google's required AdSense disclosures:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
More information about how Google uses data from sites and apps that use its services is available at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Google's own advertising policy is at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Third-Party Advertising Partners
Google may share ad inventory with other advertising vendors that are part of the Google advertising network. Those vendors may set their own cookies or use similar technologies for measurement, frequency capping, and personalisation. Google publishes information about the vendors it uses and the purposes they serve in its AdSense help documentation.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (Google LLC) to understand how visitors use the site in aggregate. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about page views, session duration, referrers, and similar measurements. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting information about your visits by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Sharing of Information
We share information only with the parties and in the circumstances listed below:
- Service providers — including our hosting provider, analytics provider (Google Analytics), and advertising provider (Google AdSense and its approved third-party vendors), who process information on our behalf under contracts and policies appropriate to their role
- Legal and safety — where we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with a law, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of users or the public
- Business transfers — if the site or its operator is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to continued protection under a compatible privacy policy
We do not sell personal information for money, and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising in a way that would be considered a "sale" or "share" under the CCPA/CPRA beyond what is disclosed in Section 4.
6. Data Retention
We keep the information described in this policy only for as long as it is needed for the purposes described here, or as required by law:
- Server logs are typically retained for up to 90 days for security and debugging, then deleted or aggregated
- Analytics data is retained according to the retention period configured in Google Analytics (currently a maximum of 26 months for user-level data)
- Advertising data is retained according to Google's own retention policies for AdSense
- Email correspondence with you is retained for as long as needed to respond and for a reasonable period afterwards for reference, then deleted on request or routinely archived
7. International Transfers
The site is hosted in the United States, and the third-party services we use (including Google) may process information in the United States or other countries. If you access the site from outside these jurisdictions, your information will be transferred to and processed in those locations. Where required, transfers of personal data out of the EEA or UK rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
8. Your Rights
If You Are in the EU, UK, or a Similar Jurisdiction (GDPR)
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request erasure of your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Restrict or object to processing
- Request portability of data you provided to us
- Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent
- Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority
If You Are a California Resident (CCPA/CPRA)
You have the right to:
- Know what categories of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of third parties with whom it is shared
- Request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information — we do not sell personal information for money, and you can limit advertising-related sharing using the opt-out tools linked in Section 4
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information — we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information
- Not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of the rights above, email privacy@zipperlubricant.com from the email address associated with your request, or write to us using the details on our Contact page. We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.
9. Children's Privacy
This site is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under the age of 16 in jurisdictions that apply that threshold). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with information, please contact us and we will delete it.
10. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect information from loss, misuse, and unauthorised access, including HTTPS for connections to the site and vetted service providers for hosting, analytics, and advertising. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted over the internet.
11. Do Not Track
Because there is no common industry standard for responding to browser "Do Not Track" signals, we do not currently respond to them. You can still control tracking using the mechanisms described in our Cookie Policy.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Material changes will be highlighted on the site for a reasonable period. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
13. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, contact us at:
- Email: privacy@zipperlubricant.com
- General contact: contact@zipperlubricant.com
- Website: zipperlubricant.com