Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 12, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words with capitalized initial letters have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions apply regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.
  • Company (referred to as “We”, “Us”, or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to OldRigRevive.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Old Rig Revive, accessible from https://oldrigrevive.com/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Affiliate Disclosure (Important)

Old Rig Revive is a reader-supported technology blog.

We participate in various affiliate marketing programs, including but not limited to the AliExpress Affiliate Program. This means we may earn a commission when You click on affiliate links via our site and make a purchase — at no additional cost to You.

These commissions help support:

  • Hardware purchases for independent testing;
  • Server and hosting costs;
  • Content creation and maintenance.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site:

  • We collect the data shown in the comments form;
  • We collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection;
  • An anonymized string created from Your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if You are using it.

After approval of Your comment, Your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of Your comment.

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.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.

Types of Cookies We Use:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies: Required for basic website functionality.
  • Functionality Cookies: Remember user preferences (e.g., name and email for comments).
  • Analytics Cookies: We may use Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics.
  • Advertising Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account (if applicable).
  • To contact You regarding updates or informative communications.
  • To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • To deliver targeted advertising and affiliate content.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your Rights (International Users)

GDPR (EEA Residents)

If You are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), You have the right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of Your Personal Data. You may also object to the processing of Your personal information.

CCPA (California Residents)

Under the CCPA, California consumers have the right to request disclosure of the data collected about them specifically, and request deletion of that data.

LGPD (Brazil Residents)

In compliance with the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), users from Brazil generally have the right to:

  • Confirm the existence of data processing;
  • Access Your data;
  • Correct incomplete, inaccurate, or out-of-date data;
  • Anonymize, block, or delete unnecessary or excessive data;
  • Revoke consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us (e.g., driver downloads, BIOS mods, retailers). If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: