Privacy Policy for Workstation Wizard
Effective Date: May 24, 2026.
We spend our days obsessing over VESA mount compatibility, cable management routing, and ergonomic desk heights. We do not spend our time mining your personal data. You come to Workstation Wizard to engineer a better workspace. We want you to read our guides, fix your monitor height, and get back to work without worrying about who is tracking your every click.
This policy explains exactly what information we collect when you visit workstationwizard.com. We keep it simple. We keep it transparent. We only collect what we absolutely need to keep this site running and improve our editorial content.
The Information You Give Us Directly
You do not need to create an account to read our hardware reviews. You can browse our entire archive of desk setup guides completely anonymously. We only collect personal information when you actively choose to hand it over.
When you use our contact form to ask why your heavy ultrawide monitor is sagging on a cheap gas-spring arm, you give us your name and your email address. You might also share specific details about your current hardware setup or your ergonomic struggles. We use this information for one purpose. We reply to your email.
We do not harvest these email addresses for marketing campaigns. We do not add you to a newsletter unless you explicitly check a box asking to join one. Once we resolve your question about syncing devices or finding the right storage cabinet, your email sits securely in our inbox archive. We do not sell your contact details to third-party data brokers. Never have. Never will.
Automated Data Collection
Like every website on the internet, our servers automatically log certain technical details when you visit. This is standard operational data. It helps us understand the basic mechanics of our site traffic.
When you load a page on Workstation Wizard, our hosting provider logs your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, and the exact time of your visit. It also records the referring website that sent you here. If you clicked a link on a tech forum to read our dual monitor setup guide, the server notes that referral.
We look at this data in aggregate. We do not use server logs to track individual users across the web. We use them to monitor site health, prevent malicious attacks, and ensure our pages load quickly across different devices. If a specific IP address tries to spam our contact form five hundred times in a minute, we block it. That is the extent of our server log usage.
How We Use Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you load our website. They reduce the friction of navigating the web. We use two specific types of cookies on this site.
First, we use functional cookies. These are strictly necessary for the website to operate. They remember your basic preferences, like whether you dismissed our cookie consent banner. They keep the site stable as you click from a review of a standing desk to a tutorial on monitor calibration.
Second, we use analytics cookies. This is where we gather data to improve our editorial signal. We need a high-resolution understanding of what content actually helps our readers.
Third-Party Analytics and Content Quality
We use Google Analytics and Google Search Console to measure our site performance. These tools place cookies on your browser to track how you interact with our pages. They tell us which articles get read and which ones get ignored.
This data is crucial for our editorial process. If our analytics show that 10,000 people read our guide on fixing neck pain through proper monitor height, but only 50 people read our article on decorative desk plants, we learn something important. We learn that you want practical, health-focused hardware advice. We use this aggregate data to assign future articles, dedicate more time to testing specific storage solutions, and stop writing about things you do not care about.
Google Analytics collects your IP address and anonymizes it. We do not see your name. We do not see your exact street address. We see that a user from Chicago spent four minutes reading about under-desk cable trays before leaving the site. This data helps us cut through the noise and deliver better, more accurate hardware recommendations.
Affiliate Links and External Tracking
Workstation Wizard is an independent editorial site. We fund our hardware testing through affiliate marketing. When we recommend a specific monitor arm or a reliable solid-state drive, we often include a link to buy that product on sites like Amazon or Best Buy.
If you click one of these affiliate links, you leave our website. The retailer you visit will place their own tracking cookies on your browser to credit us with the sale. We do not control these external cookies. We do not see your credit card information. We do not see your shipping address. We only see a dashboard stating that an anonymous user purchased a specific monitor arm, generating a small commission for our site.
You should always read the privacy policies of any external retailer you visit. Once you click away from workstationwizard.com, our privacy policy no longer applies.
Data Retention Timelines
We do not hoard data indefinitely. We keep your information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
- Contact Form Emails: We retain correspondence for up to two years. This allows us to reference past conversations if you reach out again for follow-up advice on your desk setup.
- Analytics Data: We configure Google Analytics to automatically delete user-level and event-level data after 14 months.
- Server Logs: Our hosting provider automatically overwrites routine server logs every 30 days.
Your Rights Regarding Your Data
You own your personal data. Depending on where you live, privacy laws like the GDPR or CCPA grant you specific rights over how your information is handled. We respect these rights universally, regardless of your geographic location.
You have the right to ask us what personal data we hold about you. You have the right to request corrections if that data is inaccurate. Most importantly, you have the right to request total deletion.
If you want us to wipe your past emails from our servers, just ask. Send us a message using the contact details below. We will manually delete your correspondence and confirm when the process is complete. No arguments. No delays.
Security Measures
We take reasonable, industry-standard precautions to protect your data. Our website uses SSL encryption to secure the connection between your browser and our servers. When you submit a contact form, that transmission is encrypted.
We keep our content management system updated. We use strong passwords and two-factor authentication for all administrative access. However, no transmission over the internet is entirely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute protection against highly sophisticated cyber attacks. We are a workstation hardware blog, not a financial institution. We protect our systems diligently, but you share information online at your own risk.
Changes to This Policy
The internet changes. Privacy regulations evolve. We will occasionally update this policy to reflect new legal requirements or changes in how we operate this site. When we make significant changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. We do not send out annoying emails every time we fix a typo in this document. We recommend checking this page periodically if you have ongoing concerns about web privacy.
Contact the Editorial Team
We operate this site directly. We do not outsource our inbox to a third-party call center. If you have questions about this privacy policy, or if you want to exercise your data rights, you can reach us directly.
Email us at [email protected]. We monitor this inbox regularly. You can expect a real response from a human being within three to five business days.