Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 15, 2026 – Last Updated: May 15, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how PCBUYER.COM (“PCBuyer,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, protects, discloses, and otherwise processes information when you visit or use https://pcbuyer.com, any PCBuyer.com subdomain, related pages, browser-based tools, product-analysis tools, newsletters, alerts, course materials, product databases, comparison tools, affiliate-linked pages, forms, or other online services operated by PCBuyer collectively, the “Site.”

By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Site.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms and Conditions and Affiliate Disclosure.

1. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Site, including PCBuyer tools, browser-based tests, forms, newsletters, alerts, product pages, merchant-offer pages, course materials, certificates, user submissions, comments, product-analysis tools, and other Site features.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, merchants, manufacturers, marketplaces, affiliate networks, advertising networks, analytics providers, payment processors, social media platforms, or other third-party services that PCBuyer does not own or control.

If you click a link to a third-party website or merchant, that third party’s privacy policy and terms govern its collection and use of your information.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use the Site, we may collect the following categories of information.

A. Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information directly to PCBuyer when you:

subscribe to PCBuyer Alerts, newsletters, guides, or product updates;
submit a contact form or support request;
use the “Should I Buy This Computer?” tool;
paste a product listing URL or computer description for analysis;
manually enter computer specifications, prices, seller information, or marketplace information;
submit feedback, comments, product reviews, deal tips, or user-generated content;
use AI-readiness tools, product comparison tools, or value-estimate tools;
participate in AI 101 lessons, quizzes, progress tracking, or certificate generation;
request information, ask questions, or communicate with us by email or other means;
interact with forms, tools, features, or services on the Site.

Information you provide may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, business name, product information, computer specifications, seller information, product listing URLs, comments, reviews, feedback, support messages, course progress, certificate information, and any other information you choose to submit.

B. Browser, Device, and Usage Information

When you use the Site, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

IP address;
browser type and version;
operating-system signals;
device type;
referring and exit pages;
pages viewed;
dates and times of visits;
click activity;
general location derived from IP address;
user-agent strings;
cookie identifiers and similar identifiers;
security logs;
performance logs;
affiliate-link click data;
merchant-referral data;
analytics data;
information about how users interact with the Site.

C. Browser Computer Test and Device Capability Information

Some PCBuyer tools may estimate your computer’s capabilities using browser-accessible technical signals. These may include, where available:

browser type and capabilities;
operating-system signals;
screen and display information;
memory estimates made available by your browser;
graphics or browser-rendering capability indicators;
device-performance indicators;
network or connection-performance indicators;
other technical signals made available by your browser or device.

Browser-based computer tests are limited by browser permissions, privacy settings, operating-system restrictions, and device settings.

These tests do not inspect your personal files, documents, photos, emails, private messages, passwords, banking information, saved browser passwords, or local content outside the technical signals made available through your browser.

Some browser-based estimates may run locally in your browser. Some results or limited technical signals may be transmitted to PCBuyer or its service providers when needed to operate, improve, secure, or troubleshoot the Site.

D. Product, Listing, and Merchant Information

If you use PCBuyer product-analysis tools, we may collect and process information about the product or listing you submit, including:

product titles;
descriptions;
URLs;
prices;
seller names;
marketplace names;
product specifications;
images;
condition descriptions;
shipping information;
warranty information;
related product or merchant data.

We may also receive product, merchant, pricing, and availability information from third-party merchants, affiliate networks, APIs, data feeds, public sources, and automated systems.

E. Course, Progress, and Certificate Information

If you use PCBuyer educational content, AI 101 lessons, quizzes, progress tracking, or certificates of completion, we may collect information about your course activity, lesson progress, quiz results, completion status, certificate name, certificate date, and related information needed to provide those features.

A PCBuyer certificate is not a professional license, academic credential, industry certification, or employment qualification.

F. Payment Information

PCBuyer may not directly collect payment-card information through ordinary Site features.

If PCBuyer later offers paid products, paid services, paid courses, subscriptions, lead-generation services, premium tools, or other transactions, payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors. PCBuyer does not intend to store full credit-card numbers on its own servers unless expressly disclosed and legally permitted.

G. Sensitive Information

PCBuyer does not intentionally request sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, precise financial account credentials, health information, biometric identifiers, government identification numbers, or account passwords through ordinary Site features.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless PCBuyer specifically requests it for a clearly stated purpose.

3. How We Use Information

PCBuyer may use information for the following purposes:

to operate, maintain, and improve the Site;
to provide product-analysis tools, AI-readiness estimates, product scores, rankings, and fair-price estimates;
to process product listing URLs, product descriptions, and user-submitted computer specifications;
to generate browser-based computer capability estimates;
to provide PCBuyer Alerts, newsletters, buying guides, product updates, deal notifications, and related communications;
to display merchant offers, product links, product recommendations, and affiliate links;
to measure Site performance, diagnose errors, and improve user experience;
to personalize or improve content, product recommendations, and Site features;
to provide educational content, course progress tracking, quizzes, and certificates;
to respond to questions, support requests, feedback, and legal inquiries;
to detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to fraud, scraping, spam, abuse, hacking attempts, unauthorized access, security incidents, and other harmful activity;
to comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms and Conditions, and protect our rights;
to analyze aggregate trends and Site usage;
to test, develop, train, improve, and evaluate Site tools, algorithms, automated systems, and AI-assisted features, where permitted by law;
for any other purpose disclosed at the time information is collected or with your consent.

4. AI-Assisted Tools and Automated Processing

PCBuyer may use automated systems, algorithms, artificial intelligence, rules-based scoring, third-party data, product specifications, user-submitted information, and browser/device signals to generate product scores, recommendations, AI-readiness estimates, fair-price ranges, red flags, alternative-product suggestions, and other tool outputs.

Information you submit to PCBuyer tools may be processed to generate results, improve Site performance, troubleshoot errors, prevent abuse, improve scoring logic, and improve the overall quality of PCBuyer services.

Automated outputs may be incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or based on imperfect assumptions. You should independently verify product information before making purchasing decisions.

PCBuyer does not use browser-based testing to read your private files, passwords, emails, photos, documents, or local computer content.

5. Cookies, Analytics, Tracking Technologies, and Similar Tools

PCBuyer and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, scripts, local storage, server logs, analytics tools, affiliate tracking links, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies to:

operate the Site;
remember preferences;
improve Site performance;
measure traffic and user behavior;
detect fraud, abuse, scraping, spam, and security threats;
analyze which pages and tools are used;
track affiliate referrals and merchant-link activity;
support advertising, attribution, and reporting;
manage email subscriptions and alerts;
improve content, products, tools, and recommendations.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies or similar technologies, some Site features may not function properly.

6. Google Ads, Advertising Cookies, and Personalized Advertising

PCBuyer may display advertising served by Google or other third-party advertising networks.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to PCBuyer.com or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on visits to this Site and other sites on the internet.

You may be able to opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings or other industry opt-out tools. You may also control cookies through your browser settings.

PCBuyer does not control all tracking technologies used by third-party advertising networks, merchants, marketplaces, or affiliate partners after you interact with their services.

7. Affiliate Links, Advertising, and Merchant Referrals

PCBuyer may participate in affiliate, advertising, referral, lead-generation, and merchant programs. These may include, without limitation:

Amazon Associates;
eBay Partner Network;
Google advertising services;
Sovrn / Sovrn Commerce;
Best Buy;
Walmart;
computer manufacturers;
electronics retailers;
software vendors;
business technology providers;
other merchant, affiliate, referral, or advertising relationships.

When you click a merchant link, product link, affiliate link, or advertisement, PCBuyer, the merchant, an affiliate network, advertising network, analytics provider, or another third party may collect information about your click, device, browser, referring page, approximate location, and transaction activity.

This information may be used for attribution, commission tracking, fraud prevention, analytics, reporting, advertising, and merchant-offer functionality.

As an Amazon Associate, PCBuyer earns from qualifying purchases.

PCBuyer does not control how third-party merchants, affiliate networks, advertising networks, marketplaces, or payment providers collect, use, store, or disclose information after you leave the Site.

You should review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

8. Email, PCBuyer Alerts, Newsletters, and Communications

If you subscribe to PCBuyer Alerts, newsletters, buying guides, deal notifications, product updates, course updates, downloadable resources, or other communications, we may use your email address and related information to send commercial and non-commercial messages.

PCBuyer emails may contain product recommendations, affiliate links, merchant links, sponsored content, educational content, account or course information, administrative messages, and other updates.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link or instructions included in the message.

We may still send non-marketing messages where permitted by law, including legal notices, security notices, transactional messages, service updates, account-related messages, and responses to your inquiries.

9. How We Share Information

PCBuyer may disclose information as described below.

A. Service Providers

We may share information with vendors and service providers that help us operate, host, secure, maintain, analyze, improve, or market the Site.

These may include hosting providers, Cloudflare or CDN providers, security providers, analytics providers, email-service providers, database providers, cloud-service providers, customer-support tools, payment processors, AI-processing tools, spam-prevention services, and technical contractors.

B. Merchants, Affiliate Networks, and Advertising Partners

We may share or make available limited information with merchants, affiliate networks, advertising partners, and referral partners for purposes such as affiliate attribution, commission tracking, fraud prevention, ad measurement, reporting, and merchant-offer functionality.

C. Third-Party Tools and Integrations

The Site may use third-party tools or integrations to provide product offers, analytics, security, email, advertising, payment, AI-assisted processing, or other functionality.

These third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies.

D. Legal, Security, and Compliance Purposes

We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to:

comply with law, regulation, legal process, subpoena, court order, or government request;
enforce our Terms and Conditions, Affiliate Disclosure, or other policies;
detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, scraping, spam, phishing, malware, abuse, hacking attempts, unauthorized access, or security incidents;
protect the rights, property, safety, or security of PCBuyer, users, merchants, service providers, or others;
respond to claims that content violates the rights of third parties.

E. Business Transfers

If PCBuyer is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar transaction, information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

F. Aggregated or De-Identified Information

We may use and disclose aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify you for analytics, research, reporting, product improvement, marketing, security, or other lawful purposes.

10. Sale, Sharing, Targeted Advertising, and Privacy Opt-Outs

PCBuyer does not sell personal information for money in the traditional sense.

However, some privacy laws may define “sale,” “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or “cross-context behavioral advertising” broadly enough to include certain affiliate, advertising, analytics, cookie, or tracking activities.

PCBuyer may disclose or make available identifiers, internet activity information, referral data, affiliate-click data, cookie identifiers, and similar information to analytics providers, affiliate networks, advertising partners, merchant partners, and service providers as described in this Privacy Policy.

Where required by applicable law, you may have the right to opt out of certain uses or disclosures of personal information for sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling.

To exercise an applicable opt-out right, contact us at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

If PCBuyer creates a separate “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” page, “Your Privacy Choices” page, cookie-preference tool, or opt-out mechanism, the link should be posted here:

[Insert Do Not Sell or Share / Your Privacy Choices URL, if applicable]

11. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” or similar signals. Because there is not one uniform industry standard for responding to all such signals, PCBuyer may not respond to every browser-based signal.

Where required by applicable law, PCBuyer will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, to the extent applicable and technically feasible.

12. Data Security

PCBuyer uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.

These safeguards may include access controls, passwords, encryption where appropriate, secure hosting practices, firewalls, malware protection, logging, monitoring, backups, software updates, vendor controls, Cloudflare security tools, WordPress security measures, spam-prevention tools, and other security measures.

No website, server, database, email system, or internet transmission is completely secure. PCBuyer cannot guarantee absolute security.

You use the Site at your own risk.

If you believe your interaction with PCBuyer or the Site has been compromised, please contact us promptly at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

13. Massachusetts Data Security

PCBuyer is based in Massachusetts and may receive, store, or process information from Massachusetts residents.

Where applicable, PCBuyer intends to maintain reasonable safeguards for personal information consistent with applicable Massachusetts data-security requirements, including requirements related to the protection of personal information of Massachusetts residents.

If you are a Massachusetts resident and have questions about your information, contact us at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

14. Security Logs, Abuse Prevention, and Unauthorized Activity

PCBuyer may collect, log, review, retain, and disclose information reasonably necessary to detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to spam, scraping, hacking attempts, credential attacks, malware, abuse, unauthorized access, denial-of-service activity, vulnerability probing, or other suspicious or harmful activity.

This information may include:

IP addresses;
user agents;
request headers;
request bodies;
URLs;
referrers;
query strings;
timestamps;
cookies or session identifiers;
device/browser signals;
behavioral patterns;
form submissions;
login attempts;
security events;
malicious payloads or attack indicators.

PCBuyer may use hosting logs, Cloudflare, WordPress security tools, spam-prevention services, malware scanners, analytics tools, firewall services, rate-limiting tools, and other security services to protect the Site.

Information related to security incidents, spam, abuse, hacking attempts, or unauthorized access may be shared with service providers, hosting providers, security vendors, law enforcement, abuse-prevention services, or other parties where PCBuyer believes disclosure is necessary to protect the Site, users, service providers, merchants, or others.

15. Data Retention

PCBuyer retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Site, operate tools, respond to requests, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, improve services, and protect Site security.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for collection, legal requirements, backup schedules, security needs, operational needs, and whether information is stored by a third-party service provider.

We may retain aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information indefinitely where permitted by law.

We may retain security logs, abuse records, fraud-prevention records, and evidence of unauthorized activity for as long as reasonably necessary to protect the Site, investigate abuse, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or comply with legal obligations.

16. Your Choices

Email Choices

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link or instructions included in the email.

You may also contact us at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

Cookies and Browser Controls

You may control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect Site functionality, including alerts, analytics, product tools, saved preferences, course progress, affiliate attribution, and advertising functions.

Advertising Choices

You may be able to manage personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings, browser settings, device settings, or industry opt-out tools.

Access, Correction, and Deletion Requests

You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that PCBuyer maintains about you, subject to identity verification, legal exceptions, technical limitations, and applicable law.

Requests may be sent to:

john @ pcbuyer.com

We may retain certain information where necessary for legal compliance, fraud prevention, security, backups, dispute resolution, accounting, abuse prevention, or other legitimate business purposes.

17. State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and whether applicable legal thresholds are met, you may have certain privacy rights under state privacy laws.

These rights may include the right to:

know or access the personal information collected about you;
request correction of inaccurate personal information;
request deletion of personal information;
receive a portable copy of certain personal information;
opt out of certain sales, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling;
limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable;
appeal a denied privacy-rights request, where required by law.

To submit a privacy-rights request, contact us at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights protected by applicable law.

California Residents

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, if PCBuyer is subject to those laws.

These rights may include the right to know, access, delete, correct, opt out of sale or sharing, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising applicable rights.

PCBuyer does not knowingly sell or share personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

Other State Residents

Residents of certain other states may have privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws if PCBuyer is subject to those laws. These rights may include access, correction, deletion, portability, opt-out, and appeal rights.

To make a request, contact:

john @ pcbuyer.com

18. Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

PCBuyer does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to PCBuyer, please contact us at:

john @ pcbuyer.com

19. User-Submitted Content

If you submit comments, reviews, product descriptions, listing URLs, screenshots, feedback, questions, deal tips, or other content to PCBuyer, that information may be used to operate, improve, moderate, analyze, display, or promote the Site, subject to our Terms and Conditions.

Do not submit private, sensitive, confidential, or third-party information unless you have the right to do so and understand that the information may be processed by PCBuyer or its service providers.

If user-submitted content is displayed publicly on the Site, it may be visible to other users, search engines, and third parties.

20. External Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including merchants, marketplaces, manufacturers, affiliate partners, advertisers, social media platforms, payment processors, software vendors, IT service providers, and other services.

PCBuyer is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, policies, or conduct of third-party websites or services.

You should review the privacy policy and terms of any third-party website before providing information or completing a purchase.

21. International Users

The Site is intended primarily for users located in the United States.

If you access the Site from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be processed in the United States or in other locations where PCBuyer or its service providers operate.

By using the Site, you acknowledge that privacy laws in the United States or other processing locations may differ from the laws in your location.

If PCBuyer later targets users in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or other jurisdictions with specific privacy requirements, additional notices, consent mechanisms, or rights procedures may be added where required.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

PCBuyer may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice, such as by posting a notice on the Site, sending an email, or providing another notice where appropriate.

Your continued use of the Site after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

23. Contact Information

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or PCBuyer’s privacy practices, contact us at:

PCBUYER.COM
Email: john @ pcbuyer.com
Security Contact: john @ pcbuyer.com
Website: https://pcbuyer.com

By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.