Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 13, 2026

At 1st.diy (accessible from https://1st.diy), we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by 1st.diy and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.

  • 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 (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:
    • Email address
    • First name and last name (if you create an account or submit a guest DIY guide)
    • Any image, photo, or media you voluntarily upload when publishing a DIY tutorial on our website.
  • Usage Data (Log Data): We automatically collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“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.

2. How We Use Your Data

1st.diy uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide, maintain, and improve our website and the DIY guides published.
  • To notify you about changes to our service.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service (such as posting comments or submitting your own DIY projects).
  • To monitor the usage of our service, detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

We use cookies for several reasons:

  • Essential Cookies: Required to keep you logged in and for the website to function properly.
  • Analytics Cookies: To understand how our visitors interact with the site, helping us improve the user experience (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Advertising Cookies: To serve personalized advertisements to you (detailed below).

Your Cookie Choices: You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

4. Google AdSense and Personalized Advertising

1st.diy utilizes Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website.

Specifically regarding AdSense and Cookies:

  • DoubleClick Cookie: Google AdSense uses the DoubleClick cookie. This cookie is used to serve ads to users based on their visits to 1st.diy and other sites across the internet.
  • Interest-Based Advertising: Google AdSense uses this information to create a profile of your interests so that we can show you advertisements that are relevant and tailored to your interests (personalized ads), rather than general, random ads.
  • Opting Out: You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page located at: https://www.google.com/settings/ads. Additionally, you can opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info (if you are in the US) or www.youronlinechoices.com (if you are in the EU).

5. Third-Party Links

Our DIY guides may contain links to other websites (e.g., links to Amazon for purchasing tools, or links to hardware stores). If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

6. Data Retention

We 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 (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location (EEA or California, USA), you may have certain data protection rights. 1st.diy aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. These rights include:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification if you believe your information is inaccurate.
  • The right to object to the processing of your data.
  • The right of restriction – the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability – the right to request a copy of your data in a structured format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the provided email address. We will respond to your request within a reasonable time.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. 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. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at:

Email: support@1st.diy
Website: https://1st.diy

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