🔒 Privacy & Data Transparency
Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 12, 2026. Effective immediately.
1. Overview
Spare Cables (sparecables.com) is built to help consumers solve cable confusion without compromising their personal privacy. Our matching engine runs entirely client-side in your web browser. We do not require accounts, logins, or personal profile submissions.
2. Data We Do NOT Collect
- No user registrations, names, addresses, or phone numbers.
- No financial, credit card, or payment data. All checkout transactions occur directly on Amazon.com.
- No sale or leasing of user information to third-party data brokers.
3. Automatically Collected Telemetry
- Web Server Logs: Standard HTTP server logs (IP address, requested page, timestamp, User-Agent) are retained on our DreamHost hosting infrastructure strictly for server health, DDoS defense, and bot filtration.
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Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Aggregated non-personally identifiable traffic metrics are gathered via Measurement ID
G-YBE8WP1Z8J. GA4 uses first-party cookies to measure high-level trends such as popular cable lookups and regional distribution.
4. Affiliate Links & Retailer Cookies
Spare Cables is an Amazon Associate. Outbound product links contain affiliate referral parameters (tag=sparecables-20). When you click these links, Amazon places tracking cookies on your device to attribute eligible purchases. These cookies operate under Amazon's Privacy Notice.
5. Contact Support
Spare Cables Privacy Officer
General privacy inquiries