Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Disclaimers

What information is collected when you visit The ErgoDesk Lab, how it is used, and the choices you have.

1. Introduction and Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to The ErgoDesk Lab at www.simplefixlab.com. The site is operated by SimpleFixLab, which is responsible for this policy.

It explains what information is collected when you visit, how it is used and shared, and how you can make a privacy request under applicable data protection laws.

This site runs on Blogger, a platform provided by Google. Some of the information described below is collected and processed by Google under its own privacy policy.

2. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, this site and its hosting platform use log files and analytics tools that collect standard information when you visit:

  • Technical data: IP address, browser type, internet service provider, and device characteristics.
  • Usage data: Date and time of visits, referring and exit pages, links clicked, pages viewed, and page navigation patterns.
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how readers find and use the site. It uses cookies to collect usage data such as pages viewed and time spent on the site. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
  • Purpose: Understanding traffic trends, keeping the site secure, and improving our guides.

You don't need an account to read this site. If you contact us or leave a comment, we receive only the information you choose to share, such as your name or email address.

Share buttons on our pages link to social networks such as Facebook, X, and Pinterest. If you use them, those services handle your information under their own privacy policies.

3. Cookies and Advertising

This site may show ads through Google AdSense to support its free guides.

  • Third-party cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies and similar technologies such as web beacons to serve personalized or non-personalized ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites.
  • Google advertising cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners show you ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
  • How Google uses data: See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
  • Your choices: You can turn off personalized ads in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' cookies at aboutads.info.
  • Consent: Readers in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may be asked for consent before personalized ads are shown.

4. Affiliate Links

  • Commissions: Some guides may include affiliate links to outside sellers. If you buy through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We label affiliate links on the page where they appear.
  • Prices and availability: Prices, specifications, and availability are set by the seller and can change without notice. We are not responsible for pricing errors, financial losses, or transaction disputes with outside sellers.
  • Outside sites: Seller websites have their own privacy policies and terms, which apply when you visit them.

5. Your Rights in Europe and the UK (GDPR)

If you live in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, the GDPR and UK GDPR may give you these rights over personal information we hold about you:

  • Access: Ask for a copy of your personal information.
  • Correction: Ask us to correct information that is wrong.
  • Deletion ("right to be forgotten"): Ask us to delete your information, where the law allows.
  • Restriction and objection: Ask us to limit or stop certain uses of your information, including uses based on legitimate interests.
  • Data portability: Ask for your information in a commonly used format.
  • Withdraw consent: Change or withdraw your cookie and ad choices at any time through the consent settings on this site or your browser settings. Withdrawing consent doesn't affect processing that happened before.
  • Complaint: Contact your local data protection authority if you have a concern.

How personal information is handled

  • Legal bases: Analytics and personalized advertising cookies rely on your consent where consent is required. Basic log data relies on our legitimate interest in running and securing the site.
  • Retention: Messages you send us are kept only as long as needed to respond and keep a record of your request. Analytics, log, and advertising data collected by Google is kept under Google's own retention policies.
  • International transfers: Google may process data in the United States and other countries, using the safeguards described in Google's privacy policy.
  • Security: This site uses the security measures provided by its hosting platform, including encrypted HTTPS connections. No method of sending or storing data online is completely secure.

Data collected by Google through Blogger, Google Analytics, and its ad services can also be reviewed and managed through your Google account and Google's privacy tools.

6. Your Rights in the United States and Canada

  • United States (CCPA, CPRA, and state laws): Depending on your state, laws such as California's CCPA and CPRA may give you the right to know, delete, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information for money. Cookie-based advertising can be managed in your browser and in Google Ads Settings. We will not treat you differently for exercising your privacy rights.
  • Canada (PIPEDA): Under Canada's federal privacy law, you can ask to access or correct personal information we hold about you.

7. Australia and New Zealand

We aim to handle personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 and with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020. You can contact us with any privacy question or request.

8. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect, store, or request personal information from children under 13. 

If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. Content Disclaimer

  • Educational and informational only: Articles, guides, and recommendations on The ErgoDesk Lab are published for general educational and informational purposes.
  • Not professional advice: Our content is not medical, legal, structural, or financial advice. Adjusting desks, monitor mounts, chairs, and other workspace hardware carries physical risk, so check your equipment's ratings and instructions before making changes.
  • Limitation of liability: To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any direct or indirect injury, technical problem, equipment damage, financial loss, or pricing discrepancy resulting from the use of our content.

Privacy questions or requests

To make a privacy request or ask a question about this policy, use our Contact page. We may update this policy from time to time, and the date below shows the latest revision.

The ErgoDesk Lab is part of SimpleFixLab. Last updated: October 7, 2026.

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