Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 1, 2026
Hardwired Fit respects the privacy of its readers and visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when someone visits hardwiredfit.com, how that information may be used, and the choices available to visitors.
By using Hardwired Fit, visitors acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
Information Visitors Provide
Hardwired Fit may collect information that visitors choose to provide directly, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Information submitted through a contact form
- Newsletter subscription information
- Messages, questions, correction requests, pitches, or business inquiries
- Any other information a visitor voluntarily includes in a submission
Visitors should avoid submitting sensitive personal, medical, financial, or confidential information through general contact forms or email.
Information Collected Automatically
When someone visits Hardwired Fit, certain information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, security services, analytics services, advertising partners, or other technology providers.
This information may include:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages viewed
- Links clicked
- Date and time of a visit
- General geographic region
- Time spent on the site
- Diagnostic, performance, and security information
This information may be used to operate the website, understand how readers use it, improve performance, detect technical problems, prevent misuse, and protect the site from spam, fraud, or security threats.
Contact Forms and Email
When a visitor contacts Hardwired Fit, the information submitted may be used to:
- Respond to the message
- Review a correction request
- Consider a pitch or partnership proposal
- Address a technical or editorial concern
- Maintain records of business correspondence
- Protect the legal or operational interests of the site
Contact messages may be stored in the website database, email system, form provider, hosting platform, or related service used to process the submission.
Hardwired Fit does not sell contact-form submissions or private email correspondence.
Email Newsletters
When visitors subscribe to an email newsletter, Hardwired Fit may collect their name, email address, subscription status, and information about how newsletter emails are delivered or used.
Subscription information may be processed by an email marketing provider.
Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting:
Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not prevent Hardwired Fit from sending necessary responses to messages, transactions, legal notices, or other non-promotional communications.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Hardwired Fit and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, tags, scripts, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning
- Remember preferences
- Measure traffic and reader activity
- Improve site speed and performance
- Detect spam or suspicious traffic
- Understand which articles are being read
- Support advertising or affiliate tracking
- Measure the effectiveness of promotions
A cookie is a small piece of information stored by a visitor’s browser. Visitors can usually control or delete cookies through their browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions.
Where required, Hardwired Fit may provide a cookie-consent tool that allows visitors to accept or reject certain optional cookies.
Analytics
Hardwired Fit may use analytics services to understand website traffic and reader behavior.
Analytics providers may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Visit duration
- Referring sources
- Browser and device information
- Approximate location
- Interactions with links or site features
This information helps Hardwired Fit understand which content is useful, identify technical problems, and improve the website.
Hardwired Fit uses Google Analytics. Information about Google’s data practices is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.
Advertising
Hardwired Fit may display advertising supplied by third-party advertising networks.
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to:
- Deliver advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Limit how often an advertisement is displayed
- Detect fraudulent activity
- Personalize advertising where permitted
These third parties may process information under their own privacy policies.
Hardwired Fit does not control every cookie or tracking technology placed by an independent advertising provider.
Affiliate Links
Some articles may contain affiliate links. If a reader clicks an affiliate link or makes a purchase, the retailer or affiliate network may record the referral through cookies or similar technology.
Hardwired Fit may receive a commission from qualifying purchases without increasing the price paid by the reader.
Affiliate retailers and networks operate under their own privacy policies.
Embedded Content and External Links
Articles may include embedded videos, images, social-media posts, maps, forms, or other content supplied by third-party websites.
Embedded content may behave as though the visitor accessed the third-party website directly. The third party may collect data, use cookies, or track a visitor’s interaction with that content.
Hardwired Fit also links to outside websites for sources, references, products, and additional information. Hardwired Fit is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of an independently operated website.
Visitors should review the privacy policies of third-party websites they choose to access.
Comments
If comments are enabled, Hardwired Fit may collect information entered into the comment form, along with technical information used for spam detection and site security.
Comments may be publicly visible along with the name or username supplied by the commenter.
Visitors should not post private, sensitive, or confidential information in a public comment.
Images and Media
Visitors who upload images or other files should avoid including embedded location information or other sensitive metadata.
Hardwired Fit may use third-party image-hosting, optimization, or content-delivery services that process technical information needed to deliver images and other media.
How Information Is Used
Hardwired Fit may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to messages and requests
- Publish and improve content
- Process newsletter subscriptions
- Review corrections or complaints
- Understand site traffic
- Improve reader experience
- Detect spam, abuse, or security threats
- Maintain records
- Enforce site policies
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect the rights, safety, and property of Hardwired Fit and others
Hardwired Fit will not use personal information for purposes materially different from those described here without providing appropriate notice when required.
How Information May Be Shared
Hardwired Fit may share information with service providers that help operate the website, including providers of:
- Website hosting
- Email hosting
- Contact forms
- Newsletter delivery
- Analytics
- Spam prevention
- Website security
- Data backup
- Advertising
- Affiliate tracking
- Content delivery
- Technical support
These providers may process information only as needed to provide their services or as permitted under their own applicable terms and privacy policies.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with a law, court order, subpoena, or legal process
- Respond to a lawful government request
- Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents
- Protect the safety, rights, or property of Hardwired Fit or others
- Enforce agreements or site policies
- Complete a sale, transfer, merger, restructuring, or other business transaction involving the site
Hardwired Fit does not sell private contact messages or email addresses submitted solely for direct communication.
Data Retention
Hardwired Fit retains information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, security, accounting, operational, and recordkeeping purposes.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information. For example:
- Contact messages may be kept while an inquiry is active and for a reasonable recordkeeping period afterward.
- Newsletter information may be retained until a subscriber unsubscribes, plus any period needed to maintain suppression records.
- Security logs may be retained for a limited period to investigate misuse or protect the website.
- Analytics information may be retained according to the settings and policies of the analytics provider.
- Legal or business records may be retained longer when reasonably necessary.
Information may remain temporarily in backups after it has been removed from active systems.
Data Security
Hardwired Fit uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.
However, no website, email system, database, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors submit information at their own risk and should use care when sending private information online.
Texas law requires covered businesses to maintain reasonable safeguards for sensitive personal information, although the exact legal obligations depend on the business and information involved.
Privacy Rights and Requests
Depending on where a visitor lives and which laws apply, the visitor may have rights concerning personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Obtain a copy of certain information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sales, or profiling
- Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request
Texas residents may have rights under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, including certain rights to access, correct, delete, and obtain copies of personal data and to opt out of certain processing activities. Applicability depends on the organization and circumstances.
To submit a privacy request, email:
Please include enough information to identify the request and the information involved. Hardwired Fit may need to verify the requester’s identity before fulfilling certain requests.
Hardwired Fit will respond within the time required by applicable law.
Do Not Sell or Share Requests
Hardwired Fit does not intentionally sell private contact-form submissions or newsletter email addresses for money.
Certain privacy laws may define “sale” or “sharing” more broadly to include some advertising or data-transfer activities. Visitors who wish to ask about or opt out of applicable activities may email:
Children’s Privacy
Hardwired Fit is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
Hardwired Fit does not knowingly request or collect personal information directly from children under 13. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has submitted personal information, the parent or guardian may contact contact@hardwiredfit.com to request its deletion.
Federal COPPA requirements apply to websites directed to children under 13 and to certain sites that knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
International Visitors
Hardwired Fit is operated from the United States.
Visitors accessing the site from outside the United States understand that information may be processed or stored in the United States or other locations where Hardwired Fit’s service providers operate.
Visitors may have additional rights under the laws of their country or region.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Hardwired Fit may update this Privacy Policy when site practices, services, technologies, or legal requirements change.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through an additional notice when appropriate.
Contact Hardwired Fit
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
Email: contact@hardwiredfit.com
Mailing address:
Hardwired Fit
425 Pinson Rd
Ste M PMB 1014
Forney, TX 75126-9774
United States