Last updated: September 29, 2026
RunningGearLab.com respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit the website, how that information may be used, and how advertising, analytics, affiliate links, email services, cookies, and other third-party services may operate on the site.
This policy applies to information collected through RunningGearLab.com. Third-party websites, retailers, services, and platforms linked from this website have their own privacy practices and policies.
Information We Collect
RunningGearLab.com may collect information automatically when you use the website and information that you choose to provide directly.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, RunningGearLab.com and its service providers may collect technical and usage information through server logs, cookies, analytics tools, advertising technology, pixels, tags, and similar technologies.
Depending on the services in use and your privacy settings, this information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages viewed and links clicked
- Date and time of visits
- Time spent on the website
- Referring websites, search engines, or other traffic sources
- Approximate geographic location
- Cookie identifiers or similar online identifiers
- General information about how visitors interact with the website
This information helps us understand how readers use RunningGearLab.com, maintain and improve the website, measure traffic and content performance, support advertising, and protect the site from fraud, spam, abuse, and technical problems.
Information you provide voluntarily
You may choose to provide personal information when you contact us, subscribe to an email list, leave a comment, complete a form, or otherwise communicate with RunningGearLab.com.
This information may include your name, email address, message, subscription preferences, or other information that you choose to provide.
We use this information for purposes such as responding to questions, providing requested information, managing subscriptions, communicating with readers, and operating or improving the website.
How We Use Information
Information collected through RunningGearLab.com may be used to:
- Operate and improve RunningGearLab.com
- Understand which articles, reviews, calculators, and tools are useful to readers
- Measure website traffic and performance
- Respond to emails, messages, questions, and other requests
- Manage email subscriptions and requested communications
- Display and measure advertising
- Track affiliate referrals and commissions
- Detect and prevent spam, fraudulent activity, abuse, and security problems
- Maintain the technical operation and security of the website
- Comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations
RunningGearLab.com does not sell the name, email address, or message that you provide directly through our contact forms or email communications.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
RunningGearLab.com and third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or identifiers that websites can store or access on your device.
Cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
- Measure website traffic and visitor activity
- Understand how readers use the website
- Remember preferences
- Improve website functionality and performance
- Serve personalized or non-personalized advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Track referrals to retailers and affiliate partners
- Help prevent fraud and abuse
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the consent or privacy controls displayed on RunningGearLab.com. Blocking some cookies may affect how certain website features operate.
Advertising and Journey by Mediavine
RunningGearLab.com may use Journey by Mediavine and related Mediavine advertising services to manage display advertising on the website.
Mediavine and its advertising partners may use first-party and third-party cookies, pixels, tags, identifiers, and similar technologies to provide and measure advertising, prevent fraud, limit how often advertisements are shown, and provide personalized or non-personalized advertising where permitted.
Information processed for advertising purposes may include information such as your IP address, browser and device information, approximate location, pages viewed, referral information, advertising identifiers, and information about interactions with advertisements.
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, RunningGearLab.com may display privacy controls that allow you to manage certain advertising and cookie choices.
Mediavine and its partners maintain their own privacy notices and policies describing how they process information.
Google Analytics
RunningGearLab.com may use Google Analytics, including Google Analytics 4, to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as the pages you visit, session activity, browser and device information, approximate geographic location, referral source, and other information about how you interact with the website.
Google Analytics may use first-party cookies and similar identifiers to distinguish visitors and measure interactions with the website. The information is used to help us understand website traffic, improve articles and tools, and evaluate website performance.
Google processes information according to its own privacy policies, terms, and data protection practices. Privacy and consent settings may affect whether and how analytics information is collected.
Affiliate Links and Commissions
RunningGearLab.com participates in affiliate advertising programs. Some links on the website are affiliate links.
If you click an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase or complete another eligible action, RunningGearLab.com may receive a commission or referral payment. There is normally no additional cost to you.
Affiliate networks, retailers, and brands may use cookies, tracking parameters, or similar technologies to determine whether a visit or purchase was referred by RunningGearLab.com.
RunningGearLab.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and may participate in Amazon Associates programs in other countries as well as affiliate programs operated by other retailers, brands, and affiliate networks.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Affiliate relationships do not guarantee positive coverage or determine how products are ranked. We aim to recommend products based on their usefulness to runners, relevant product specifications, hands-on experience where available, research, and the needs of the reader.
Email Subscriptions
RunningGearLab.com may offer newsletters, email courses, downloads, or other email-based content.
If you subscribe, we may collect information such as your name, email address, signup source, subscription preferences, and information about email delivery or engagement.
We may use an email service provider to store subscriber information and deliver emails on our behalf. That provider may process information according to its own privacy policy and terms.
We may use your email address to send the content you requested along with occasional RunningGearLab updates, gear information, training content, or other relevant material.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our marketing emails.
RunningGearLab.com does not sell its email subscriber list.
Contact Forms and Email
If you contact RunningGearLab.com through a contact form or by email, we may receive your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to include.
We may retain correspondence when reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain business records, address follow-up questions, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or meet legal obligations.
Please do not send sensitive personal, financial, medical, or other confidential information through a general website contact form.
Comments and Public Information
If comments or other public-submission features are enabled on RunningGearLab.com, information you choose to publish may be visible to other visitors.
Please do not include private, sensitive, or confidential information in a public comment.
Third-Party Services and Links
RunningGearLab.com may link to or use services provided by third parties, including retailers, affiliate networks, advertising providers, analytics providers, email providers, social media platforms, embedded content providers, website security services, and other technology providers.
When you leave RunningGearLab.com, interact with embedded third-party content, click an affiliate link, or use a third-party service, that provider may collect or process information according to its own privacy policy and terms.
RunningGearLab.com does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites and services. We encourage you to review their