Privacy

The Patch Bay does not contain account registration or site checkout. The site uses limited browser storage and, if you allow it, Google Analytics to understand site usage and improve the experience.

Analytics

The Patch Bay uses Google Analytics 4 to measure visits, page use and selected interactions such as guide clicks, catalog filters, free checklist clicks and outbound affiliate clicks. Analytics storage is denied by default and is enabled only if you choose “Allow analytics” in the site preference notice. Advertising storage and ad personalization remain disabled in the site configuration.

Your analytics preference is saved in your browser's local storage so the site can remember your choice. You can reset that choice by clearing site data in your browser.

Saved favorites

If you save a product, the site stores the product identifier in your browser's local storage. That information stays in your browser unless you clear it.

External retailers

When you follow a link to Amazon or Adorama, you leave The Patch Bay. The retailer's own privacy, cookie, analytics, advertising, and transaction policies then apply.

Lead magnet

If you choose to request the free Patch Bay Gear Buyer’s Checklist, you are sent to a Systeme.io page. Any information you submit there is processed according to the privacy and data-processing terms that apply to that service and the form you use.

Hosting logs

The Patch Bay is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process ordinary web request information for security, performance, reliability, and service operations in accordance with its own privacy and data-processing terms.