Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 1, 2026
Introduction
The Excel Guide respects the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit the website, how that information may be used, and which third-party services may process some of that information.
This policy applies to your use of The Excel Guide, its online services, and its content. For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please read our Cookie Policy.
Information We Collect
When you visit The Excel Guide, certain information may be collected automatically through the website or the services we use. This information may include your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, pages you visit, time of your visit, approximate geographic location, and information about how you use the website.
Some of this information may be collected through cookies and similar technologies or through third-party services used on the website, such as Google Analytics.
If you contact us by email, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your email address and the content of your message.
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the email address you provide so that we can send you newsletter emails and related updates.
How We Use Information
We may use the information collected to understand how visitors use The Excel Guide, analyze website performance, improve our content and user experience, and help maintain the operation and security of the website.
If you contact us by email, we may use the information you provide to respond to your message, address your inquiry or feedback, and communicate with you about the matter for which you contacted us.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address to send the messages you requested. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email we send you.
We do not sell the personal information that visitors provide to us by email or through newsletter subscriptions.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Excel Guide may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, understand how it is used, and improve the visitor experience.
Third-party services used on the website may also use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about website usage, measure performance, and provide their services. This includes analytics services such as Google Analytics and may include advertising services if they are used on the website.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Google Analytics
The Excel Guide uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website. Google Analytics may collect information such as the pages you visit, the duration of your visit, your device and browser type, your approximate geographic location, and other information related to your use of the website.
Google uses this information to provide analytics services, measure website performance, and help us understand how visitors interact with our content. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services.
Newsletter and MailerLite
We use MailerLite to manage newsletter subscriptions and send newsletter emails. When you subscribe, your email address and any information you provide through the subscription form are processed by MailerLite on our behalf.
MailerLite may also process limited technical and email-interaction information as needed to deliver and measure newsletter emails, in accordance with its own policies. You can read MailerLite’s Privacy Policy for more information.
Google Advertising Services
If Google-served advertising is enabled on The Excel Guide, Google and third-party vendors may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies to serve, measure, and improve advertising. These technologies may be used to show ads based on visits to this and other websites, where permitted by law and your settings.
You can manage Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center. For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Services
We use third-party services to help operate the website, analyze its performance, and provide newsletter subscriptions. These may include Blogger or other Google services that support the website, Google Analytics, and MailerLite.
These services may collect or process certain information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms. The Excel Guide does not control the privacy practices of third parties, and we encourage you to review their policies for more information about how they handle data.
Your Privacy Choices
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block some or all cookies or delete cookies that have already been stored.
You can manage Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center and use Google’s privacy tools to manage certain data associated with its services. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in our emails.
Data Security and Retention
We take reasonable steps to help protect information that we receive directly, such as information you provide when contacting us by email. However, no method of transmitting or storing data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We retain information that we receive directly only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, such as responding to an inquiry, addressing feedback, or providing a newsletter subscription, unless a longer retention period is required for legal or legitimate purposes.
Information collected or processed by third-party services is subject to the data retention practices and policies of those services.
Children’s Privacy
The Excel Guide is not specifically directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we become aware that we have received personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use, or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
When we make changes to this policy, we will post the updated version on this page and update the “Last updated” date at the top of the page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how The Excel Guide handles information, please visit our Contact page or email contact@theexcelguide.com.