TACTICAL PRIVACY POLICY
Operational transparency guidelines detailing how BLADE GUNNER processes reader telemetry, email subscriptions, and outbound affiliate referrals.
Purpose & Scope
Blade Gunner operates as an independent editorial publication dedicated to providing technical analysis, tactical equipment reviews, and educational guides regarding firearms, optics, and knives. This Privacy Policy outlines our transparent data handling practices, explaining what information is processed when you access our publication or utilize our direct referral links to affiliate partners like Raven Rock Armory.
Information We Collect
We collect minimal technical telemetry necessary to maintain site security and optimal performance. This includes automated server access logs, masked IP addresses, browser specifications, and referral URIs. Additionally, when you voluntarily subscribe to the Blade Gunner Dispatch newsletter or contact our editorial staff, we store the provided email address and communication preferences securely.
Cookies & Analytics
Blade Gunner utilizes essential functional cookies required for core site navigation, dynamic content delivery, and reader preferences. We employ privacy-focused, anonymized web analytics tools to assess article reach, readership trends, and technical site health without deploying persistent cross-site tracking cookies or invasive audience profiling.
Affiliate Link Tracking
As an independent technical publication, Blade Gunner features outbound referral links to our affiliated retail partner, Raven Rock Armory. Clicking these links embeds a non-identifying referral token in the URL. This token verifies referral origin to ensure proper credit without transmitting personal identification data, customer payment details, or browsing history to third-party ad networks.
Third-Party Service Partners
We partner strictly with enterprise-grade infrastructure providers for cloud hosting, content delivery networks (CDN), encrypted email dispatch, and cyber defense against automated attacks. Blade Gunner maintains an explicit, unyielding policy: we never sell, lease, rent, or trade reader personal data to third-party data brokers, marketers, or advertisers under any circumstances.
Your Rights & Data Control
In accordance with international data protection standards, BLADE GUNNER provides readers with full agency over their personal information and dispatch subscriptions:
Data Retention & Security
All reader communications and newsletter dispatch subscriptions are protected using industry-standard TLS encryption protocols in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest. We retain administrative inquiry records only for as long as required to address your request, and newsletter subscription records remain stored securely until an explicit unsubscribe request is initiated.
Privacy Administration & Contact
For privacy compliance requests, data deletion inquiries, or general questions regarding editorial policies, contact our data protection team directly.
Official Email: privacy@bladegunner.com
BLADE GUNNER // INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL PUBLICATION // AFFILIATED WITH RAVEN ROCK ARMORY