Privacy Policy

Who We Are

MakerManifest (makermanifest.co) is a gear list platform operated by VARO Industries. We help content creators build and share product recommendation lists with affiliate links.

What We Collect

• •Account information: email address, username, display name, and password (stored as a secure hash — we never store your plain-text password)
• •Profile information you choose to add: bio, avatar, social media links
• •Gear list content: kit titles, descriptions, and product URLs you add
• •Usage data: page view counts on your public gear lists, and click counts on affiliate links
• •Session data: a secure authentication token stored in a cookie to keep you logged in

What We Do NOT Collect

• •We do not sell your data to third parties
• •We do not run advertising or ad tracking on this site
• •We do not collect payment information — there is no payment processing on this site
• •We do not use analytics to track you across other websites

Affiliate Links & Amazon Associates

MakerManifest automatically applies Amazon Associates affiliate tags to Amazon product links. When a visitor clicks an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the creator may earn a commission at no additional cost to the buyer. MakerManifest.co is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program.

Cookies

We use a single session cookie to keep you logged in to your account. This cookie is strictly necessary for the site to function and is not used for tracking or advertising. No third-party cookies are set by this site.

Analytics

MakerManifest uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site — for example, which pages are visited and where traffic comes from. This data is used solely to improve the service. Google Analytics may set cookies and collect data in accordance with Google's own privacy policy. We do not use this data to identify individual users or to track users across other websites.

Creator-Configured Analytics

Premium creators may connect their own Google Analytics 4 property to MakerManifest. When a creator does this, MakerManifest injects their GA4 measurement tag on their public profile pages, gear list pages, and affiliate link pages. This means that if you visit a creator's public page on MakerManifest, a GA4 tag belonging to that creator may load and collect data in accordance with Google's privacy policy. MakerManifest does not control or have access to the data collected by creator-configured GA4 properties. Short link redirects (mkr.ms/…) are HTTP redirects with no page load and are not tracked by GA4.

Data Retention

Your account data is retained for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion of your account and all associated data by contacting us.

Third-Party Links

Gear lists on MakerManifest link to external product pages on Amazon and other retailers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third-party sites.

Contact

For privacy questions or data deletion requests, please contact us here.