Privacy at TechBriefe

Effective April 24, 2026

TechBriefe publishes technology news and analysis. We believe our readers deserve to stay informed without being profiled, tracked across the web, or subjected to surveillance advertising. This page describes exactly what happens when you visit techbriefe.com.

What reaches our servers

Every HTTP request leaves standard traces in our Nginx access logs: the requesting IP address, timestamp, user-agent string, and URL path. These records exist for security incident response — rate limiting, bot detection, and DDoS mitigation — and are rotated out of live storage after thirty days. They are never exported for marketing or analytics.

No accounts, no tracking profiles

TechBriefe does not offer reader accounts, newsletter subscriptions with persistent identifiers, or comment threads that require registration. The only direct channel to reach us is the contact page, which routes plain email to the editorial team.

Analytics — privacy-first by design

We run a self-hosted instance of Umami, an open-source analytics platform that records aggregate visit counts and anonymous referrer origins. Umami does not set identifying cookies, does not track you across sessions, and does not collect data that would allow a visitor to be reidentified. The instance runs on our own infrastructure; no third-party analytics company receives your browsing behavior.

Cookies we set

• A PHP session cookie exists only while you are actively browsing and is destroyed when you close your browser. It carries no persistent identifier.
• A Cloudflare edge cookie may be set for bot filtering and CDN performance. Cloudflare's own privacy terms govern that cookie.

We do not set advertising, remarketing, or cross-site tracking cookies. TechBriefe does not sell advertising inventory.

External links

Articles may link to external tech resources, developer documentation, company websites, or regulatory filings. When you follow such a link you leave our site and enter the destination's jurisdiction. Their privacy policy governs, not ours. We avoid inline third-party embeds that would load external tracking scripts on our pages.

Security

The servers hosting techbriefe.com operate behind Cloudflare's proxy with strict TLS, HSTS preloading, and a Content Security Policy. Database backups are encrypted at rest. Access to editorial systems is limited to named staff with two-factor authentication.

Minors

TechBriefe is intended for general audiences interested in technology. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Your rights

If you are based in the EEA, UK, California, or any jurisdiction with a comprehensive privacy framework, you retain the right to ask what data we hold, request correction, or demand erasure. Because we do not maintain user accounts, for most readers the answer will be "transient server logs only" — but we will confirm this in writing on request.

Changes

Material changes to how TechBriefe handles visitor data will be reflected on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions or DSAR requests should be sent via our contact form. We reply within five business days.