Privacy Policy

Last updated November 10, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you visit https://techsafetylab.com (the “Site”), how it is used, and the choices you have.

Information we collect

We do not require you to create an account, and we do not sell your personal information. We collect:

• Information you send us, such as your email address and message when you contact us.
• Technical information collected automatically by our hosting provider and analytics tools, such as your browser type, device, approximate location (country/region), pages visited and referring website.

Our free tools

Our tools (the password strength checker, password generator and link checker) run entirely in your web browser. The passwords and links you enter are processed on your device and are not sent to us or stored by us.

If you choose to use the “Check for leaks” button in the password strength checker, your browser creates a scrambled version (SHA-1 hash) of the password and sends only its first 5 characters to the Pwned Passwords service operated by Have I Been Pwned. The password itself, and the full hash, never leave your device. Links to Have I Been Pwned's website are subject to its own privacy policy.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We and our partners may use cookies to keep the Site working, measure traffic and show advertising. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some features may not work correctly if you do.

When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept all cookies or only necessary ones. Your choice is stored in your browser. To change it, clear this site's data in your browser and reload the page. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland see Google's certified consent message instead.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to show ads on this Site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site and other websites.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
• Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland will be asked for consent before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used, through a consent message on the Site.

Embedded videos

Some guides include videos from official sources, hosted on YouTube. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play. When you do, the video plays from YouTube's privacy-enhanced domain (youtube-nocookie.com), and Google may process information such as your IP address under Google's Privacy Policy. The preview image is loaded from YouTube's image server (i.ytimg.com).

Email newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address so we can send you emails about new guides. Your address is stored by our email service provider, which sends the emails on our behalf. We don't sell or share your address for anyone else's marketing. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can also ask us to delete your address by contacting us.

View counts and reading tools

If view counts are shown on guides, they come from a simple counter that stores only the page address and a running total. It does not store your IP address, cookies or any other information about you. To avoid counting the same visit twice, your browser remembers which guides you viewed for the current browsing session only (session storage). The text-size buttons remember your chosen size on your device (local storage); this is never sent to us.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics or Cloudflare Web Analytics) to understand how visitors use the Site. These tools collect aggregated usage data.

How we use information

• To operate, maintain and improve the Site.
• To reply to messages you send us.
• To show advertising that helps keep the Site free.
• To protect the Site against abuse and security threats.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in Europe or state privacy laws in the United States such as the CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, and to opt out of certain processing. To make a request, email contact@techsafetylab.com.

Who is responsible for your data

The data controller for this Site is Hatice Fındıkal, based in Manisa, Türkiye. You can reach us at contact@techsafetylab.com.

Notice for visitors in Türkiye (KVKK)

Because this Site is operated from Türkiye, we process personal data in line with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). This section is our disclosure under Article 10 of that law.

• Data controller: Hatice Fındıkal, Manisa, Türkiye.
• Data we process: the contact details and messages you send us, and technical data such as IP address, browser and device information, and cookie identifiers collected by our hosting, analytics and advertising providers.
• Purposes: operating and securing the Site, answering your messages, measuring traffic and showing advertising.
• Legal grounds: your explicit consent for non-essential cookies and personalized advertising; and, for everything else, the legitimate interests of the data controller and the need to establish or protect a right, as set out in Article 5 of the KVKK.
• Transfers abroad: our hosting and advertising providers (such as Cloudflare and Google) may process data on servers outside Türkiye. Such transfers are carried out under Article 9 of the KVKK, including on the basis of your explicit consent where required.
• How data is collected: automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you use the Site, and directly when you email us.
• Your rights (Article 11): to learn whether your data is processed, request information about it, learn the purpose of processing, know the third parties it is shared with, request correction or deletion, object to results produced solely by automated processing, and claim compensation for damages caused by unlawful processing.
• How to apply: email contact@techsafetylab.com with your request. We respond within 30 days, as required by law.

Children's privacy

This Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Links to other websites

Our guides link to official and third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email contact@techsafetylab.com.