How Cybnex Labs collects, uses, and protects your data — written plainly, covering analytics, our email list, comments, cookies, and your rights under GDPR and CCPA.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information Cybnex Labs collects when you visit our site or buy from us, why we collect it, who we share it with, and what control you have over it. Cybnex Labs is an AI education and publishing brand, and our site runs on Google's Blogger platform. By using the Service, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please stop using the site.
We have kept this honest about what actually happens rather than padding it with reassurance. Where data is collected by a third party we rely on — Google, our email provider, our store platform — we say so, because pretending otherwise would be the opposite of a privacy policy's purpose. This document is not legal advice about your own obligations; it describes ours.
The short version: We use Google Analytics to understand traffic, an email list you can join and leave freely, and blog comments you choose to write. Some links are affiliate links that use tracking. We do not sell your personal information. You can ask to see or delete your data at any time, and EU and California visitors have specific rights spelled out below.
1. Who Is Responsible for Your Data
Cybnex Labs is the party that decides what data is collected through this site and why — in legal terms, the "data controller." Our site is hosted on Blogger, which is owned by Google, and several of the services described below are operated by third parties under their own privacy policies. Where that is the case, both our policy and theirs apply to that piece of data. If you want to reach us about anything in this policy, use the contact details on our main site.
2. What We Collect and Why
We collect information in three ways: automatically as you browse, when you choose to give it to us, and through the third-party platforms that run parts of our site. Here is each in turn.
Information collected automatically
Like almost every website, when you visit we and our service providers automatically receive certain technical data. Analytics services collect your IP address, browser and device information, and behavior data such as which pages you view and how long you stay. This is used in aggregate to understand what content is useful and how the site performs — not to identify you personally.
Information you give us directly
Information from third-party platforms
Because our site is built on Blogger and our products sell through an outside store, some data is collected by those platforms directly, under their own terms. We describe the main ones in the "Third-Party Services" section below.
3. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to measure traffic and understand how visitors use the site. It sets cookies and collects the technical data described above. This helps us decide what to write and how to improve the hub. You can opt out of Google Analytics across all sites by installing Google's official browser opt-out add-on, and you can control analytics cookies through the cookie settings described below. Google's own handling of this data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies and Tracking
Cookies are small files stored in your browser. We and our service providers use them for a few clear purposes: to keep the site working, to measure traffic through analytics, and — in the case of affiliate links — to attribute a referral. Blogger itself may also set its own cookies as part of running the platform.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and blocking non-essential cookies will not break your ability to read the site. We are integrating a cookie consent tool so that visitors, particularly in regions that require it, can accept or decline non-essential cookies before they load. Until that banner is live, you can manage cookies directly in your browser at any time.
A note on honesty: Google places a standard cookie notice on Blogger sites automatically, but because we add analytics and affiliate tracking on top of that, the responsibility to notify you properly and obtain consent where required is ours, not Google's. That is exactly why the consent banner is being added.
5. Affiliate Links and Tracking
Some links on our site and in our products are affiliate links. When you click one, the affiliate program may set a cookie that identifies us as the referrer if you go on to sign up or buy. This lets us earn a commission at no extra cost to you, and it involves the third party tracking that referral under their own privacy policy. We do not receive your payment details from these transactions — only confirmation that a referral converted. Our separate Terms of Use explains the affiliate relationship in full.
6. How We Use Your Information
We use the data we collect only for purposes that keep the site running and improving:
7. Legal Bases for Processing (EU/UK Visitors)
If you are in the EU or UK, data protection law requires us to have a lawful basis for each use of your data. We rely on your consent for analytics cookies, marketing emails, and non-essential tracking (which is why we ask before loading them). We rely on legitimate interests for keeping the site secure and understanding aggregate usage in a privacy-respecting way. And we rely on the performance of a contract when we process a purchase you have made. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting anything we did lawfully before you withdrew it.
8. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it except in the limited ways needed to run the Service: with the service providers who operate parts of our site (Google/Blogger for hosting and analytics, our email provider, our store platform), each acting under their own privacy commitments; and where we are legally required to, such as responding to a lawful request. We never hand your email address or comment data to unrelated third parties for their own marketing.
9. Data Retention
We keep personal data only as long as it serves the purpose it was collected for. Email addresses stay on our list until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove them. Comment data remains as long as the comment is published, unless you ask us to delete it. Analytics data is retained according to the retention settings we configure in Google Analytics. When data is no longer needed, we remove it or let it expire.
10. Your Rights
Wherever you live, you can contact us to ask what personal data we hold about you, to correct it, or to have it deleted, and we will honor reasonable requests. Two groups of visitors have specific rights worth stating plainly.
EU and UK visitors (GDPR)
Under the GDPR, you have the right to access your data, correct it, delete it ("right to be forgotten"), restrict or object to how we process it, and receive a copy in a portable format. You also have the right to withdraw consent at any time and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we have mishandled your data.
California visitors (CCPA/CPRA)
Under California law, you have the right to know what categories of personal information we collect and why, to request access to and deletion of that information, and to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. Because we do not sell personal information, there is no "sale" for you to opt out of — but you retain the right to make that request and have us confirm it.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our main site. We may need to verify your identity before acting, to make sure we are not disclosing your data to someone else.
11. Children's Privacy
Cybnex Labs is intended for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age required for consent in their region. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect the data within our control, and we rely on established platforms — Google, our email provider, our store — that maintain their own security practices. That said, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. We encourage you to use a strong, unique password anywhere you create an account with a service connected to us.
13. Third-Party Services
Our site depends on outside platforms, each with its own privacy policy that governs the data it handles:
14. Changes to This Policy
We will update this policy as our site, tools, and the services we use change — for example, once the cookie consent banner goes live, or if we add a new platform. When we make a meaningful change, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top. Continuing to use the site after an update means you accept the revised policy, so it is worth checking back now and then.
Common Questions
A few things readers ask most often about privacy on Cybnex Labs. Tap any card to see the answer.
Do you sell my personal information?
No. We do not sell your personal information to anyone. We only share data with the service providers who help run the site — Google, our email provider, our store platform — and only as much as they need to do their job. Affiliate links involve third-party tracking, but that is a referral cookie, not a sale of your data.
What data does the site collect when I just read a post?
Reading a post triggers analytics, which records technical data like your IP address, browser and device details, and which pages you view. This is used in aggregate to understand traffic, not to identify you. You can opt out with Google's analytics add-on or by declining analytics cookies once our consent banner is live.
How do I unsubscribe from the email list?
Every email we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom — one click removes you. You can also contact us directly and ask to be taken off the list. Once you unsubscribe, we stop emailing you, and you can ask us to delete your address entirely if you prefer.
Can I ask you to delete my data?
Yes. Wherever you live, you can contact us to see what data we hold, correct it, or delete it, and we will honor reasonable requests. EU, UK, and California visitors have specific legal rights on top of that, spelled out in the "Your Rights" section. We may need to verify your identity first so we are not handing your data to someone else.
How do affiliate links affect my privacy?
When you click an affiliate link, the program may set a cookie so it can credit us if you sign up or buy — at no extra cost to you. That third party tracks the referral under its own privacy policy, not ours. We only find out that a referral converted; we never see your payment details. You can block these cookies in your browser if you prefer.
Is my payment information safe when I buy something?
Checkout is handled by our store platform, not by us. Your full payment-card details go to the platform's payment processor and stay there — we never collect or store them. We only receive confirmation that a sale happened. That platform's own privacy policy governs how it protects your payment data.
Privacy on a small publishing site does not have to be complicated, but it does have to be honest — which is why this policy names the actual tools involved rather than hiding behind vague language. If anything here is unclear, or you want to exercise one of your rights, our Terms of Use covers the rest of how the site works, and you can always reach out with a question before assuming the answer.
— Cybnex Labs