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Privacy Policy

Operated by Fortified Web Solutions Ltd — London, United Kingdom.
This policy applies to fortilabs.dev and all associated subdomains and services.

1. Who We Are

FortiLabs is a technology publication and software engineering company operated by Fortified Web Solutions Ltd, registered in England and Wales. Our website is fortilabs.dev. For privacy enquiries, contact us at contact@fortilabs.dev.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

Contact form submissions — name, email address, and message content when you contact us via the website.
Sponsorship/advertising inquiries — company name, email, website URL, and campaign details submitted via our advertise page.
Analytics data — anonymised usage data including page views, device type, and general geographic region (no personally identifiable information).
Technical log data — server access logs including IP addresses, which are retained for up to 30 days for security purposes.

We do not collect sensitive personal data, payment card details, or government identification numbers through this website.

3. How We Use Your Data

To respond to contact and partnership enquiries.
To process and manage commercial advertising and sponsorship agreements.
To understand how our content is consumed and improve our publications.
To maintain the security and performance of our infrastructure.

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not sell or rent personal data to any third party.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, our legal basis for processing your personal data is:

Legitimate interests — for analytics, security logs, and business communications.
Contract performance — for processing partnership and sponsorship agreements.
Consent — where you have explicitly provided it (e.g., submitting a contact form).

5. Cookies

We use a minimal set of cookies necessary for site functionality (session management) and anonymised analytics. We do not use third-party advertising cookies. Embedded YouTube videos (on video pages) may load cookies from YouTube/Google under their own privacy policy when you interact with them.

6. Third-Party Services

Our site may embed or link to third-party services including:

YouTube (Google LLC) — for video embeds. YouTube's Privacy Policy applies.
Google Fonts — for typography. Font files are loaded from Google's CDN.

7. Data Retention

Contact and inquiry submissions are retained for up to 24 months, after which they are securely deleted unless an active business relationship requires longer retention. Server access logs are retained for 30 days.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to:

Access personal data we hold about you.
Correct inaccurate personal data.
Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
Object to certain types of processing.
Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at contact@fortilabs.dev. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our infrastructure uses TLS encryption for all data in transit.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Material changes will be noted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the site following changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

For any privacy-related questions or requests:
Fortified Web Solutions Ltd
London, United Kingdom
Email: contact@fortilabs.dev