Privacy Policy

1. Scope & Purpose

This policy describes how Article 370 Knowledge Base ("the Site") handles basic technical information, optional analytics, and user communications. The Site is an educational reference and does not provide commercial services, user accounts, or personalised advertising.

2. Data Collected

2.1 Automatic Technical Data

• Standard server logs (IP address, user agent, referring URL, timestamps, pages requested) retained briefly for security & performance diagnostics.
• Error logs for debugging malformed requests or server issues.

These logs are not combined with other datasets to build profiles and are purged or anonymised on a rolling basis (typically within 30 days).

2.2 Analytics

If privacy-respecting analytics (e.g., self-hosted or cookieless aggregate metrics) are enabled, only aggregated page view counts, device type categories, and approximate geography (country-level) may be processed. No cross-site tracking identifiers are stored.

2.3 Voluntary Communications

If you email or otherwise contact the Site maintainer, the communication contents and contact address are used solely to respond and then archived or deleted per operational need.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

• Advertising Cookies: Google AdSense may set cookies to serve personalised or non-personalised advertisements. These include the DoubleClick cookie (DSID, IDE) and other Google advertising cookies.
• Essential Functional Storage: May be used for interface preferences (e.g., navigation state) if implemented.
• Analytics: If present, configured to operate without identifying cookies wherever feasible.

You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Note that blocking advertising cookies may affect your browsing experience and ad relevance.

4. Legal Basis (If Applicable)

Where data protection laws (e.g., GDPR) apply, processing of minimal technical data is based on legitimate interest in operating a secure, reliable informational site. Optional analytics (if any) operate on legitimate interest with strict aggregation or, if future features expand scope, may shift to consent.

5. Data Retention

• Server access logs: ~30 days then deletion or aggregate summarisation.
• Error/debug logs: Up to 90 days if needed to diagnose persistent issues.
• User communications: Retained only as long as necessary to respond; periodic review for deletion.

6. Third-Party Services

6.1 Google AdSense

This Site uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet. For more information, see Google's Privacy & Terms - Advertising.

6.2 Other Services

If a content delivery network (CDN) or static hosting provider is used, it may transiently process IP addresses to serve content and protect against abuse.

7. Security Measures

• HTTPS enforced for transport encryption.
• Least data principle: no user account system, no persistent personal identifiers.
• Periodic review of dependency integrity (if build tooling introduced).

8. User Rights

If applicable law grants access, correction, deletion, or objection rights regarding personal data, you may submit a request via the contact method below. Given the minimal data processed, requests typically result in confirmation that only transient technical logs existed.

9. International Transfers

Static hosting or CDN nodes may route traffic through geographically distributed infrastructure. Safeguards rely on industry-standard encryption and minimisation (no persistent personal data layers).

10. Policy Changes

Material updates will revise the dateModified structured data field and may add a brief changelog note below.

Version 1.1 (18 Dec 2025) – Added Google AdSense disclosure and advertising cookies information.
Version 1.0 (20 Sep 2025) – Initial publication.

11. Contact

For privacy inquiries, email: privacy@article370.com. Please avoid sending sensitive personal information; limit communications to privacy questions.

12. Jurisdiction Notice

This Site is an informational resource. No contractual relationship or service provision is created by accessing content. Legal interpretation should be cross-verified with authoritative sources and judicial pronouncements.