Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24 August 2026

Who We Are

This website is the independent publication and personal website of Yusuf Dalbudak.

Website address:

The website publishes independent writing, research, technical notes, reviews and personal observations covering subjects including cybersecurity, technology, monitoring and observability, history, books, mechanical watches and other areas of professional or personal interest.

This website is not intended to operate as a public user platform or social network. Visitors are not currently offered public account registration or profile creation.

What Personal Data May Be Collected

Most content on this website can be accessed without providing personal information.

Personal data may nevertheless be processed when you voluntarily interact with certain features of the website or as part of the technical operation and security of the service.

Depending on how you use the website, this may include:

• Your name and email address
• Information you submit through a contact form
• Information submitted with a comment, where comments are enabled
• Your IP address
• Browser and device information
• Technical request and server log information
• Cookie and session information
• Information voluntarily provided when subscribing to a newsletter or similar service, where such a feature is enabled

Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose is intended to be collected.

Comments

Comments may be enabled on selected articles.

When a visitor leaves a comment, WordPress may collect the information entered in the comment form together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information. This information may be used for moderation, security and spam prevention.

If the visitor chooses to use Gravatar, an anonymised representation of the supplied email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether a profile image is associated with it. Once a comment is approved, the associated profile image may be publicly visible alongside the comment.

Comment functionality may be disabled entirely or selectively for particular articles.

Where WordPress provides an optional consent checkbox, commenters may choose whether their name, email address and website should be remembered in cookies for future comments.

Contact Forms and Correspondence

When you contact me through a form or by email, the information you provide may be retained for the purpose of reading and responding to your enquiry, maintaining relevant correspondence, preventing abuse and resolving technical or security issues.

Information submitted through a contact form is not intended to be used for unrelated marketing purposes unless this is clearly stated and, where required, appropriate consent has been obtained.

Please avoid sending passwords, authentication tokens or other sensitive credentials through contact forms or email.

Newsletter and Email Subscriptions

If a newsletter or email subscription service is enabled on the website, the email address and other information voluntarily supplied during subscription may be processed for the purpose of delivering the requested communications.

Subscription data may be processed by the service provider used to operate the mailing functionality.

Visitors will be able to unsubscribe from such communications through the mechanism provided with the relevant emails.

If no newsletter service is currently active, no newsletter subscription data is intentionally collected through this website.

Media

Images, screenshots, photographs, videos and other media may be published as part of articles and research.

Visitors cannot ordinarily upload media directly to the website.

Where media uploads are enabled for authorised administrators, care is taken where reasonably possible to avoid publishing unnecessary embedded metadata such as precise GPS location information.

Visitors should be aware that publicly available media files may be downloaded from the website.

Cookies

The website uses cookies where necessary for WordPress functionality, administration, security and user preferences.

Ordinary visitors may receive cookies depending on the features they interact with.

For example, where comments are enabled and a visitor expressly chooses to save their details, WordPress may store their name, email address and website in cookies to make future commenting more convenient.

Administrative login cookies and interface-preference cookies are used for authorised WordPress administrators. These are not intended as public tracking mechanisms.

Additional cookies may be created by third-party services only where such functionality is actually enabled on the website.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may occasionally include content hosted by third parties, such as videos, social media posts, documents, maps, images or other embedded resources.

Embedded content may behave as though you had visited the third-party website directly. The relevant third party may collect technical information, set cookies or record interaction with its embedded content according to its own privacy practices.

The privacy practices of those external services are controlled by the respective service providers rather than by this website.

Server Logs and Website Security

Like most websites, the hosting infrastructure may automatically record technical information when requests are made to the website.

Such information may include:

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Requested URL
• HTTP status information
• Browser or user-agent information
• Referrer information
• Technical error and security information

These records may be used for website operation, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, detecting malicious activity, investigating security incidents and protecting the website against abuse.

Analytics

The website does not intentionally claim to use behavioural analytics or advertising tracking unless such functionality is actually enabled.

If analytics technology is introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy should be updated to identify the relevant service and explain the information processed and applicable cookie or consent mechanisms.

Who We May Share Data With

Personal information is not sold to advertisers or data brokers.

Information may be processed or disclosed only where reasonably necessary, including to:

• The website hosting and infrastructure provider
• WordPress-related service providers required for site functionality
• Email or contact-form infrastructure used to deliver correspondence
• Spam-prevention or security services where enabled
• Newsletter providers where a visitor has chosen to subscribe
• Competent public authorities where disclosure is required by applicable law

Third-party providers process information according to their own applicable terms and privacy obligations.

How Long We Retain Data

Personal information is not intended to be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information.

For example:

• Contact correspondence may be retained while it remains relevant to the enquiry or subsequent communication
• Comments and associated metadata may remain available while the relevant comment remains published
• Administrative and security logs may be retained for a limited period for troubleshooting and security purposes
• Information required for legal, security or administrative purposes may be retained for an appropriate additional period

There is no general public user-profile database because public account registration is not currently offered.

Your Rights

Depending on the applicable data-protection legislation and the circumstances of the processing, individuals may have rights relating to their personal data.

These may include the right to request information about whether personal data is being processed, to obtain information about such processing, to request correction where information is inaccurate, to request deletion where legally applicable and to exercise other rights provided under applicable data-protection legislation.

For processing falling within the scope of Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, the relevant rights are those provided to data subjects under the applicable provisions of the KVKK.

Requests concerning personal data can be submitted using the contact information published on this website.

International and Third-Party Processing

Some infrastructure or third-party services used by the website may operate systems outside Türkiye or use distributed international infrastructure.

Where personal data is transferred or processed through such services, the relevant transfer will be handled subject to applicable legal requirements and the service provider’s data-protection arrangements.

External Links

Articles frequently contain links to external websites, research, documentation, vendors, publications or other resources.

Following an external link takes you to a website controlled by another organisation or individual. This Privacy Policy does not govern the data-processing practices of those websites.

Visitors should review the privacy information provided by the relevant external service where appropriate.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website’s functionality, services, integrations or data-processing practices change.

The current version published on this page will apply from the date of its most recent update.

Contact

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal information may be submitted through the Contact page or using the contact email address published on this website.