Privacy Policy
Privacy in Plain Language
Control Cabinet Library is a public technical reference website. The site receives only the information normally needed to operate, protect and measure a website, plus the details a reader chooses to send by email.
The site does not require user accounts, paid memberships or profile pages. Readers can browse the technical library without creating a login.
When analytics or advertising services are active, they may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits, support ad delivery and understand basic performance. These tools are handled through the relevant service settings and consent options where required.
What this policy covers
- basic visit and server log data;
- cookies, analytics and advertising technologies;
- messages sent to Control Cabinet Library;
- reader choices for cookies and privacy questions.
Information Received During Visits
When a page is opened, standard server logs may record technical details such as the requested page, IP address, browser type, device information, referring page and time of visit.
This information helps with site security, diagnostics, performance checks and normal website operation. It also helps identify broken requests, abuse patterns and technical errors that affect readers.
Cookies, Analytics and Advertising
Control Cabinet Library may use standard web services for analytics, performance measurement and advertising. These services can use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or similar technologies to measure visits, report performance, protect against abuse and support ad delivery.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's previous visits to this site or other websites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
Visitors can control cookies through browser settings and, where available, through consent options shown on the site. In regions where consent is required for advertising or analytics cookies, those choices apply to the relevant services when they are active.
Contact Messages
If you contact Control Cabinet Library, the site receives the email address, message text and any details you choose to include. This information is used to read the message, reply when needed and manage the related correspondence.
Please avoid sending confidential project documents, passwords, private client data or personal information that is not needed for the message.
How Information Is Used
Information received through the site is used to operate and protect the website, understand basic performance, maintain the technical library, answer relevant messages and meet applicable legal or security requirements.
Contact messages are not sold. Server and analytics information is used in the normal way for a public website and is handled through the tools and providers that support the site.
Data Retention and Security
Server logs, analytics records and contact messages are kept only for as long as they are useful for site operation, security, correspondence or legal record keeping.
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information connected with the site. Access is kept limited to what is needed for operation, maintenance and correspondence.
External Services and Links
The site may refer readers to external technical sources, manufacturer documents, standards bodies, search services or advertising services. External websites and third-party services operate under their own privacy policies.
Your Choices
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. You can also use any consent controls shown on the site when advertising or analytics services require consent options.
For privacy questions, contact editor [at] controlcabinet [dot] eu.
Policy Updates
This policy may be updated when the site changes its analytics, advertising, contact or technical operation. The updated date at the top of the page shows the current version.