Privacy Policy

The short version

• person_offWe do not collect personal information from visitors.
• cookieWe do not use cookies or tracking technologies.
• blockWe do not show ads or use advertising/remarketing tools.
• mail_lockWe do not send marketing emails or run mailing lists.
• sellWe do not sell, rent, or share your personal information.

Who we are

DevKnows is an independent blog operated by an individual located in Ontario, Canada. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, this individual acts as the “data controller” or “business” responsible for the Site. As we do not collect personal information, there is very little data to control — but we want to be transparent about who stands behind the Site.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please reach out through our contact page.

Information we collect

We do not intentionally collect any personal information from visitors to the Site. We do not ask you to create an account, fill out forms that store your data, subscribe to a newsletter, or otherwise provide personal details in order to read our content.

Like virtually every website on the internet, the Site is delivered through third-party hosting and content-delivery infrastructure. Those providers may automatically process limited technical information (such as IP addresses and standard server request logs) purely to deliver pages and maintain security. DevKnows does not use this information to identify you, does not combine it with any other data, does not build profiles, and does not access it for analytics or marketing. Any such processing is governed by the respective provider’s own privacy policy.

Cookies and tracking technologies

We do not use cookies, web beacons, pixels, fingerprinting, analytics scripts, or any other tracking technologies to monitor or profile visitors. We do not track your activity across the Site or across other websites and services over time.

Advertising, email, and marketing

We do not display advertising, use ad networks, or run any behavioral, contextual, or remarketing/retargeting programs. We do not send marketing or promotional emails and do not maintain email or contact lists. We do not sell products or services through the Site.

Links to other websites

Our articles may link to third-party websites for reference or further reading. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites. When you follow a link away from the Site, we encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Children’s privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children. Because we do not collect personal information from anyone, we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). If you believe a child has somehow provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can address it.

Your privacy rights

We aim to respect the privacy rights described by major privacy frameworks worldwide. Since we do not collect, store, or process your personal information, in most cases there is simply no personal data for us to access, correct, delete, or transfer. Nonetheless, the following disclosures are provided for transparency and to honour these rights.

California residents (CCPA & CPRA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, to access and delete it, to correct inaccurate information, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and to limit the use of sensitive personal information, as well as the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

We do not collect, sell, or share the personal information of any consumer, including California residents. Because we do not sell or share personal information, no “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” action is necessary. If you would still like to submit a request, you may reach us via our contact page.

California online privacy (CalOPPA)

In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), we confirm that we do not collect personally identifiable information through the Site. We also honour “Do Not Track” browser signals by design: because we do not track visitors in the first place, no tracking occurs regardless of the setting. You can visit our pages without providing any personal information. Any changes to this Policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date, as described in the “Changes to this Policy” section below.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are located in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent laws grant you rights over your personal data, including the rights of access, rectification, erasure (“right to be forgotten”), restriction of processing, data portability, objection to processing, and the right to withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection or supervisory authority.

As we do not collect or process personal data, we do not rely on any legal basis for processing and hold no personal data subject to these rights. If you believe we hold any of your personal data, please contact us and we will respond.

Canada (PIPEDA)

As the Site is operated from Ontario, Canada, we also align with the principles of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). We do not collect, use, or disclose personal information in the course of operating this personal blog.

International visitors

The Site is operated from Canada and is served through global hosting infrastructure. If you access the Site from outside Canada, please be aware that page-delivery infrastructure may be located in other countries. As noted above, we do not ourselves collect or store your personal information wherever you are located.

Data security

Not collecting personal information is our strongest privacy safeguard — there is no visitor data for us to lose or misuse. We nonetheless rely on reputable hosting providers that employ industry-standard measures to keep the Site secure and available.

Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Site or to legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Policy.