Privacy Policy

Welcome to DevOps Lesson (https://devopslesson.com). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being fully transparent about how we handle your information. This Privacy Policy describes what data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.

This policy applies to all visitors of DevOps Lesson and complies with applicable privacy laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other regional privacy regulations.

By using DevOps Lesson, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our site. If you have any questions, contact us at privacy@devopslesson.com.

DevOps Lesson is a free educational website dedicated to helping engineers, developers, and IT professionals learn DevOps practices, tools, and workflows. We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to access our content.

Data Controller: DevOps Lesson is the data controller responsible for your personal information. You can reach us at privacy@devopslesson.com.

We collect limited information necessary to operate the site, serve advertisements, and improve our content.

Information Collected Automatically

• Page view & usage data - which tutorials and pages you visit, time spent on pages, and click interactions, so we can understand what content is most useful.
• Device & browser data - browser type, operating system, screen size, and general geographic region (country/city level). We use this to ensure the site displays correctly on all devices.
• Advertising data - Google AdSense, our advertising partner, may collect data about your browsing behaviour across websites to serve relevant advertisements. See the Advertising & Cookies section for full details.

Information You Choose to Provide

• Contact messages - if you email us or submit a feedback form, we receive your email address and the content of your message.
• Newsletter sign-up - if you subscribe to updates, we collect your email address only.

We do not collect names, passwords, payment information, or sensitive personal data beyond what is listed above.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Site operation - to deliver and maintain our tutorial content and ensure the site functions correctly.
• Analytics - to understand which tutorials are most helpful and to improve and expand our content.
• Advertising - to serve advertisements through Google AdSense. Ad revenue allows us to keep DevOps Lesson free for all users. Google may use your data to show personalised ads based on your interests and prior browsing activity.
• Security - to identify and address technical issues, broken pages, slow load times, and potential security threats.
• Communications - to send tutorial update emails if you have subscribed (you can unsubscribe at any time), and to respond to questions or feedback.

Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)

For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your data under the following legal bases:

• Legitimate interests - for analytics, security, and site improvement (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• Consent - for personalised advertising cookies and non-essential tracking. You may withdraw consent at any time via our cookie consent tool or browser settings.
• Contract performance - to deliver newsletter emails you have requested.
• Legal obligation - where required by applicable law.

DevOps Lesson uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense is a service provided by Google LLC. Through AdSense, Google and its partners may:

• Use cookies and web beacons to collect data about your visits to our site and other websites to serve you relevant, personalised advertisements.
• Use the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site or other sites on the internet.

Cookie Types We Use

Managing Ad Personalisation

You can opt out of personalised advertising by Google at any time:

• Visit Google Ads Settings to manage your ad preferences.
• Visit aboutads.info to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies.
• Visit Your Online Choices (EU users) to manage your preferences.
• Disable cookies in your browser settings - the site remains fully accessible, though ads may be less relevant to you.

For more information on how Google uses data from sites that use Google services, visit Google`s Privacy & Terms.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share data only in the following limited circumstances:

• Google AdSense - Google may collect and process data to serve personalised ads. Google`s privacy policy governs their use of that data.
• Hosting & infrastructure providers - our hosting provider processes basic request data (including IP addresses) for security and reliability purposes only.
• Analytics providers - we use a privacy-first analytics tool that processes anonymised, aggregated data only and does not share individual data with third parties.
• Email service provider - used solely to send newsletter emails to subscribers. Your email is never shared with advertisers.
• Legal requirements - if required by law, regulation, or court order, or to protect the rights and safety of users or the public.

Depending on your location, you have the following rights over your personal data:

All Users

• Unsubscribe - remove your email from our newsletter at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email we send.
• Opt out of ad personalisation - see the Advertising & Cookies section for opt-out options.
• Cookie management - use your browser settings or a privacy extension to block or delete cookies at any time.

EEA / UK Users (GDPR)

• Right of access - request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification - request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Right to erasure - request deletion of your personal data right to be forgotten.
• Right to restrict processing - request that we limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability - request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object - object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent - withdraw consent for personalised advertising at any time without affecting prior processing.
• Right to lodge a complaint - you have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority.

California Users (CCPA)

• Right to know - request disclosure of the personal information we collect, use, and share.
• Right to delete - request deletion of your personal information.
• Right to opt out of sale - we do not sell personal information. However, sharing data with Google AdSense for advertising may qualify as a sale under CCPA. You can opt out via Google Ads Settings.
• Right to non-discrimination - we will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@devopslesson.com. We will respond within 30 days (or within the timeframe required by applicable law).

We retain data only for as long as necessary:

• Analytics data - aggregated and anonymised; cannot be linked back to you individually and is retained indefinitely in aggregate form.
• Newsletter email addresses - retained until you unsubscribe, after which they are permanently removed within 7 days.
• Support / contact emails - retained for up to 12 months, then deleted.
• Advertising data - Google AdSense data is retained per Google`s own retention policies. See Google`s Privacy Policy for details.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the data we hold:

• All data is transmitted over HTTPS (TLS encryption).
• Access to stored personal data (such as newsletter email lists) is restricted to authorised personnel only.
• We regularly review our security practices and keep our software and dependencies up to date.

No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure. If you discover a security vulnerability, please contact us at privacy@devopslesson.com.

We use the following third-party services to operate DevOps Lesson. Each service has its own privacy policy governing how they handle data:

• Google AdSense - advertising platform by Google LLC. Privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
• Hosting provider - serves the site and may log basic request data (IP addresses) for security purposes only.
• Privacy-first analytics - does not track individuals, does not use advertising cookies, and does not share data with advertisers.
• Email service provider - used solely to deliver newsletter updates to subscribers.

We do not embed social media tracking pixels or any third-party tool that tracks you across other websites beyond Google AdSense.

DevOps Lesson and its service providers (including Google) operate globally. Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your own, including the United States, which may have different data protection laws than your country.

For transfers of personal data from the EEA to countries not deemed adequate by the European Commission, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Google AdSense complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

By using DevOps Lesson, you acknowledge and consent to the transfer of your information as described in this policy.

DevOps Lesson is intended for users who are at least 13 years of age (or 16 years of age in certain EEA countries where a higher age of digital consent applies). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children below the applicable minimum age.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us at privacy@devopslesson.com and we will delete it promptly.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or the services we use (including changes to our advertising partners). When we make meaningful changes, we will update the `Last updated` date at the top of this page.

If you are a newsletter subscriber, we will notify you by email of any significant changes. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of DevOps Lesson after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:

• Email: privacy@devopslesson.com
• Website: https://devopslesson.com

We aim to respond to all enquiries within 30 days. For GDPR-related requests, we will respond within the 30-day period required by law (extendable by a further two months for complex requests).