1. Who this policy applies to
This policy applies to the kbwen Lab website, including its homepage, category pages, tool pages, and related static content published under lab.kbwen.com.
For privacy questions or requests, contact: contact@kbwen.com.
2. Information we may collect
Depending on how you use the site, we may collect or receive the following categories of information:
- Basic technical data such as IP address, browser type, device information, language, referral source, and approximate usage timestamps.
- Site interaction data, such as page visits, clicks, ad interactions, and similar usage signals collected by us or by third-party advertising or analytics providers.
- Contact information you choose to provide, such as your email address and the message content you send through a feedback email.
- Donation or support-related information shared by third-party platforms, which may include a display name, email address, and transaction-related reference details.
- Tool input data that remains in your browser when a tool runs locally; many current tools are designed to operate client-side, but any page that uses an external service should say so separately.
3. How we use information
- To operate, maintain, and secure the website and its tools.
- To understand which pages or tools are being used and improve site quality.
- To respond to feedback, bug reports, abuse reports, or legal requests.
- To display advertising, measure ad performance, and manage monetization partners.
- To receive voluntary support or donations through third-party services.
- To comply with legal obligations, enforce site terms, and protect against fraud or misuse.
4. Advertising, cookies, and consent
kbwen Lab may use third-party advertising services, including Google advertising products, to display ads or measure ad performance. Those providers may use cookies, local storage, beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies to serve, limit, personalize, or measure ads.
If advertising or other non-essential technologies are used in a region where consent is legally required, access to those technologies should depend on your consent choices. If you are in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, this may include a consent flow for ad personalization and related storage technologies.
Important: a privacy policy alone is not a substitute for a consent mechanism. If kbwen Lab serves Google ads to users in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, an appropriate consent setup may still be required.
5. Third-party services
The site may link to or integrate with third-party services that operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Relevant examples may include:
- Google advertising or privacy-and-messaging tools
- Ko-fi for creator support
- PayPal or Stripe for payment processing connected to donations or support
- GitHub for source-code hosting or issue tracking
If you donate or otherwise support the site through Ko-fi or a payment processor, those providers may process payment details directly. kbwen Lab does not itself receive or store full payment card details.
6. Legal bases for processing
Where GDPR or similar laws apply, we generally rely on one or more of the following bases:
- Consent, where required for advertising, analytics, or similar technologies.
- Legitimate interests, such as site security, abuse prevention, service improvement, and basic operational analytics.
- Performance of a request or transaction, such as responding to feedback or handling support-related communication.
- Compliance with legal obligations.
7. Data retention
We keep information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purposes described above, including security, record-keeping, legal compliance, and dispute handling. Different categories of information may be retained for different periods depending on operational need and third-party platform requirements.
8. International transfers
Some service providers used by kbwen Lab may process data in countries outside your own jurisdiction. Where applicable, data may be transferred internationally as part of hosting, advertising, analytics, email, support, or payment workflows.
9. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or withdrawal of consent for personal data that concerns you.
- Request information about whether we process your personal data.
- Ask for inaccurate or incomplete data to be corrected.
- Ask for data to be deleted when it is no longer needed or unlawfully processed.
- Object to certain processing, including some marketing-related processing.
- Request a copy of data you provided where portability rights apply.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
To exercise a request, email contact@kbwen.com. We may need reasonable information to verify identity before completing a request.
10. Children
kbwen Lab is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal data through the site, please contact us so we can review and remove the information where appropriate.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect product, legal, or operational changes. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date.