Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 22, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information when you visit botcrawl.com, read our articles, browse our directories, use the data center map, submit contributions, leave comments, or contact us.
This policy applies to the Botcrawl website. Other products or services we provide may have separate privacy policies.
Information We Collect
When you visit our website, our servers and service providers may automatically collect technical information, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, pages visited, referring URLs, and the date and time of your visit.
We use this information to operate the website, monitor performance, troubleshoot errors, prevent abuse, and maintain security.
When you contact us, submit a contribution, or use an interactive feature, we may also collect information you provide, including your name, email address, organization, message, source links, and supporting documentation.
We do not require visitors to create an account to read articles or browse our public directories.
Directory Information and Contributions
Our bot and data center directories contain information obtained through independent research, publicly available records, official websites, technical documentation, and visitor contributions.
Directory records may include bot names, user-agent information, operators, facility locations, business details, and other information relevant to documenting web crawlers and data center infrastructure. Some records may contain publicly available professional or business contact information.
Visitors can suggest missing records or report errors through our Contribute page.
When you submit a contribution, we collect the information necessary to review it. This may include your name, email address, organizational affiliation, relationship to the record, proposed changes, explanations, and supporting sources.
We may also process technical information associated with submissions to detect spam, prevent automated abuse, and protect our directories.
Contributions are reviewed before changes are made to public records. Verified factual information and supporting details may be incorporated into directory listings. Contributor contact information provided for correspondence is not intended for public display.
Please do not submit passwords, access tokens, financial information, private system logs, or unrelated personal information.
To correct or report an existing directory record, use the Contribute page. For assistance with directory functionality or submission problems, contact support@botcrawl.com.
Requests concerning the collection, publication, or removal of your personal information should be directed to privacy@botcrawl.com.
Data Center Map and Location Services
Our interactive data center map provides geographic information about facilities and documented projects worldwide.
You can search the map manually without providing your device’s precise location. If you choose to use the Near Me feature, your browser may request permission to access your location.
Location information may be processed to identify nearby facilities, position the map, or return relevant search results. Depending on the map provider and the feature used, location information and associated technical data may also be processed by third-party mapping services.
You can deny or revoke location permission through your browser or device settings. Other map features remain available without granting precise location access.
Comments
When comments are enabled, we collect the information you enter into the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user-agent information. This information helps us moderate discussions, identify spam, and prevent abuse.
Approved comments and their associated display names are publicly visible. Email addresses provided through standard comment forms are not publicly displayed.
If Gravatar is enabled, a hash generated from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to determine whether an associated profile image exists. Gravatar is operated by Automattic. Additional information is available in Automattic’s Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and our service providers use or may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies to support website functionality, maintain security, measure traffic, and display advertising.
WordPress may use cookies to manage login sessions, remember comment information, and maintain user preferences. Security services may use cookies or related identifiers to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated or abusive traffic.
Analytics and advertising providers may also use cookies and other identifiers to measure activity and deliver advertisements.
You can manage, restrict, or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect some website features.
Where required by applicable law, nonessential cookies and similar technologies are subject to consent requirements or applicable privacy choices.
Website Analytics
We may use Google Analytics and other analytics services to measure website traffic, understand how visitors use our content, and identify technical or performance issues.
Depending on the service and its configuration, information processed may include page views, session activity, referral sources, device and browser characteristics, approximate geographic location, and cookie or device identifiers.
Analytics providers may process this information according to their own privacy policies and service terms.
For more information about Google’s data practices, visit the Google Privacy Policy.
Advertising
We display advertisements through Google AdSense and may use other advertising services.
Third-party advertising vendors, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons, IP addresses, device information, and other identifiers to collect information associated with advertisements displayed on our website.
Google uses advertising cookies to serve advertisements based on your visits to our website and other websites. These technologies may also be used to measure advertising performance, limit repeated advertisements, detect fraud, and personalize advertising where permitted.
Other participating advertising vendors and networks may use similar technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
You can manage or opt out of personalized advertising from Google through Google My Ad Center. Additional choices for participating advertising providers are available through WebChoices.
For more information about Google’s use of information, see How Google Uses Information from Sites or Apps That Use Our Services and Google’s Advertising Privacy Information.
Advertising and tracking activities may be subject to additional consent, disclosure, and opt-out requirements depending on your location and applicable law.
Embedded Content and External Websites
Our articles and directory pages may include embedded videos, images, maps, social media posts, and other content hosted by third parties.
Embedded content may collect technical information about your visit, use cookies, or record interactions according to the provider’s privacy practices.
We also link to external websites for research, news, documentation, software, and other resources. Those websites operate under their own privacy policies. We do not control their data collection practices or content.
How We Use Information
We use collected information to operate and maintain our website, provide requested features, manage directory records, review contributions, respond to inquiries, moderate comments, measure website performance, display advertising, investigate suspicious activity, prevent fraud, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
We may also use relevant information to investigate technical problems, resolve disputes, enforce our rights, and protect the security and integrity of our services.
How Information Is Shared
We may provide information to service providers involved in hosting, website security, analytics, advertising, mapping, email communications, spam prevention, and other services necessary to operate the website.
These providers may process information on our behalf or independently, depending on the service and applicable contractual arrangements.
Information voluntarily submitted for publication, including approved comments and verified directory details, may become publicly accessible.
We do not sell personal information directly in exchange for money. However, certain advertising-related disclosures or uses of personal information may qualify as a sale or sharing under applicable privacy laws, including laws governing targeted advertising.
We may disclose information when required by law, in response to valid legal process, or when reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, respond to security incidents, protect legal rights, or address threats to our website and its users.
Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, maintain website security, administer our services, resolve disputes, and comply with legal obligations.
Retention periods depend on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Approved comments may remain publicly available unless removed. Directory records may be maintained while they remain relevant to our research and directory operations, subject to corrections, removal requests, and applicable legal requirements.
Contribution records, correspondence, security logs, and administrative information may be retained as necessary for verification, abuse prevention, recordkeeping, or legal purposes.
Third-party providers maintain their own retention policies.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information we hold about you. These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information associated with you.
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Request deletion of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.
- Request a copy of certain personal information in a portable format.
- Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Opt out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising activities.
- Appeal certain decisions or lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority, where permitted by law.
To exercise an applicable privacy right, email privacy@botcrawl.com and describe your request.
We may ask for information reasonably necessary to verify your identity or authority to act on behalf of another person. We will review requests according to applicable legal requirements.
Some requests may be denied or limited where information must be retained for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, or other permitted purposes.
We do not discriminate against individuals for exercising privacy rights protected by applicable law.
Advertising Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information associated with targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising.
You can submit an applicable privacy opt-out request by contacting privacy@botcrawl.com.
You may also use browser privacy settings and supported preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, to communicate certain privacy choices. The legal effect of these signals depends on applicable law.
Google also provides separate controls for personalized advertising through My Ad Center.
Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable data protection laws require a legal basis for processing personal information, we rely on the basis appropriate to the activity.
These may include our legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, maintaining accurate public directories, preventing abuse, and responding to correspondence; compliance with legal obligations; providing services requested by visitors; or consent where required.
Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent subject to applicable law.
Data Security
We use technical and administrative safeguards intended to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, misuse, loss, and disclosure.
These safeguards may include access controls, website security measures, input validation, spam and abuse prevention, and restricted access to administrative information.
Although we take precautions to protect information, no website, server, network, or electronic transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children’s Privacy
Our website provides cybersecurity news, technical research, and public directories for a general audience. It is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact privacy@botcrawl.com so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
International Visitors
We operate from the United States. Information collected through our website may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.
Privacy laws and data protection standards may differ between jurisdictions. Where required by applicable law, international transfers are subject to appropriate legal requirements and safeguards.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in website operations, services, technology, data practices, or legal requirements.
When the policy changes, we will update the revision date at the top of this page. The current version will remain available at botcrawl.com/privacy-policy/.
Contact
For general questions about Botcrawl, contact info@botcrawl.com.
For website support, directory issues, or assistance with submissions or products, contact support@botcrawl.com.
For privacy questions, personal data requests, or concerns about how we handle personal information, contact privacy@botcrawl.com.
For formal legal notices and legal correspondence, contact legal@botcrawl.com.