Privacy Policy - Learn Cloud Security from the Ground Up

Last updated: 23 September 2026

Cloud Beginners respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit our website.

This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.cloudbeginners.info/ and explains what information may be collected when you use the website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

By using Cloud Beginners, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. About Cloud Beginners

Cloud Beginners is an educational blog that provides beginner-friendly information, tutorials, resources, and guidance on cloud computing, cloud security, cybersecurity, compliance, identity and access management, DevSecOps, and related technology topics.

For privacy-related enquiries, you can contact us at:

Email: contact@cloudbeginners.info
Website: https://www.cloudbeginners.info/

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect certain information automatically or when you voluntarily provide it.

Information collected automatically may include:

browser and device information;
pages visited;
approximate geographic location;
referral source;
time spent on pages;
interactions with website content;
operating system and device type;
cookie or similar technology identifiers; and
general website usage information.

If you contact us, submit a form, subscribe to communications, or leave a comment, we may also receive information such as your name, email address, and any information you voluntarily provide.

3. Google Analytics

Cloud Beginners uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website.

Google Analytics may collect information about how visitors interact with Cloud Beginners, including pages viewed, session information, device and browser information, approximate location and website interactions.

We use this information to:

understand which content is useful to visitors;
improve website performance and navigation;
identify popular articles and resources;
understand how visitors discover the website; and
improve the overall user experience.

Google may use cookies and similar technologies to provide its analytics services, subject to applicable consent requirements and the configuration of our website.

You can learn more about how Google processes information from websites using its services at:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

4. Google AdSense

Cloud Beginners uses or may use Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google, to display advertisements on the website.

Google and other third-party advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, local storage or similar technologies to deliver, measure and personalise advertising.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Cloud Beginners or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies allows Google and its advertising partners to serve advertisements that may be relevant to users based on their visits to this website and other websites.

The advertisements displayed on Cloud Beginners may therefore be personalised or non-personalised depending on the visitor’s location, consent choices and applicable laws.

5. Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies may be used to:

display relevant advertisements;
limit how frequently an advertisement is shown;
measure advertising performance;
detect fraud or invalid advertising activity;
understand interactions with advertisements; and
personalise advertising where the visitor has provided the required consent.

Some advertising cookies may be placed by Google or other authorised third-party advertising providers rather than directly by Cloud Beginners.

6. Third-Party Advertising Vendors

In addition to Google, advertisements displayed through Google AdSense may involve authorised third-party advertising vendors or advertising networks.

These providers may use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable consent requirements.

Cloud Beginners does not directly control cookies or information collected by independent third-party advertising providers.

Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of relevant third-party providers to understand how they process information.

7. Personalised Advertising

Where permitted and where the necessary consent has been obtained, Google and its advertising partners may use information about your visits to Cloud Beginners and other websites to provide personalised advertisements.

Personalised advertising may use information such as previous website visits, interests or interactions to determine which advertisements are more relevant to a particular user.

Visitors who do not consent to personalised advertising may receive non-personalised or limited advertisements instead, depending on their location and applicable requirements.

8. Managing Advertising Personalisation

Visitors can manage how Google uses information for personalised advertising through Google’s Ads Settings:

https://adssettings.google.com/

Visitors may also learn about options for managing interest-based advertising through:

https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

The availability and operation of these controls may vary depending on your country, browser, device, and applicable privacy laws.

9. Cookie Consent

Where required by applicable law, Cloud Beginners requests consent before certain cookies or similar technologies are used.

Visitors in locations including the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland may be presented with a consent management message allowing them to:

consent to eligible data processing;
decline consent where applicable;
manage individual privacy choices; and
change previously selected consent preferences.

Cloud Beginners may use Google’s Consent Management Platform or another Google-certified Consent Management Platform to manage these choices.

Your preferences may be stored so that the website can remember your decision.

10. Other Cookies

Cloud Beginners may also use cookies that support basic website functionality.

For example, cookies may be used to:

remember preferences;
support website security;
prevent spam;
maintain website functionality;
remember comment information; or
improve visitor experience.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to operate correctly and may not depend on advertising consent.

11. Comments

If visitors leave comments on the website, we may collect the information entered into the comments form together with information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser information for purposes including spam detection and website security.

An anonymised value generated from an email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether the visitor uses that service.

After a comment has been approved, a visitor’s profile image, where applicable, may be publicly visible alongside the comment.

12. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services

Articles on Cloud Beginners may contain embedded or linked content from third-party websites and services.

This may include:

YouTube videos;
social media content;
cloud provider documentation;
downloadable resources;
external websites;
analytics services; and
other third-party tools or platforms.

Embedded content from another website may behave in a similar way to visiting that third-party website directly.

These third parties may collect information, use cookies or similar technologies, and monitor interactions with their embedded content in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Cloud Beginners is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

13. External Links

Cloud Beginners contains links to external websites for educational, reference or informational purposes.

Following an external link means you are leaving Cloud Beginners.

We are not responsible for the content, security, availability or privacy practices of external websites.

Visitors should review the privacy policy of any external website they visit.

14. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including website administration, security, legal obligations, communication and dispute resolution.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained so that follow-up comments can be recognised and managed appropriately.

Information processed by third-party services such as Google may be retained according to those providers’ respective retention policies and settings.

15. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information associated with Cloud Beginners.

However, no website, online service, electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should therefore exercise appropriate care when submitting information online.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide you with rights relating to your personal information.

These rights may include the right to:

request information about personal data held about you;
request correction of inaccurate information;
request deletion of certain personal information;
object to certain forms of processing;
restrict certain processing;
withdraw consent where processing depends on consent; and
request access to or a copy of certain personal information.

These rights are subject to applicable legal requirements and exceptions.

To make a privacy-related request, contact:

contact@cloudbeginners.info

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

17. Children’s Privacy

Cloud Beginners is primarily intended as an educational resource for people interested in cloud computing and cybersecurity.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where parental or guardian consent would be legally required.

If you believe that personal information belonging to a child has been provided to us inappropriately, please contact us.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, technologies, advertising services, legal requirements or privacy practices.

When significant changes are made, the updated date at the top of this page will be revised.

Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.