Privacy Policy
Free Source Library respects the privacy of its readers, visitors, and users and aims to handle personal data in a clear, proportionate, and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains what kinds of information may be collected through the website, why that information may be processed, how it may be used, how it may be protected, and what rights users may have depending on the laws that apply to them.
Privacy is not treated here as a decorative legal formality. It is part of how the site is operated. Readers should be able to understand, in reasonable terms, what information may be involved when they browse the site, contact the platform, interact with available features, or encounter third-party technologies such as analytics, infrastructure protection, or advertising services.
1. Who operates the site
Free Source Library is operated within the digital publishing structure of Gold Script.
The owner and operationally responsible person for the site is Ayoob Yousef Ayoob.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoob-ayoob/
Contact email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freesourcelibrary/
2. What information may be collected
Depending on how the site is used, the following categories of information may be collected, received, stored, or processed:
- information voluntarily provided by users, such as a name, email address, message content, or any other information included in communications sent to the site;
- technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, language preferences, access time, referring page, pages visited, and general interaction data;
- server and security logs required for technical stability, abuse prevention, and performance monitoring;
- cookies and similar technologies used for functionality, measurement, security, and advertising-related purposes;
- information associated with comments, reports, or content-related submissions, if such features are available or used.
3. How information may be collected
Information may be collected in several ways:
- automatically when a user visits or navigates the website;
- when a user sends an email, submits a report, or otherwise contacts the site;
- through cookies, browser storage tools, pixels, tags, or similar technologies;
- through third-party services integrated into the site for hosting, performance, protection, analytics, or advertising.
4. Why information may be used
Information collected through the site may be used for purposes including, but not limited to:
- operating, maintaining, and improving the website;
- responding to questions, messages, corrections, reports, or other communications;
- protecting the site against abuse, spam, malicious access, fraud, or technical disruption;
- understanding general usage trends and improving site structure, performance, and reader experience;
- administering site functions, moderation actions, and technical support;
- displaying advertising and measuring advertising performance where applicable;
- complying with legal obligations, protecting rights, and responding to legitimate legal or security concerns.
5. Legal basis and general approach to processing
Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing personal data, the site may rely on one or more of the following, depending on context: legitimate operational interests, consent where required, compliance with legal obligations, protection of rights and security, or steps necessary to respond to user-initiated communication.
The site aims to avoid collecting more information than is reasonably necessary for its legitimate operational, editorial, technical, or legal purposes.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
Free Source Library may use cookies and similar technologies to support site functionality, improve security, preserve stability, understand usage patterns, and, where applicable, support advertising services.
Some cookies may be essential for the site to function properly. Others may support analytics, preference handling, or advertising-related functions. Users may be able to control or disable cookies through browser settings, although doing so may affect the usability or performance of some site features.
More detailed information about cookie use may also be provided in the site’s separate Cookie Policy.
7. Advertising and third-party advertising services
The site may use advertising services such as Google AdSense in order to support ongoing publication and technical sustainability. As part of this, third-party providers may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to deliver, limit, personalize, or measure advertisements.
The presence of advertising technology means that certain data related to browsing behavior or page interaction may be processed by third-party advertising systems under their own policies and technical frameworks. Users should understand that such third-party services may operate under their own privacy terms in addition to the policies of this site.
8. Analytics and site measurement
The site may use analytics, measurement tools, or performance-monitoring services to understand how pages are used, how visitors reach the site, what types of devices are accessing it, and what areas may need improvement.
These tools are generally used to improve structure, performance, readability, and user experience, rather than to identify individual readers in a personalized or intrusive way. However, some technical data may still be processed as part of these services.
9. Infrastructure, hosting, and protection services
The site uses technical infrastructure and support services that may process information as part of normal website delivery and protection.
The site is hosted on infrastructure provided by Ethernet Servers Ltd.
The site may also use Cloudflare for content delivery, security protection, traffic filtering, and performance optimization. As a result, technical data such as IP address, request information, and access-related signals may be processed through those systems in the course of ordinary website operation.
10. Sharing of information
The site does not claim to “sell user data” in the loose or exaggerated sense often used in casual language. However, information may be shared, transmitted, or made accessible where reasonably necessary in the following situations:
- with service providers that support hosting, security, delivery, analytics, moderation, or advertising;
- where disclosure is required by applicable law, court order, legal process, or legitimate governmental request;
- where reasonably necessary to protect the site, its operator, users, the public, or third-party rights;
- in connection with technical, legal, or operational restructuring, provided appropriate safeguards are observed where relevant.
11. International data handling
Because the site is operated through digital infrastructure and external service providers, information may be processed, routed, cached, stored, or accessed in countries other than the country from which a visitor accesses the site.
By using the site, users understand that cross-border technical processing may occur as part of normal website operation, hosting, protection, analytics, or advertising infrastructure.
12. Data retention
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including operational maintenance, communication handling, legal compliance, security review, abuse prevention, editorial follow-up, or recordkeeping.
The exact retention period may vary depending on the type of data, the purpose of use, the service involved, and applicable legal or operational requirements.
13. Security
The site takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to reduce the risk of unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure, disruption, or unlawful processing of information.
That said, no internet-based transmission, storage method, or web platform can be guaranteed to be completely secure. For this reason, the site does not promise absolute security, but it does aim to act responsibly and proportionately in relation to the protection of information under its control.
14. User rights
Depending on the laws that apply to a particular user, that user may have rights relating to personal data, including rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or withdrawal of consent where consent is the legal basis.
Where such rights apply and a request is made in a sufficiently clear and legitimate form, the site may review and respond as appropriate, subject to verification, feasibility, legal limitations, and the nature of the data involved.
Requests may be sent to: [email protected]
15. Children’s privacy
The site is a general public editorial platform and is not intentionally directed at young children as a dedicated children’s service. If a child provides personal information without proper supervision where such supervision is required, a parent or guardian may contact the site to request review of the matter.
16. External links
The site may contain links to third-party websites, documents, services, or platforms. Those third-party properties operate independently and are not controlled by Free Source Library.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of third-party sites. Users should review the privacy policies of any external site they visit through a link on this platform.
17. Communications sent to the site
When users contact the site by email or another available contact channel, the information they send may be processed for the purposes of understanding the message, replying where appropriate, documenting communications, handling reports, protecting rights, and improving site operations.
Sending a message does not automatically create a confidential advisory relationship, a contractual relationship, or a guaranteed individualized response.
18. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be revised, updated, expanded, or reorganized from time to time to reflect changes in law, infrastructure, technical services, editorial operations, advertising systems, or general site development.
The version published on the site at the time of access is the version that applies to that access, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
19. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how information may be handled through the site, you may contact:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freesourcelibrary/