1. What we collect
Darknet Websites is an independent research and security-awareness project. The goal is to inform analysts, journalists and security teams — not to track individual visitors. We gather only the data we genuinely need to operate the site.
- Server access logs: standard server-side logs containing the IP, timestamp, URL, user agent and referrer. Retained for a short rolling window solely for abuse mitigation and capacity analysis.
- Aggregated statistics: anonymous tallies of pageviews and searches, used only to measure topical interest. We do not retain personal identifiers.
- Form submissions: data you choose to provide via the contact or comment form (name, email, message). Without an explicit submission, we receive nothing.
2. What we do not collect
- We never share, rent or sell visitor data to any advertising network.
- The site has no third-party tracking pixels and no browser fingerprinting in place.
- No account, login or wallet is needed to read any part of the catalog.
- We have no visibility into other .onion services you visit — that traffic stays between you and Tor.
3. Cookies and browser storage
Only essential cookies are used — for example, a session token when you submit a form, or a UI preference cookie. Advertising and cross-site tracking cookies are not set. Clearing cookies in your browser will not prevent you from using the site.
4. Third-party providers
A small set of external providers help us run the site reliably:
- Hosting and CDN: the hosting/CDN provider sees traffic in order to serve pages — broadly the same data as the access logs above.
- Web fonts: fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which means your browser may share its IP with Google. You can block third-party fonts in your browser without breaking the page — system fonts will be used as a fallback.
- Search engines: the site is indexed by major search engines so that researchers can find the catalog. We do not control what those engines record about your searches.
5. Minors
Darknet Websites is designed for adult professional and academic readers. We do not target children and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under the age of majority. If you are a minor, please do not use this site.
6. Your privacy rights
Your local law may give you the right to access, correct or delete data we hold about you and to object to certain processing. We collect very little personal data on purpose, so there is usually nothing identifiable for us to act on. If you have submitted a form and want your data removed, please use the link below.
7. Data security
We apply sensible technical and organisational safeguards: HTTPS across all traffic, hardened server configuration and continuous monitoring. No web service can guarantee absolute security, so please apply your own caution when communicating with us, especially over the public internet.
8. Updates to this policy
The policy may be updated periodically to reflect technological, regulatory or operational changes. Any material revision will be marked on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continuing to use the site after a change implies you accept the new version.
9. Contact us
Privacy or data-handling enquiries can be sent through the contact form with a relevant subject. We aim to reply in good time and never use form submissions for marketing.