Privacy Policy

Last updated: 17 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Cloudhim ("Cloudhim," "we," "us," or "our") handles information when you visit cloudhim.com (the "Site"). Cloudhim is an independent technical publication about cloud infrastructure; we are not a hosting provider or cloud service, and you do not need an account to read the Site.

Information we collect

Information you provide directly

Email. If you email us, we receive whatever you include, typically your name, email address and message. We use it only to reply.
Comments. If you post a comment, we store the name, email address and comment text you submit, plus your IP address and browser user agent for spam and abuse prevention. Your name and comment are shown publicly; your email address and IP address are not.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the Site, the following services receive technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed and the page that referred you:

Cloudflare provides our CDN, DNS and security services and processes standard traffic logs to deliver and protect the Site.
Our own site statistics (built into our CMS) record page views, referring sites, approximate country and a pseudonymous visitor identifier so we can see which articles are useful. We use these figures only in aggregate.
Google Analytics 4 collects usage data (pages visited, approximate location, device and browser information) using cookies or similar identifiers, and sends it to Google. You can read how Google handles this data at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services, and you can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising

The Site uses Google AdSense to show advertising. In connection with this:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices (and, in the EU/UK, www.youronlinechoices.eu).

Ads are selected by Google, not by Cloudhim. Advertising does not influence what we write or recommend.

Affiliate links

Some links to cloud providers, hosting companies or developer tools may be affiliate links. If you sign up or buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners may set their own cookies under their own privacy policies.

Cookies

We use cookies that are needed for the Site to work (for example, session and security cookies used by our CMS and comment form). Google Analytics and Google AdSense set their own cookies as described above. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; parts of the Site, such as commenting, may not work correctly without them.

How we use information

To operate, secure and improve the Site
To reply to messages and moderate comments
To understand, in aggregate, which content readers find useful
To display advertising that funds the Site
To detect and prevent spam, abuse and security problems

We do not sell your personal information.

Third-party services and links

Cloudflare, Google and our hosting provider process data on our behalf under their own privacy and security practices. Articles also link to external websites; once you leave cloudhim.com, this Privacy Policy no longer applies.

Data retention

We keep information only as long as needed for the purposes above or as required by law. Emails are kept as long as needed to deal with your enquiry. Comments are kept while they are published; you can ask us to remove a comment you wrote.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, or to object to certain processing. Contact us using the address below and we will respond as required by applicable law.

Children's privacy

The Site is intended for a general technical and business audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.