Privacy Policy

Introduction

Scraping Central ("we", "us", or "our") operates scrapingcentral.com and its subdomains practice.scrapingcentral.com (Catalog108, our first-party practice sandbox), fingerprint.scrapingcentral.com (our free browser fingerprint / bot-detection test tool), and proxies.scrapingcentral.com (our free proxy pricing benchmark). Together these are referred to as the "Website". This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our Website.

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect:

IP address
Browser type and version
Pages visited and time spent
Referring website
Device type and operating system

This information is collected through Google Analytics and is used solely to understand how visitors use our Website and to improve our content.

Information You Provide

We do not require user registration or login. We do not collect personal information unless you voluntarily provide it via the contact page.

Cookies

Our Website may use cookies through third-party services:

Google Analytics: Uses cookies to track website usage anonymously.
Affiliate partners: Some affiliate links may set cookies to track referrals.

You can disable cookies through your browser settings.

Affiliate Links

Our Website contains affiliate links to third-party products and services. When you click an affiliate link, the third-party may set cookies on your device to track the referral. We may earn a commission if you make a purchase through these links. This does not affect the price you pay.

Each affiliate sets its own cookie policy. Review a partner's own privacy notice if you want details on what they store and for how long.

Our newsletter, The Scraping Weekly, is hosted on Beehiiv. We do not collect or store your email address on our own servers. The subscribe form is embedded directly on this Website using a script loaded from Beehiiv (subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com). When the form renders or you submit your email, your browser communicates directly with Beehiiv, which may set its own cookies and receive standard request metadata (IP address, user agent, referrer).

If you subscribe, Beehiiv processes your email address and any interaction data (opens, clicks, unsubscribes) on our behalf as a data processor. We see only aggregated metrics. Beehiiv's privacy practices are governed by their own privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any newsletter email; doing so removes your address from our list.

Fingerprint Test Tool

fingerprint.scrapingcentral.com runs its bot-detection checks entirely in your browser. The fingerprint signals and resulting bot score are computed client-side and are not transmitted to or stored on our servers. Standard request metadata (IP, user agent, referrer) and Google Analytics behave the same as on the rest of the Website.

Proxy Pricing Benchmark

proxies.scrapingcentral.com is a static page that compares public pricing data from third-party proxy providers. There is no login, no form, and nothing you enter (filter selections, usage inputs) is sent to our servers, calculations run entirely in your browser. Affiliate links and Google Analytics behave the same as on the rest of the Website.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

Understand which content is most useful to readers
Improve our tutorials and website experience
Analyze website traffic and usage patterns

Third-Party Services

Google Analytics: for website analytics
YouTube: for embedded video content
Beehiiv: for newsletter hosting and email delivery
Affiliate partners: various scraping tool and proxy service providers

Data Security

We do not store any personal data on our servers. Our Website is served over HTTPS.

Your Rights

Opt out of Google Analytics tracking
Disable cookies in your browser settings
Request information about data we may have collected

Contact Us

Email: scrapingcentral@gmail.com