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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

GulfSentinel.net is a personal hobby project. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit, how it is used, and what third-party services are involved.

Information We Do Not Collect

GulfSentinel does not collect, store, or process any personally identifiable information. There is no account system, no registration, no login, and no forms that submit personal data. We do not set our own cookies.

Cloudflare

This site is served through Cloudflare, which handles DNS, traffic routing, and security. Cloudflare may process your IP address and request metadata as part of its network infrastructure. Cloudflare also provides aggregate, anonymised web analytics (page views, visitor counts, countries) which we use to understand site traffic — no personal data is included in these reports.

For details, see Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense

This site displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. These cookies are set by Google, not by GulfSentinel.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting:

For details, see Google's Privacy Policy.

External Links

The dashboard links to news articles and other external sites. GulfSentinel has no control over those sites and is not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

Data Sources

All content on the dashboard is sourced automatically from publicly available news. No personal data about visitors is used in this process. The crawler fetches publicly accessible pages and does not scrape private or authenticated content.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, contact us at [email protected] or via @penwrangler on X.