The Update BureauThis site has no accounts and sets no cookies of its own. The Update Bureau is the publisher and the data controller; you can reach it through the Contact page or at [email protected].
We do not use accounts, login sessions or first-party tracking cookies. Theme preference stays in your browser's local storage.
What you paste into the update history tool is read once in memory to match KB numbers and builds, then immediately discarded.
Standard web server logs (IP address, requested page, browser and time) are kept only to run and protect the site, then deleted.
Server logs and delivery
Like any web server, ours records technical data for each request (IP address, page, browser, time) to keep the site running and secure. These logs are deleted after 14 days. The pages are delivered through Cloudflare, which processes requests to serve and protect the site; this does not involve cookies of ours.
We measure audience and page speed with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies, does not use local storage and does not track you across sites. It records page views and loading times from your browser, without storing your IP address or building a profile.
The update history tool
The text you paste is read once to find KB numbers, builds and product names, then discarded. It is not saved, logged or shared. The commands the tool suggests print only update numbers, titles, dates and builds, never your name or your computer's name, so you can check what you send before sending it. To prevent abuse, the number of checks per minute from the same address is limited.
Messages you send us
The contact form sends the editor an email with what you write in it: the topic, the KB or page, the Microsoft link, your message and, if you give it, your email address so that the editor can reply. The form accepts no attachments. The form is protected against automated abuse by Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks your browser when the form loads. The email is sent through Resend, an email delivery service based in the United States, and forwarded by Cloudflare to the editor's mailbox; it is not stored on this site. Messages are kept only as long as needed to handle them, and at most 12 months; you can ask for yours to be deleted earlier. The address is never used for anything else, such as newsletters, and never shared.
Your browser
If you switch between the light and the dark theme, your choice is kept in your browser's local storage and never sent to us.
Your rights
You can ask us what we hold about you (in practice server logs and any message you sent through the contact form), ask for it to be deleted, or object to its use, by sending a privacy request through our Contact page. If you think your data was not handled properly you can also complain to your data protection authority.