PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
Effective date: 05 July 2024
Last updated: 19 August 2026
PenteScope respects the privacy of visitors to our website. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, processed, and protected when you visit PenteScope, contact us, submit a service enquiry, or otherwise interact with our website.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will seek that consent before using relevant cookies or processing information on the basis of consent.
1. About This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information processed through the PenteScope website, including information submitted through our contact and service-enquiry forms and information collected through technologies used to operate, secure, and improve the website.
This policy does not necessarily apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that may be linked from PenteScope. Those services are governed by their own privacy policies and practices.
2. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with PenteScope.
Information You Provide
When you contact PenteScope or submit information through the website, we may collect information such as:
- your name;
- business email address;
- organisation name, where provided;
- the PenteScope service you are interested in;
- information you include when describing your requirements, objectives, environment, scope, or security concerns; and
- other information you voluntarily provide when communicating with us.
Contact and Service Enquiries
Our contact form is intended for general business and cybersecurity service enquiries.
Please do not submit passwords, authentication credentials, API keys, private cryptographic keys, or other sensitive access information through the website contact form.
If an engagement requires the exchange of sensitive technical information, appropriate communication and information-handling arrangements can be established separately.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting infrastructure, security services, or other technologies used to operate the site.
Depending on the technologies in use, this information may include:
- IP address;
- browser type;
- device type;
- operating system;
- referring pages or websites;
- pages visited;
- date and time of requests;
- general website interaction information; and
- technical information used for website security, diagnostics, and performance.
3. How We Use Your Information
PenteScope may use information collected through the website to:
- respond to enquiries and communications;
- understand cybersecurity service requirements;
- assess whether and how PenteScope may be able to assist with an enquiry;
- communicate regarding potential or existing engagements;
- operate, maintain, and secure the website;
- detect and reduce spam, abuse, fraud, and malicious activity;
- diagnose technical problems;
- understand and improve website performance and usability;
- comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements; and
- establish, exercise, or defend legal rights where necessary.
We do not use information submitted through a service enquiry to gain unauthorised access to systems or for purposes unrelated to responding to or managing the enquiry.
4. Contact Forms
PenteScope uses Contact Form 7 to provide website contact and service-enquiry forms.
When you submit a form, the information you enter may be processed by the website and transmitted to PenteScope so that we can review and respond to your enquiry.
Information submitted through the contact form may include your name, business email address, organisation, service of interest, and the information you provide about your requirements.
You should only provide information reasonably necessary for us to understand your enquiry.
5. Google reCAPTCHA
PenteScope uses Google reCAPTCHA to help protect website forms from spam, automated submissions, and abuse.
When reCAPTCHA operates, certain technical and interaction information may be processed by Google to determine whether website activity is likely to originate from a legitimate user rather than an automated system.
Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s applicable privacy policy and terms.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
PenteScope and services used by the website may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:
- maintaining website functionality;
- protecting forms and the website from abuse;
- remembering relevant preferences;
- measuring website performance;
- understanding how visitors interact with website content; and
- supporting advertising where advertising services are enabled.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on or accessed through a visitor’s device or browser.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies or similar technologies will be used subject to appropriate consent or preference controls.
You may also be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
7. Advertising and Google AdSense
PenteScope intends to use Google AdSense to support the monetisation of eligible website content, including blog and informational content.
When Google advertising services are enabled, Google and potentially other advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers in connection with serving, measuring, and improving advertisements. Google states that advertising cookies may be used for purposes including ad relevance, campaign-performance reporting and avoiding repeated advertisements.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to PenteScope or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies can enable Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to this and/or other websites.
Visitors can manage personalised advertising through Google’s advertising settings:
Google provides additional information about how it uses information from websites and applications that use its services:
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
Where applicable, PenteScope will provide appropriate consent or privacy controls before advertising technologies requiring consent are used. Google currently requires publishers serving personalised ads in the EEA, UK and Switzerland to use an appropriate Google-certified consent management platform meeting its requirements.
Google AdSense is not currently active on PenteScope. This section describes advertising functionality that may be implemented in the future. This Privacy Policy will be reviewed when advertising services are enabled.
8. How We Share Information
PenteScope does not sell personal information submitted through the website.
Information may, however, be processed or disclosed where reasonably necessary to:
- operate and maintain the website;
- provide hosting, email, form-processing, security, anti-spam, advertising, or other supporting website services;
- respond to an enquiry or provide requested services;
- comply with applicable law, legal process, or lawful requests;
- protect the rights, security, property, or legitimate interests of PenteScope, website users, or others; or
- investigate suspected fraud, abuse, or security incidents.
Where third-party service providers process information in connection with the website, their processing may also be governed by their respective privacy policies and contractual arrangements.
9. Data Retention
PenteScope retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate business records, meeting legal or regulatory obligations, resolving disputes, and protecting legitimate interests.
The appropriate retention period may vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.
Information that is no longer reasonably required may be deleted, anonymised, or otherwise disposed of where appropriate.
10. Data Security
PenteScope takes reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information handled through the website against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, internet transmission, email communication, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For this reason, visitors should not submit passwords, credentials, API keys, private keys, or other sensitive access information through ordinary website forms.
11. International Data Processing
Some third-party services used by PenteScope may process or store information in countries other than the country from which you access the website.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, its processing may be subject to the laws and safeguards applicable to the relevant service provider and jurisdiction.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate measures will be used in connection with international transfers of personal information.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable privacy law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which may include the right to:
- request access to personal information held about you;
- request correction of inaccurate information;
- request deletion of certain information;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- request data portability where applicable; and
- lodge a complaint with an appropriate data-protection or privacy authority.
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal conditions, exemptions, identity verification, or other applicable requirements.
To make a privacy-related request, contact PenteScope using the details provided at the end of this policy.
13. Children’s Privacy
PenteScope is a professional cybersecurity website and its services are not directed toward children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through our service-enquiry forms.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the website inappropriately, please contact us so that the matter can be reviewed and appropriate action taken.
14. Third-Party Links
PenteScope may contain links to external websites, resources, social platforms, or third-party services.
PenteScope does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. Visiting an external website is subject to that website’s own terms, privacy policy, and data-handling practices.
Visitors should review the privacy information provided by relevant third parties before providing personal information to them.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
PenteScope may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to the website, services, technologies, legal requirements, or data-handling practices.
When material changes are made, the revised version will be published on this page and the Last updated date will be changed accordingly.
Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how information is handled through the PenteScope website, or wish to make a privacy-related request, you can contact us through:
Email: info@pentescope.com
Online: Contact PenteScope