Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

HomeLab Starter ("we," "us," or "this site") publishes guides about home servers and self-hosting at homelabstart.com. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit, and the choices you have.

Information collected automatically

Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) automatically logs standard technical data for every visit, such as IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, and pages visited, as part of normal web server operation and network security. We do not run separate first-party analytics software beyond what our hosting provider collects to operate and secure the site.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. For more detail on how Google uses data when you use our site, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Affiliate links

Some links on this site may be affiliate links (for example, to hardware retailers). If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. This does not affect our editorial recommendations — we only link to products we believe are genuinely useful for beginners.

Cookies

This site does not set its own first-party tracking cookies. Third-party services embedded on this site (currently Google AdSense) may set their own cookies as described in their respective privacy policies, linked above. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time.

Children's privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site or its advertising/analytics setup changes. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent via our contact page.