Privacy
Your Data, Your Control
Trust is earned, not assumed. Sitewatch collects only what is necessary to run your monitors. We never track your end users, never inject scripts into your pages, and give you full control over data retention and deletion. Your monitoring data exists to serve you -- nothing else.
- Zero tracking of your website visitors or end users
- GDPR compliant with full data deletion rights
- Transparent retention: 14, 30, or 90 days depending on plan
Privacy by design
How Sitewatch respects your privacy
No end-user tracking
Sitewatch monitors your URLs from our infrastructure. We never inject scripts, set cookies, or collect any data from your website visitors. Your users never know we exist.
Minimal data collection
We collect only what is needed to run your monitors: the URLs you configure, HTTP responses, page HTML fingerprints, and asset status codes. No personal data from your sites is stored.
Transparent data retention
Monitoring data is retained based on your plan: 7 days on Free, 30 days on Starter, 90 days on Pro. After the retention window, data is automatically purged.
GDPR compliance
Sitewatch complies with GDPR requirements. We process data lawfully, provide transparency about what we collect, and honour all data subject rights including access and deletion.
Data deletion rights
Request deletion of your account and all associated monitoring data at any time. We process deletion requests within 72 hours and confirm completion.
No data selling
Your monitoring data is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used for any purpose other than delivering the Sitewatch service to you. Full stop.
Zero
End-user tracking
72h
Deletion SLA
GDPR
Compliant
Sitewatch never injects tracking scripts or collects data from your website visitors.
Transparency
Exactly what data Sitewatch collects
Account data
- Email address for authentication and alert delivery
- Plan and billing information for subscription management
- Alert preferences and notification channel configuration (Slack webhook, email recipients)
Monitoring data
- URLs you configure for monitoring
- HTTP response codes and headers from page and asset checks
- SHA-256 page HTML fingerprints for content verification
- Asset URLs and MIME types for broken resource detection
- Incident records with failure details, timelines, and resolution status
Privacy-first monitoring starts here
Monitor your websites without compromising your users’ privacy. No tracking scripts, no cookies, no end-user data collection.
FAQ
Privacy frequently asked questions
We collect your account email, the URLs you configure for monitoring, and the results of monitoring checks (HTTP responses, page HTML fingerprints, asset status codes). We do not collect any data from your website visitors.
Yes. We process data lawfully under legitimate interest for delivering the monitoring service. We provide full transparency about data collection, honour data subject access requests, and process deletion requests within 72 hours.
Yes. You can request complete account and data deletion at any time by contacting support or using the account settings page. We process deletion requests within 72 hours and confirm when all data has been purged.
No. Sitewatch monitors your URLs from our own infrastructure via HTTP requests. We never inject scripts, set cookies, or add any code to your websites. Your visitors are completely unaffected.
Retention depends on your plan: 7 days on Free, 30 days on Starter, and 90 days on Pro. After the retention window closes, monitoring data is automatically purged from all storage systems.
No. Your monitoring data is never sold, shared with advertisers, or transferred to third parties. We use Google Cloud infrastructure to host the service and Resend for transactional email delivery.