Privacy Policy

Darkweb Market Directory was built for researchers, journalists, and curious readers who want to understand how hidden services and underground marketplaces work. That audience deserves clear answers about what happens when they visit, so this page explains our data practices in plain terms. We collect as little as possible, we do not sell anything about you, and we would rather tell you exactly what we log than hide behind vague language.

Data we record

Like nearly every website, our servers write standard access logs. These entries typically include your IP address, browser user agent string, the page you requested, a timestamp, and a referring URL if one was sent. We do not ask you to register, and we do not maintain reader profiles. No account details, payment information, or identity documents are collected from visitors.

Why we keep it

Log data exists for operational reasons only: diagnosing outages, blocking automated scraping and denial-of-service attempts, and investigating abuse such as harassment or spam submissions. We may review logs when a security incident requires it. Your information is never sold, rented, or traded to advertisers, data brokers, or any third party. We do not build marketing audiences from visitor traffic.

Cookies and similar storage

Honestly, there is very little to report here. We do not deploy advertising cookies, cross-site tracking pixels, or fingerprinting scripts. A small preference cookie may be set to remember display settings between visits; it carries no identifier tied to you personally. You can clear or refuse cookies in your browser with no loss of core functionality.

Third-party services

We use a content delivery network to serve pages quickly and to absorb malicious traffic before it reaches our origin servers. That provider sees the same basic request information described above, governed by its own privacy terms. We do not currently run third-party analytics that track individuals across the web. If that changes, this section will say so before the change takes effect.

Your choices and rights

• Ask us whether we hold any records relating to your visit, and request a summary.
• Request deletion of log entries associated with your IP address, subject to short retention windows for security records.
• Object to a specific use of your data, or ask a question about how it is handled.
• Withdraw consent where processing depends on it, without penalty.

Because our logs are minimal and rotate out quickly, a request may sometimes return nothing — that is a normal outcome, not a refusal.

Children

This directory covers adult subject matter and is not intended for anyone under 13. We do not knowingly gather personal information from children, consistent with COPPA. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, contact us and we will remove it.

Policy updates

When our practices change, we will publish a revised version here with a new effective date at the top. Continued use of {site_name} after a revision means you accept the updated text.

Reaching us

Privacy questions, deletion requests, and concerns about this policy go to {contact_email}. A real person reads that inbox. Please include enough detail for us to locate any relevant records.