Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 November 2026

This policy explains what Off-Grid Guardian collects when you use this website, why we collect it, who else can see it, and how long we keep it. It covers www.offgridguardian.com and the Off-Grid Guardian mobile app.

Off-Grid Guardian has not launched yet. Nothing on this site is for sale, we take no payments, and we hold no card or bank details of any kind. The site exists to describe the product and to let interested people register for the beta programme.

SECTION 1 — WHAT WE COLLECT

We collect different things depending on what you do. Nothing here is bought from a data broker.

When you simply browse. Our servers record your IP address and your browser's user-agent string, which is standard for any website and is what lets us keep the site secure and working. We also use this to stop automated abuse — see Section 4.

When you add something to the cart. We store which products you added, how many, and whether you later removed them, together with your IP address and user agent. Because nothing is for sale yet, this is not an order — it is how we learn which products people actually want, which directly shapes what we build first.

When you register for the beta programme. We store your email address, what you told us you would be protecting, your state or region, and the contents of your cart at the time. We also record the page that referred you to us.

When you contact us. We store your name, email address, phone number if you give one, and your message.

When you create an account. We store your name and email address, a cryptographically hashed version of your password, the times you signed in, and a count of failed sign-in attempts so we can lock an account that is being attacked. We never store your password itself and cannot recover it — only reset it.

If visitor analytics are switched on. The site has an optional, more detailed mode that records one row per page you view: the page, the time, how far down you scrolled, and roughly how long you stayed. It is linked to your IP address and user agent. This is off unless we have deliberately enabled it, and when it is on it is covered by the retention limit in Section 6.

SECTION 2 — WHY WE COLLECT IT

To run and secure the site; to answer you when you get in touch; to decide which products to build first and in what order; to select and contact beta testers; and to understand which pages people find useful. We do not sell your information, and we do not rent or trade it.

If you register for the beta programme, we will email you about it. We may also email you about the launch. You can ask us to stop at any time and we will.

SECTION 3 — COOKIES

We use a small number of cookies. None of them are used to build an advertising profile of you by us, though see Section 5 about third parties.

• A session cookie, so the site can remember your cart between pages.
• A sign-in cookie, if you have an account and are signed in.
• A referrer cookie, recording how you first arrived, so we can tell which channels bring people who go on to register.
• A visitor-tracking cookie, when the analytics mode in Section 1 is enabled, so repeated page views can be recognised as one visit rather than many strangers.
• Third-party cookies set by the services in Section 5.

SECTION 4 — AUTOMATED ABUSE PROTECTION

We count requests per IP address and temporarily block addresses that flood the site or probe it for known vulnerabilities. Public forms are protected by Google reCAPTCHA, which scores how likely you are to be a person. This means some information about your visit is sent to Google — see Section 5. There is no puzzle to solve and usually nothing to notice.

If an address is blocked, we record which rule it tripped. If you believe you were blocked in error, contact us and we will clear it.

SECTION 5 — THIRD PARTIES

These companies can see some of your information because we use their services to run the site. Each has its own privacy policy, which governs what they do with it.

• Microsoft Azure — hosting and the database. Everything described above is stored there.
• Google reCAPTCHA — abuse protection on our public forms, as described in Section 4.
• Google Analytics — page-view analytics, which sets its own cookies.
• Meta (Facebook) pixel — records that you visited, which Meta may link to a Facebook account. This is the one item on this list that is advertising-related.
• Mailjet — sends the email we send you.

Both Google Analytics and the Meta pixel can be blocked by a browser extension or a privacy-focused browser, and the site works normally without them.

SECTION 6 — HOW LONG WE KEEP IT

Detailed page-view records are deleted automatically after 180 days. Beta registrations, accounts, cart records and messages you send us are kept until they are no longer useful or you ask us to delete them, whichever comes first.

SECTION 7 — SECURITY

The site is served over HTTPS. Passwords are stored as salted hashes, never in a readable form. Database credentials and API secrets are held in a managed secret store rather than in our source code. Access to the database is limited to the accounts that need it.

No service can promise perfect security, and we will not pretend otherwise. What we can say is that there is very little here worth stealing: no card numbers, no bank details, and no passwords in a form anyone could use.

SECTION 8 — YOUR CHOICES

Email us and we will tell you what we hold about you, correct it, or delete it. If you ask us to delete your beta registration we will, though that also removes you from consideration for a free unit. You can stop the optional analytics in Section 1 reaching us by blocking cookies for this site, and you can block the third parties in Section 5 the same way.

SECTION 9 — CHILDREN

This site is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has registered, tell us and we will remove it.

SECTION 10 — CHANGES

We will update this page when what we do changes, and we will change the date at the top when we do. If the change is significant and we have your email address, we will tell you rather than quietly editing the page.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask a question, request your information, or ask us to delete it, email Support@OffGridGuardian.com.