About OSXHub
OSXHub (https://osxhub.com) is a macOS resource site publishing troubleshooting guides, command line tutorials, and software recommendations for Mac users. This Privacy Policy describes what information this site collects, how it is used, and which third parties receive data when you visit.
Last Updated: July 17, 2026
Third Parties Used on This Site
Loading any page on OSXHub causes your browser to contact the following third-party services. Each one receives your IP address and basic request information as a technical consequence of delivering content to you, and each may place or read cookies or use web beacons in your browser.
| Service | Provider | Purpose | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 | Traffic and usage measurement | www.googletagmanager.com | |
| Google advertising | Serving advertisements | Google ad-serving domains | |
| Image CDN (Photon) | Automattic | Resizing and delivering article images | i0–i3.wp.com |
| Gravatar | Automattic | Commenter profile pictures | secure.gravatar.com |
| Turnstile | Cloudflare | Spam protection on the comment form | challenges.cloudflare.com |
| CDN and proxy | Cloudflare | Delivering and protecting the site | osxhub.com, cdn.osxhub.com |
| Emoji images | WordPress.org | Fallback emoji rendering | s.w.org |
Each service operates under its own privacy policy and may collect data independently of OSXHub. Details for each follow below.
Advertising and Third-Party Cookies
OSXHub uses Google advertising services to display advertisements on this site.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to OSXHub or to other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies allows Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- You can turn off personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings. Turning it off does not remove ads; it means the ads you see are no longer selected based on your interests.
- You can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info or Your Online Choices.
OSXHub does not control which advertisements Google selects, and does not receive your name or email address from Google’s advertising systems.
Analytics
This site loads Google Analytics 4 through the Google tag on www.googletagmanager.com, configured through the Site Kit by Google plugin. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser and reports the following back to Google:
- Pages you view and how long you stay on them
- How you arrived at the site, including the referring site or search engine
- Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address, at country or region level
- Device type, browser, operating system, and screen size
Google’s handling of this data is covered by Google’s Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from running with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Images and Content Delivery
Automattic image CDN
Article images on OSXHub are stored on cdn.osxhub.com but are served to your browser through Automattic’s Photon image CDN at i0.wp.com through i3.wp.com. Automattic’s servers receive your IP address, your browser’s user agent, and the address of the image being requested. This applies to the featured image on every article and on listing pages.
Cloudflare
OSXHub is served through Cloudflare, which acts as a proxy between your browser and the origin server. All traffic to this site passes through Cloudflare’s network, so Cloudflare receives your IP address and request details, and may set cookies used to identify trusted traffic and filter malicious requests. See Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare Turnstile
The comment form is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile, a CAPTCHA alternative loaded from challenges.cloudflare.com. Turnstile checks whether a submission comes from a real browser rather than an automated script. It runs on article pages where commenting is available.
Emoji images
WordPress falls back to emoji images hosted on s.w.org, operated by WordPress.org, on browsers that do not render an emoji natively.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Comments: your name, email address, website URL if you supply one, and the text of your comment
- Direct contact: if you write to us, we receive whatever you put in your message
Information Collected Automatically
- Server and proxy logs: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, and time of access
- Analytics: which articles you read and how you move through the site, as described above
How We Use Your Information
- To publish and deliver articles, tutorials, and software recommendations
- To display and reply to comments
- To detect and block spam and abusive requests
- To understand which articles readers find useful, so we know what to write and what to fix
- To display advertising, as described above
- To comply with applicable law
OSXHub does not sell your personal information, and does not send your email address to advertisers.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies this site sets directly
- WordPress stores your name, email address, and website in a cookie when you leave a comment, so you do not have to retype them. These last about one year. They are set only if you post a comment.
- If you log in as a site author, WordPress sets session and preference cookies. Ordinary readers do not receive these.
Third-party cookies
Third parties may place and read cookies in your browser, and may use web beacons or similar technologies to collect information, when you use this site. On OSXHub these are Google (analytics and advertising) and Cloudflare (traffic filtering and Turnstile). These cookies are set by those companies, not by OSXHub, and are governed by their privacy policies.
Managing cookies
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies, and lets you block third-party cookies specifically. Doing so does not stop you from reading OSXHub, though the comment form may stop remembering your details. The opt-out links in the advertising and analytics sections above address Google’s cookies directly.
Comments and User-Generated Content
OSXHub uses the comment system built into WordPress. When you leave a comment:
- Your name, your comment, and your website URL if you gave one become publicly visible. Your email address is not published.
- Your IP address and browser user agent are stored with the comment to help identify spam.
- A hash of your email address is sent to Gravatar, operated by Automattic, to look up a profile picture. If you have no Gravatar account, a generated placeholder image is shown instead. Gravatar’s practices are described in Automattic’s Privacy Policy.
- Comments may be held for review before appearing. We remove comments that are spam or abusive.
Data Security
- The site is served over HTTPS, so traffic between your browser and the site is encrypted in transit.
- Access to the WordPress administration area is limited to site staff.
- WordPress core, plugins, and server software are kept updated.
No method of transmitting or storing data over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot promise absolute security.
Data Retention
- Comments and their metadata: kept indefinitely so that discussion threads stay readable, unless you ask for removal
- Analytics data: held by Google under the retention period configured in Google Analytics, after which Google deletes it
- Server and proxy logs: retained for a limited period for security and troubleshooting, then discarded
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Ask for a copy of the personal data this site holds about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Ask for your comments and the personal data attached to them to be deleted
- Object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent where processing rests on consent
The practical route for most of these is the contact form. Requests about data held by Google, Automattic, or Cloudflare have to go to those companies, since OSXHub cannot reach into their systems.
Children’s Privacy
OSXHub is written for adults maintaining Macs and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has left personal information here, contact us and we will remove it.
International Data Transfers
OSXHub is readable worldwide, and the third parties above operate globally. Data collected through this site, including your IP address, may be processed on servers outside your own country, including in the United States. Where required, those companies rely on their own transfer mechanisms, described in their privacy policies.
Additional Information for EU and UK Residents
If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, the GDPR applies to your personal data.
- Data controller: OSXHub is the controller for information collected through this website. Google, Automattic, and Cloudflare act as controllers for the data they collect through their own services.
- Legal basis: comments rest on your consent, given when you submit the form. Server logs and spam filtering rest on legitimate interests in keeping the site running. Analytics and advertising cookies rest on consent where local law requires it.
- How to refuse: OSXHub does not currently show a cookie consent banner. Until one is in place, EU and UK readers who do not want analytics or advertising cookies should use the browser controls and the Google opt-out links above, which take effect immediately.
- Complaints: you may lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
California Privacy Rights
California residents have rights under the CCPA and CPRA:
- Right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used
- Right to delete personal information we hold about you
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing. OSXHub does not sell personal information for money. Serving personalized ads through Google may count as “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. The Google Ads Settings link above turns this off.
- Non-discrimination: exercising these rights changes nothing about your access to the site.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This policy will change when the services the site uses change. When that happens, the revised policy is posted on this page and the “Last Updated” date at the top is changed. Reading the page is the way to see the current version.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or requests concerning your data, can be sent through the form on our Contact page, or by email to [email protected]. To act on a data request we need your name, the email address you used, and a description of what you want done.