Your Calculator Runs in the Browser, but Some Website Services Still Process Data
BottleneckLab can be used without creating an account, signing in, installing software, or allowing a hardware scan. Calculator selections are primarily processed in your browser. The current calculator may also keep a short recent-build history in that browser so you can reopen recent selections.
Hosting, security, analytics, advertising, affiliate, email, and other service providers may process limited information for their stated purposes. This Policy explains the difference between browser-local calculator data and information handled by the website or its providers.
Who This Policy Covers and What “BottleneckLab” Means
This Privacy Policy applies to bottlenecklab.com, its calculator, articles, browser-based features, direct email contact, advertising, analytics, and affiliate links.
Website operator
In this Policy, “BottleneckLab,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the operator of bottlenecklab.com. The site is presented as an independently operated project and does not claim a legal company name, office, or jurisdiction that has not been established.
External services
A manufacturer, retailer, analytics provider, advertising provider, affiliate network, email provider, social platform, or other external operator has its own privacy practices.
Current website behavior
This Policy describes the website and calculator features materially reviewed on the date shown above. It may be updated when the site, providers, or legal requirements change.
Calculator Selections and Browser-Local Recent Builds
The calculator uses the information you select to generate the result shown on your screen. It does not remotely identify your installed hardware or measure the real computer.
Build and target details
CPU, GPU, resolution, target frame rate, workload, and optional context such as refresh rate, graphics preset, RAM, memory setup, rendering features, background load, and streaming encoder.
Directional estimate
The browser uses the selected values and calculator data to display a CPU-side, GPU-side, balanced, or uncertain estimate with interpretation and warnings.
Recent-build summary
The current calculator may store up to six recent build summaries in local storage so you can reopen them on the same browser.
What the current recent-build history may contain
This browser-local history is not attached to an account. Through the calculator itself, BottleneckLab does not intentionally receive it as a personal build profile. The feature saves selection summaries, not a live scan of your hardware, files, temperatures, frame rates, or account information.
Local storage can remain available across browser sessions until it is removed. It can also be unavailable or cleared automatically under certain browser, device, privacy-mode, storage, or user settings. The calculator is designed to continue working when recent-build storage is unavailable.
Contact Emails, Server Logs, and Technical Information
Information you send to BottleneckLab
When you email BottleneckLab, your message may include your email address, display name, message content, page URL, calculator selections, screenshots, attachments, and other information you choose to provide.
This information may be used to:
- reply to the request;
- investigate a calculator or website problem;
- review and correct content;
- process a privacy request;
- manage spam, abuse, fraud, or security;
- evaluate a relevant editorial or commercial proposal.
Sending an email does not subscribe you to a general marketing newsletter. Response times vary, and a reply is not guaranteed.
Server, hosting, caching, and security logs
Website infrastructure may automatically process or record technical information when a page, file, script, image, or other resource is requested.
- IP address;
- requested URL, page, file, or query string;
- date and time;
- browser, operating system, and device information;
- referring page or traffic source;
- response status, errors, and performance information;
- security, abuse, and unusual-activity signals.
These records may be used for delivery, caching, availability, security, troubleshooting, fraud prevention, and service improvement.
Email providers, hosting providers, spam filters, security services, internet networks, and the recipient’s devices may process message content and metadata. Avoid sending passwords, payment details, private keys, or unnecessary sensitive records.
Review the Contact pageThird-Party Processing and External Websites
Website hosting, caching, content delivery, uptime, backups, and security services.
Analytics, performance monitoring, error reporting, and feature-interaction measurement.
Advertising, affiliate networks, retailers, campaign attribution, and payment or order systems operated by retailers.
Email delivery, mailbox hosting, spam filtering, security scanning, and message storage.
Manufacturers, monitoring tools, research sources, social platforms, videos, and other linked or embedded resources.
External providers determine their own purposes, retention, security, locations, and legal obligations under their policies.
Once you leave BottleneckLab or interact directly with an external service, that provider’s privacy policy, terms, cookies, account controls, and data practices apply. BottleneckLab does not control every external provider’s processing.
How Long Information May Be Kept and How It Is Protected
BottleneckLab keeps information under its control only for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was handled, website operation, security, troubleshooting, corrections, request management, legal obligations, or dispute prevention.
Remain on that browser until cleared, overwritten by newer entries, or removed by browser, device, or privacy settings.
May be kept while responding, investigating, documenting a correction, protecting the site, or meeting a legitimate operational or legal need.
Retention depends on the website infrastructure, security need, provider settings, and applicable requirements.
Google, retailers, affiliate networks, and other providers apply their own retention periods and controls.
Your Controls May Depend on Where You Live
Depending on applicable law and the information involved, you may have rights or choices concerning access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, consent withdrawal, advertising preferences, or information about certain processing.
Clear calculator history
Use the calculator’s Clear history action or remove site data for bottlenecklab.com in the browser.
Manage browser data
Use browser settings to block or delete cookies, local storage, permissions, and other site data.
Manage advertising
Use the site’s available consent controls, Google My Ad Center, or other provider opt-out tools.
Submit a request
Email support with the request type, relevant email address, page URL, and enough information to understand the request.
BottleneckLab may need reasonable information to understand or verify a request and protect information from unauthorized access. Do not send identity documents unless specifically required and a secure method has been agreed.
Start a Privacy EmailBottleneckLab Is Not Directed to Children Under 13
BottleneckLab is a general PC hardware and performance-education website. It is not designed as a child-directed service and does not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13 through an account system.
A parent or guardian who believes a child submitted personal information to a BottleneckLab email address can contact support and request review or deletion where appropriate.
When This Privacy Policy May Be Updated
This Policy may change when BottleneckLab adds or removes calculator features, storage, analytics, advertising, affiliate programs, providers, communication methods, or other data-related functions, or when legal and policy requirements change.
The date at the top should change after a meaningful privacy review or policy revision, not automatically merely to make the page look recent. The latest published version applies from its stated review or effective date.
Questions, Requests, or Corrections to This Policy
Email the support address for a privacy question, request concerning information you previously submitted, correction to this Policy, or concern about a website feature.
[email protected]This Privacy Policy is a good-faith operational description of the current website. It is not jurisdiction-specific legal advice. A qualified legal professional should review the site’s legal documents when advice about a particular country, business structure, advertising setup, or legal obligation is required.
Information Processed When You Leave a Comment
Some BottleneckLab articles currently allow comments. Commenting is optional. Do not publish personal information that you do not want displayed or processed.
Information you submit
A comment submission may include the comment text, display name, email address, optional website address, and other information you choose to place in the comment.
The comment form states that the email address is not published. A supplied display name, comment, and optional website link may become publicly visible when approved.
Moderation and spam protection
WordPress, hosting, security, or anti-spam services may process technical information such as the IP address, browser or user-agent details, submission time, page URL, and message content to detect spam, abuse, fraud, or security problems.
Comments may be held for moderation, approved, rejected, edited for safety or formatting, or removed when they violate site rules or create legal, security, or spam concerns.
Saving comment details in the browser
When you select the option to save your name, email, and website for the next comment, WordPress may place convenience cookies or similar browser data on that device.
You can decline the option or remove the stored information through browser cookie and site-data controls.
Questions about a submitted comment
To ask about correction or removal of a comment, email support with the article URL, display name, approximate submission date, and enough information to locate the comment.
Email comment supportDo not place passwords, account details, payment information, private hardware serial numbers, personal addresses, or other sensitive information inside a comment.