SCABench

Privacy Policy for SCABench

Last Updated: August 21, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to SCABench ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, www.scabench.com (the "Service").

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Truscova GmbH
Wilhelm-Liebknicht-Str. 4
28329 Bremen
Germany
Email: hello@scabench.com

3. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

Information You Provide Directly:

  • Email Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our notification list, we collect your email address.
  • Tool Submissions: When you submit a tool for review, we collect the information you provide in the form, which may include your name, contact email, and details about the tool.

Information We Collect Automatically:

  • Usage Data: We use standard analytics tools (like Google Analytics) to collect non-personally identifiable information about your interaction with our Service. This may include your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit.
  • Cookies: We use cookies to help our site function and to understand user behavior. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy section.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To Provide and Maintain our Service: To operate the website and display the leaderboard.
  • To Communicate With You: To send you notifications about the launch of our benchmark and other relevant project updates, but only if you have opted in.
  • To Improve Our Service: To analyze usage data to understand how our visitors use the site and to improve its functionality and user experience.
  • To Process Submissions: To review and manage the tools submitted to our platform.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

As we are based in Germany, our legal basis for processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is as follows:

  • Consent: We process your email address for our notification list based on your explicit consent when you sign up.
  • Legitimate Interests: We process usage data and tool submission data based on our legitimate interest in operating and improving our platform and its content.

6. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We only share your data with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our Service:

  • Email Marketing: We use Brevo to manage our email subscription list. Your email address is shared with them for the sole purpose of sending you the notifications you subscribed to.
  • Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic.
  • Security: We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our forms from spam and abuse.

7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access: You can request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • The right to withdraw consent: You can withdraw your consent to our email list at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@scabench.com.

8. Data Security

We take the security of your data seriously and use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

9. Cookie Policy

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help our website function. We use cookies for two main purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function correctly. For example, we use a cookie to remember your consent choices so you don't see the cookie banner on every visit.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies (e.g., from Google Analytics) help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information anonymously. These are only used if you provide your explicit consent by accepting them in our cookie banner.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's cookies, which will cause our consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

hello@scabench.com