Transparency & Disclosure

Security &
Disclosure

SIGIL Labs operates under a policy of full transparency regarding visitor data practices, site security posture, and data handling. This page is provided for institutional evaluators, security reviewers, and any visitor who wants to understand exactly what this site does and does not do with their information.

No third-party data sharing No advertising trackers No cookies sold or licensed Visitor fingerprinting active
Active Collection — Full Disclosure

This site collects browser fingerprints

What this means for you

When you visit this site, a passive fingerprinting script collects approximately 40 browser and device signals — including screen resolution, timezone, CPU core count, device memory, installed language, and other hardware/software characteristics. This data is combined into a hash and logged server-side along with your IP address and the page you visited.

Why we collect this

SIGIL Labs operates in the defense, aerospace, and government research space. Understanding who is evaluating the lab — what organizations, what device profiles, what geographic regions — is a legitimate operational security interest. This data is used exclusively for internal vetting and security awareness. It is never sold, licensed, or shared with any third party.

What we do not do
  • Sell or license visitor data to any party
  • Share data with advertising networks
  • Use data for behavioral targeting
  • Attempt to de-anonymize individual visitors
  • Retain data beyond operational necessity
  • Combine fingerprint data with external data brokers
Technical note — evasion

Fingerprinting can be partially or fully evaded using Tor Browser, Brave with resistFingerprinting enabled, or NoScript. This is acknowledged and accepted. Visitors using managed corporate or government devices — the primary audience for this site — will generally be captured accurately. Visitors who require anonymity and have the technical means to achieve it are welcome to use those tools.

Data Handling Policy

What is collected, stored, and retained

Data TypeCollectedStoredSharedPurpose
Browser fingerprint hashYesYesNoVisitor identification
IP addressYesYesNoGeographic/org context
Page visitedYesYesNoAccess pattern logging
Screen resolutionYesYesNoDevice profiling
TimezoneYesYesNoGeographic context
CPU core countYesYesNoDevice profiling
Device memoryYesYesNoDevice profiling
Contact form submissionsYesYesNoPartnership processing
Cookies (advertising)NoNoNoN/A
Third-party analyticsNoNoNoN/A
Payment informationNoNoNoN/A
Site Security Posture

Infrastructure & operational security

Hosting & Infrastructure
  • Served over HTTPS with TLS encryption in transit
  • No shared hosting — dedicated containerized deployment
  • No third-party CDN with data retention agreements
  • Server-side rendering — no client-side data exposure
Data Storage
  • Fingerprint data stored in isolated MySQL database
  • Database access restricted to application layer only
  • Report endpoint protected by secret token authentication
  • No external database replication or backup services
Contact Form Security
  • Honeypot field active — bot submissions silently rejected
  • Server-side input validation and sanitization on all fields
  • Form submissions routed to operator-controlled inbox only
  • No third-party form processing services
Known Limitations
  • Fingerprinting evadable via Tor / Brave resistFingerprinting
  • Server-side logging does not capture JS-disabled crawlers
  • No WAF or DDoS mitigation beyond hosting provider defaults
  • Static SAST findings present — reviewed, assessed as non-exploitable
Security Inquiries

Questions about this disclosure

Institutional evaluators, security reviewers, or legal teams with questions about SIGIL Labs' data practices, site security posture, or this disclosure are welcome to submit a formal inquiry. Responses are provided to verified organizational contacts.

This disclosure was last reviewed: August 2026. It reflects the current production deployment of sethbrumenschenkel.com.

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