Summary

Essential 8 Knowledge Base is an offline reference app for Australian system administrators working with the ASD Essential Eight in Windows environments.

Essential 8 Knowledge Base has no accounts, no analytics, and makes no network requests of its own — nothing you enter is ever sent to the developer or any third party. Your assessment progress, notes and audit history are stored only on your device.

Data collection

Essential 8 Knowledge Base does not collect user data or device data, and nothing you enter reaches MadDogWarner or any third party. The app does not use:

• accounts or login
• analytics SDKs
• advertising SDKs
• tracking technologies
• in-app purchases
• remote databases or cloud sync
• crash reporting or telemetry services

Device permissions

The app does not request access to the microphone, camera, location services, contacts, photos, or other device sensors. It also does not request health data, Bluetooth, calendars, or reminders.

Network access

The app makes no network requests of its own. The reference content is bundled with the app and is available offline.

The app may include external reference links to resources such as ASD, ACSC, Microsoft, GitHub, or MadDogWarner. External reference links open in your browser, outside the app, and the destination website's own privacy practices apply.

Data stored on your device

The app stores what you enter so it is still there next time you open it. That includes your assessment progress, notes, saved profiles, your Microsoft 365 Additional Controls mode, and — if you use Deep Audit Mode — a timestamped audit history entry for every status change you make.

This data is stored only on your device. It is never transmitted to MadDogWarner or any third party. It leaves your device only if you export a backup yourself, or through your device's own system backup.

On iOS, the app's data is included in your device's system backup, such as iCloud backup. That backup is governed by Apple's privacy terms, not by this policy, and you can exclude the app from it in your device settings. On Android, the app is excluded from Android's automatic backup, so its data is not copied to Google and does not leave your device unless you export it yourself.

Retention and deletion

Because the app holds this data locally and never sends it anywhere, there is nothing held by MadDogWarner to retain, delete, export, or transfer. You can clear your progress and audit history inside the app, and removing the app from your device removes its locally stored data. Copies held in your own device backups are removed according to your device's backup settings.

Third parties

Essential 8 Knowledge Base does not share user data with third parties. External websites opened from reference links are outside the app and are governed by their own privacy notices.

Affiliation

Essential 8 Knowledge Base is not affiliated with or endorsed by ASD, ACSC, Microsoft, Apple, Google, or any other referenced organisation.

Contact

Privacy questions about Essential 8 Knowledge Base can be sent through the MadDogWarner contact page at maddogwarner.com/contact/.

Changes

This policy may be updated if the app's functionality or data handling changes. The updated date at the top of this page will be changed when this policy is revised.