Editorial standards
Who we are, how we research and write our guides, and the standards we hold ourselves to.
Digital Safety Guide exists to make digital safety understandable for everyone — not just people who work in technology. This page explains who we are, how we produce our guides, and the standards we hold ourselves to.
Who we are
We are an independent editorial project focused on digital safety, privacy, and digital rights. We are not owned by, and do not accept sponsorship from, any security company or product vendor, so our recommendations are made on merit alone.
How we create our content
Every guide starts from a real problem people face. We research it against primary sources — official guidance from security agencies, standards bodies, platform documentation, and reputable reporting — then write it in plain language for readers who would never call themselves "technical". We use AI tools to help draft and translate, so we can cover more ground in more languages; but every page is planned, fact-checked, and edited by a person before it is published, and we state this openly on the site.
Accuracy and sources
We aim to describe how things actually work, including the trade-offs — perfect security does not exist, and we say so. Where advice depends on a specific tool or law, we point you to the official source rather than asking you to take our word for it. We do not invent statistics, and we leave out sensational claims we cannot stand behind.
Independence and funding
The site is free and requires no sign-up. To cover running costs we may show advertising, which is kept strictly separate from our editorial decisions — advertisers have no say in what we write or which tools we recommend. The links in our resources directory are editorial picks, not paid placements.
Keeping content current
Threats, tools, and laws change, so we review and update our guides on an ongoing basis and show the date each article was last updated. When the landscape shifts — a new kind of scam, a changed setting, a new law — we revise the affected pages.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix it promptly and update the page rather than quietly removing it. If you spot an error, please let us know — it genuinely helps every reader who comes after you.