OnlineMouseTester

Privacy Policy

Your Privacy is Our Primary Priority

At MouseTesterOnline.com, we believe that you should not have to trade your personal privacy for high-fidelity hardware diagnostics. We designed our entire platform from the ground up to operate on a local-first architecture. This means that all mouse coordinate tracking, click latency logs, scroll ticks, and sensor data calculations are processed in real-time within your local browser environment using JavaScript. None of your hardware input data is ever transmitted, uploaded, or stored on our servers.

This Privacy Policy outlines the limited, non-identifiable technical data we collect, how it is processed, and your rights under global privacy regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. What Data We Process (And What We Don’t)

Local Diagnostic Input Data (Processed Locally Only)

When you use our diagnostic tools (such as the CPS Test, DPI Test, or Smoothness Test), our JavaScript code listens to standard browser input events (such as pointerdown, pointermove, wheel). We calculate coordinates, speeds, intervals, and latency figures in real time to display them on your screen. This raw input data remains strictly inside your browser’s memory heap. Once you close the tab or refresh the page, this data is instantly purged. We do not transmit it to our servers, and we have no way of recovering it.

Cookies and Browser LocalStorage

We do not use tracking cookies, behavioral profiling cookies, or third-party marketing cookies. We use the browser’s standard LocalStorage solely for the following functional reasons:

  • To save your preferred theme mode (Light vs. Dark).
  • To save your local language preference.
  • To store your local high scores or calibration records (such as your CS2/Valorant sensitivity conversion history) so they persist between visits. This data remains on your local disk and is never sent to our servers.

Server Logs (Hosting Infrastructure)

Like almost all websites, our web hosting servers automatically log standard network requests. These logs do not contain personal identities, but they do include technical metadata: your IP address, browser user-agent, pages visited, and timestamps. This logging is necessary to maintain site security, detect distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and optimize server response times. These server logs are automatically deleted after 30 days.

2. How We Secure Your Data

Because we do not collect personal data, we minimize the risk of data breaches. However, to secure the connection between your browser and our servers, we enforce the following security protocols:

  1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS): We use full SSL/TLS encryption across our entire domain, preventing intercept attacks.
  2. Content Security Policy (CSP): We restrict the execution of unauthorized external scripts to protect your browser from cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
  3. No Third-Party Scripts: We do not load external analytics frameworks, advertising networks, or social media tracking pixels. Our site is kept clean and lightweight.

3. Third-Party Links

Our blog and tool guides contain links to third-party resources (such as manufacturer software download portals or external benchmark lists). We have no control over the privacy policies of external sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of any website you visit.

4. Global Compliance (GDPR, CCPA, and COPPA)

  • GDPR Compliance: Because we process your IP address temporarily in standard server logs under the legal basis of legitimate interest (security), you have the right to request access to or deletion of these logs. Since no input data is collected, we hold no “user profiles.”
  • CCPA Compliance: We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data. We do not collect personal information as defined by California law.
  • COPPA (Children’s Privacy): Our website is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect or store any information from children under the age of 13.

5. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in web standards or hosting architecture. Any updates will be posted directly on this page with a revised date. We recommend checking back periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please reach out to us at privacy@mousetesteronline.com or via our contact page.

Extended Troubleshooting and Technical Diagnostics Reference

To help you navigate complex configuration issues, our testing laboratory has compiled this comprehensive reference manual. When analyzing performance metrics, it is vital to remember that input devices behave dynamically under different system loads. For example, background processes, system overlays, and graphics driver scheduling settings can all introduce micro-stutters and input lag that masquerade as hardware failures.

Advanced HID Layer Calibration

In addition to standard operating system settings, advanced users can modify system registry entries or use specialized tools to calibrate their polling rates and sensor coordinate streams. For instance, the Windows Registry contains raw parameters under HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelMouse that control the mouse speed curve. By setting SmoothMouseXCurve and SmoothMouseYCurve parameters to zero, you ensure that the system does not apply any hardware interpolation, preserving the raw coordinates sent by your mouse sensor.

Isolating Hardware vs. Software Stutters

If you experience cursor skipping or jumps during high-performance gaming, the issue is often related to USB host controller overload rather than a sensor fault. USB controllers share bandwidth across groups of physical ports on your motherboard (known as USB hubs or roots). If you plug a high-polling-rate mouse (such as a 4000Hz or 8000Hz model) into the same USB controller group as a web camera, microphone, or external hard drive, the controller will fail to service the hardware interrupts cleanly. Always plug your mouse into a direct USB port connected to the primary chipset, and disconnect unnecessary peripherals when executing precision benchmarks.

Understanding Sensor Angular Velocity

Another factor in sensor accuracy is angular velocity. When you sweep your arm in a fast arc (flicking), the speed of the mouse sensor can exceed 500 inches per second (IPS). High-quality sensors are rated for up to 650 or 750 IPS, meaning they can track coordinates perfectly even under maximum human acceleration. However, budget sensors often have a much lower malfunction speed (such as 150 IPS), causing the sensor to lose tracking and spin out or lock up during fast movement. Calibrating your CM/360 sensitivity using our converters helps keep physical velocities within your sensor’s ideal operating range.

Maintaining Component Longevity

To prevent premature switch chatter or encoder skipping, maintain clean hardware. Dust and skin cells collect around the scroll wheel encoder notches, causing the electrical contact sweeps to skip lines or reverse scroll directions. A short blast of clean compressed air into the scroll wheel opening can clear this debris. Similarly, avoiding high-impact click methods (such as dragging with extreme downforce) prevents microswitch leaf tension fatigue, keeping your double-click interval safely above the 50ms threshold.