A plain-English statement of what this site does with your data. No legalese — if anything is unclear, email me and I’ll fix it.
What’s collected
This site uses Google Analytics 4 to count visitors and see which pages get read. Through GA4, Google collects:
- A first-party cookie (
_ga,_ga_*) used to distinguish one visitor from another across page loads. - Your IP address (Google truncates / anonymises it before storage).
- Browser, device, OS, screen size, language, referrer URL — the standard request metadata your browser sends to every website.
- Pages you visit on this domain, the order, and how long you stayed.
- Approximate location derived from your IP — country / region level, not precise.
GA4 does not collect: your name, email, GitHub identity, or any input you type. I don’t run any other trackers, no ad networks, no fingerprinting, no embedded social pixels.
The site is hosted on GitHub Pages, which also keeps standard server access logs (IP, User-Agent, requested URL). I don’t have access to those logs — only GitHub does.
Why I collect it
Honestly: vanity, curiosity, and feedback. Knowing which posts get read tells me which ideas are landing, which are skipped, and where I’m wasting my breath. That shapes what I write next.
I do not sell data, share it with anyone, run ads, or use it for any commercial purpose. There is no commercial purpose — this is a personal notebook.
How long it’s kept
- GA4 retains user-level data for 2 months (the shortest setting available). Aggregate reports outlast this.
- GitHub’s server logs follow their own policy.
How to opt out
Any one of these stops Google Analytics from seeing you:
- Install uBlock Origin or any standard ad-blocker — they block GA by default.
- Install Google’s official GA opt-out browser add-on.
- Enable “Do Not Track” or “Global Privacy Control” in your browser settings — GA4 honours these signals.
- Browse in private / incognito mode — the cookies are session-scoped and discarded on close.
Opting out does not affect anything you read here. The site works identically with or without analytics.
Your rights
If you’re in the EU, UK, or California, you have specific rights under GDPR / CCPA — including the right to access, correct, or delete personal data. Since I don’t store identifying data myself, the easiest exercise of those rights is via Google directly:
- Google’s data and privacy controls — manage what Google has on you across all their products.
- GA opt-out add-on — block GA collection at the source.
Changes to this page
I’ll update this page if I add or remove tracking. Material changes will be noted in the page footer’s “last modified” date. There is no separate notification.
Contact
Questions, concerns, or “please delete me from your analytics” requests:
- Email — evan1234.ek@gmail.com
- GitHub issues — open one on the site repo
I read every message. I don’t respond instantly, but I do respond.