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Privacy Policy

This page explains some of the privacy features on this website. In my personal life I'm a privacy and security nut and run adblockers and privacy guard add-ons in my web browsers and I respect your privacy too.

Two privacy-related aspects of this site are as follows:

  1. Matomo Web Analytics is an open source, self-hosted web analytics tool that I use to understand how my visitors navigate my site and where they're coming from. You can safely opt out and your web browser's privacy settings are respected by default.
  2. Comment threads on my blog MAY be subscribed to by email; this is an optional feature and unsubscribing is easy.

Matomo Web Analytics (Self-Hosted)

I'm currently using the open source analytics tool Matomo to learn about how my site is being used and where my visitors are coming from. This tool is hosted on the same server as my blog and is using my own database.

My Matomo installation anonymizes visitor IP addresses and respects the Do Not Track (DNT) setting in your web browser. If you use a browser add-on such as Privacy Badger, Matomo does not track any information about your visits, as Privacy Badger will enable the DNT flag automatically.

Matomo Analytics Opt-Out


Comments and Email Subscriptions

When you leave a comment on my blog, you may optionally enter your email address as well. If so, your email address is used for two things:

Your email address is not displayed to other visitors of the site and I will not share it with others. You're also completely free to never tell me your email address in the first place!

Also, the name and email address you most recently entered into a comment form or Contact Me page is cached in a local session cookie that stays with your web browser (not on the server side).

Unsubscribe from Comment Threads

To unsubscribe from individual comment threads, you may click the link in the email notification to do so. You may also unsubscribe from ALL comment threads site-wide by visiting the Comment Subscription page.

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