My privacy statement
There are a lot of news headlines all across the world concerning users' privacy, data leaks and even 'honest companies' bending the rules and selling mass amounts of user data. I've decided to take a stand on this and only measure what I need to keep the website up and running.
My interest in visitor data is minimal. I wanted a solution where I could find out the following:
- The number of pages viewed
- Which pages were viewed
- How long people spent on the pages
- Where people came from to view the pages (referrals)
Therefore, I've decided to remove Google Analytics from my website and installed Fathom Analytics, who have a really robust user and privacy-first data policy. They also comply with all GDPR rules, which protect consumer privacy online. Fathom also doesn't use cookies to store any information and anonymises users with a complex series of hashes.
You can start using Fathom today, and read more about their data policies.
Cookies and caching
This website (like most others on the internet) does use cookies. The cookies I'm using are to support the speed at which the website loads (caching). It does this automatically in your browser by noting that you have previously visited the website. If a page hasn't changed since your last visit, it should load quicker.
For some of my web tools, a cookie may be used to provide you with information about your last visit — such as scores or other relevant data.
Collecting contact form data
If you enter your email address into a contact form, this is only used to reply and communicate with you.
No information is collected for marketing purposes from the contact form, and if it was it would be explicitly stated on that page.
Embedded content from other websites
Some embedded content (videos, images, articles etc.) behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website directly, which means you may be leaving your data fingerprint on those websites.
I've tried to minimise this wherever possible. The largest offender on this website is YouTube.