privacy

Short version: my own analytics use no cookies and build no personal profiles. Ads are served by Google AdSense, which may use cookies (see below).

What is measured

This site keeps first-party, cookie-less analytics. When you load a page it records basic, aggregate-friendly facts:

• the page path, and when it was viewed;
• the referring site and any utm_source tag;
• coarse location derived by Cloudflare at the network edge — country, city and network operator (ASN) — never a precise address;
• device class, browser and operating system, parsed from your user agent;
• clicks, file downloads and how long a page stayed visible, so I know which papers and posts are actually useful.

What is not stored

• No cookies, no localStorage identifiers, no cross-site tracking from my own analytics (third-party ads are covered below).
• No raw IP address. The IP is combined with a secret salt and hashed, so repeat visits can be counted without keeping the address itself.
• No names, emails or accounts unless you email me directly.

Advertising

This site shows ads through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to serve and measure ads, including personalised ads based on your visits to this and other sites. I do not receive or store that data. You can manage ad personalisation inGoogle's Ad Settings or opt out at aboutads.info. See alsohow Google uses data from sites that use its services.

Do Not Track

If your browser sends Do Not Track, no analytics beacon is sent at all.

Retention

Raw events are rolled into daily totals and deleted after 90 days. The daily aggregates — counts, not identifiers — are kept longer for trend lines.

Your choice

Analytics are privacy-friendly by design, but you can block them with any content blocker, or enable Do Not Track. The site works identically either way.

Questions? email.