The site is hosted on Firebase Hosting, a Google service. Like every web server, it records a line for each request: the IP address that asked, the page requested, the time, the HTTP status, and the browser’s user-agent string. This happens at the infrastructure level and is not something the site chooses to do or can switch off.
These logs exist to serve the site and to keep it up. I do not analyse them, build profiles from them, or connect them to anything else, and they are not sold or shared. Google’s handling of the data is governed by the Firebase privacy policy and the Google privacy policy.
Every page loads Google Analytics 4. It sets first-party cookies (named _ga and _ga_…) that let it tell a returning visitor from a new one, and it sends Google the page you viewed, the page you came from, your approximate location (city level, derived from your IP address, which Google Analytics 4 does not store), your device type, browser and screen size, and how long you stayed.
I use this only to see which guides are read and where visitors come from, so I know what to write and update next. I see aggregate reports, not individuals. Google Signals and advertising features are not turned on, and the data is not used for ads. Google’s handling of it is described in how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Apart from the analytics cookies above, the site sets no cookies. It writes nothing to local storage or session storage. The light/dark toggle on each page changes an attribute in the page you are looking at and is forgotten the moment you close the tab — that is why it does not remember your choice.
Apart from Google Analytics, there is no tag manager, no heatmap, no embedded fonts, no social widgets and no advertising network. Nothing else loads from another domain.
If you write to the address on the contact page, that message reaches my ordinary personal mailbox and I keep it as long as it is useful — typically until whatever it is about is resolved. I use it to reply to you and, if you have sent a correction, to fix the page. I do not add anyone to a mailing list, because there is no mailing list. I do not share the address or the message with anyone.
It does not today. If that changes, this page gets updated before anything goes live, and the change will be visible in the date at the top. What would change:
This site is run by an individual in British Columbia, Canada, and follows Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA). Since the site holds nothing about you beyond a server log entry and pseudonymous analytics data you cannot be identified from in practice, there is very little to request — but if you have emailed me and want that correspondence deleted, ask and it will be. If you are in the EU or UK, the same applies under the GDPR.
Any material change to this policy will move the date at the top of this page. There is no archive of previous versions; if you need to know what it said before, ask.