Privacy policy

What we don't collect

• No accounts. There is no sign-up and no login for readers.
• No name or email needed to read anything on this site.
• No sale of personal data. Ever, to anyone.
• No device fingerprinting. We don't try to identify your device.

What we do collect (all optional)

Each of these is off unless you choose to switch it on, and each can be switched off again from the cookie settings.

• Newsletter — your email address is stored only if you subscribe. You get at most one email a day. It is never sold or shared, and every email has an unsubscribe link.
• Anonymous analytics — Google Analytics, if you opt in. Aggregate page views, session length and traffic sources. No profile of you is built from it.
• Personalization — a random anonymous id kept in your browser's localStorage, if you opt in. You can reset it any time, and it is never tied to your identity.
• Comments — a name, if you leave one. No email address is required to comment.

Cookies & local storage

This site stores a few small items on your device: your cookie choices, whether you've dismissed the newsletter popup, and — only with your consent — analytics and personalization identifiers. There are no tracking cookies unless you switch a category on. The full list, and what each one is for, is on the cookies page.

Advertising — Google AdSense

This site is supported by advertising served by Google AdSense. The following disclosures are required by Google:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads). You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.

To be clear about what that means here: the site owner doesn't see or store the data Google uses to pick ads. Google handles it under its own privacy policy, and you can review and change your ad settings through Google at any time.

Your choices

• Change or withdraw cookie consent at any time with the Open cookie settings button in the footer.
• Unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link at the bottom of any email.
• Reset your personalization profile from the cookie settings panel — this deletes the anonymous id.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site still works, you'll just be asked about consent again.
• Opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info.

Third-party links

Posts may link out to other sites. We're not responsible for what happens on those sites or for how they handle your data — read their policies.

Changes

This policy may change as the site does. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.

Contact

Email [email protected].