What Lands in the Logs
Every web server keeps a record of requests; mine is no different. The logs hold the usual technical residue: your IP address, the page you asked for, the time of the request, the browser and operating system your machine reports, and whatever referred you here. I use this to keep the site running and to spot when something is broken or being hammered. I do not build profiles from it, and I do not cross-reference it with anything else.
Comments and Analytics
If you leave a comment, the name and email you type are stored so the comment can appear and so I can reach you if a thread goes sideways. The comment text itself stays. I run no third-party analytics, no tracking pixels, no session recording; I would rather have a quiet site than a dashboard full of strangers’ behaviour. What I cannot see: anything you do on other sites, your real identity behind an IP, or your reading habits beyond the raw request log.
Cookies
There are only the functional kind. A cookie may be set to remember your comment details or keep a session alive; nothing here follows you around the web. Clear them whenever you like and the site will still work.
Who Never Gets Your Data
Nobody buys it, because it is not for sale. I do not trade, rent, or hand your details to advertisers, data brokers, or mailing lists you did not ask for. If the archive ever needs a legal response, that is a different matter and I will say so plainly when it happens.
Asking for Removal
Want a comment deleted or a log entry discussed? Write to me through the contact page on this site; tell me what you posted and roughly when, and I will remove it and confirm. Logs age out on their own, but I will look sooner if you ask. The contact page is the one place to start, and I read everything that arrives there.