Privacy policy
The short version: I collect as little as I can, I use it to run this site and reply to you, and I never sell it.
Last updated October 2026
What I collect
Information you choose to share. If you get in touch, I receive what you send, such as your name, email address, and message.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, this site and the services that run it may record basic technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, how quickly they load, and the site that referred you. It also records how the site is used: links you click, contact forms you start or send, how far you read a post, and pages that could not be found.
How I use it
- To reply to you and follow up on what you asked about.
- To run, understand, and improve this site.
- To measure my advertising, such as which Google ads lead people to get in touch, and to show ads to people who have visited before.
- To keep the site secure and prevent spam and abuse.
- To meet legal obligations.
I do not sell your information. Google receives some of it for advertising, as described in Google Analytics and advertising.
Cookies
This site uses cookies and similar technologies, such as your browser's own storage, to measure traffic and advertising, keep the site working, and protect it from bots. Google Analytics sets its own cookies on this site, and Google's advertising services use their own cookies, as described below. You can block or clear cookies in your browser settings; the site still works without them.
Google Analytics and advertising
This site uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use it, with these Google Analytics Advertising Features:
- Google signals, which adds reports on visitors' general age range, gender, and interests, and connects visits across devices, for people signed in to a Google account who have allowed Google to do so.
- Google Ads integration, which measures which ads lead people to get in touch, and lets me show ads to people who have visited this site before (remarketing) across Google and sites that partner with Google.
To do this, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies set on this site (such as
the _ga cookie) together with third-party cookies and identifiers
from Google (such as Google advertising cookies). Google and I use them together
to report on visits and the people who make them, to measure which ads work, and
to choose which ads to show. Google explains how it uses information from sites that use its services.
You can opt out of these features in several ways:
- Turn off personalized ads in Google's Ads Settings, or in your phone's ad settings for apps.
- Opt out of interest-based ads from many companies, Google included, through the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out.
- Stop Google Analytics from collecting your visits on any site with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, Google Analytics runs without cookies and without these advertising features: it only counts visits, without identifying your browser from one visit to the next.
Third-party services
I rely on trusted service providers to host and deliver this site, measure traffic, deliver email, protect against spam, and report errors. They handle information only as needed to provide those services, under their own privacy policies. To find bugs, the error-reporting service records a small share of visits as a replay of what happened on the page, such as clicks and page changes, with the text on the page and anything you type hidden.
How long it is kept
I keep information only as long as I need it for the purposes above, and then delete it.
Security
I take reasonable steps to protect your information, including encrypting it in transit. No method of sending or storing data online is completely secure, so I can't guarantee absolute security.
Your choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what information I have about you, or to ask me to correct or delete it. Get in touch and I'll help where I can.
Children
This site isn't meant for children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
I may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it last changed.
Questions
Anything unclear here? Send me a note and I'll answer it.