Privacy

This is a small personal author site. It doesn't run ads, doesn't have user accounts, and doesn't take comments. Here's everything it actually collects.

Newsletter signup

If you enter your email address in the "get notified about new releases" form, it's sent directly to Mailchimp, which I use to send occasional new-release announcements. You'll get a confirmation email before you're added to the list (double opt-in), and every email includes an unsubscribe link. Mailchimp's own privacy policy governs how they store and process that address: intuit.com/privacy/statement.

Analytics

This site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to see roughly how many people visit and which pages are popular. It's cookieless and doesn't track you across sites or build a profile of you; Cloudflare's own explanation is at cloudflare.com/web-analytics.

If you accept it in the banner, the site also uses Google Analytics, which sets cookies (named _ga) to tell visits apart. It records which pages you view and which outbound links you click, such as a book's Amazon page, so I can see which books people go on to look at. It isn't used for ads, and Google's ad-personalisation features are switched off. If you decline, Google Analytics never loads. You can change your choice at any time with the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page. Google's own policy is at policies.google.com/privacy.

Your choices on this device

If you switch between light and dark mode, or answer the analytics banner, that choice is saved in your browser's local storage so it's remembered next time. It never leaves your device and isn't sent to me.

Hosting

The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, which, like any web host, keeps standard server logs (IP address, requested page, timestamp) for security and reliability. I don't have access to those logs beyond Cloudflare's own aggregate traffic view.

Outbound links

Book links go to Amazon and Goodreads. Once you click through, their own privacy policies apply, not mine.

Questions

If you have a question about any of this, you can reach me at [email protected].