Privacy

Google Analytics

When you load a page, your browser runs a script from Google that reports the visit to Google Analytics 4. I use it to see how many people visit, which pages they read, and which links they follow off the site, such as a project's code or demo link.

For each visit, Google receives:

• the address of the page and the page you came from
• your browser, device type, screen size, and language
• your approximate location (city or region), which Google works out from your IP address
• the address of any link to another site that you click
• a random ID stored in a cookie, so repeat visits can be counted, but only if you accept

If you decline, or haven't chosen yet, the script still loads and still tells Google that a page was viewed, but without cookies or the random ID. Google can't link those visits together, and Analytics only estimates them.

I see totals and trends in Google's reports, not your name or email address. Google handles this data under its own privacy policy. Google Analytics keeps visit-level data for [CONFIRM: 2 or 14 months, from the property's data retention setting].

Cookies

If you accept, Google Analytics sets these cookies on this site:

A banner asks before they are set. Until you accept, none are set. If you decline after accepting, the site deletes them. Your choice is saved in your browser's local storage under analytics-consent, not in a cookie, and stays until you change it or clear your browser data.

No other cookies are set for visitors. The site's private admin area uses its own sign-in cookies, but only for me, and it doesn't load Google Analytics.

The contact form

If you send a message, the site saves your name, email address, subject, and message in its database, and emails me a copy so I can reply. I use them only to answer you. Messages stay until I delete them; nothing removes them automatically. Database backups made on the server are kept for [CONFIRM: 14 days, if the daily backup is running].

To limit spam, the site counts messages from each network for one hour. It does this with a scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address that is held in memory only and never saved.

You don't have to use the form. You can email me directly at nchabot14@gmail.com instead.

Server logs

Like most web servers, the one running this site records each request: your IP address, the time, the page, and your browser. [CONFIRM: These logs are kept for 14 days and then deleted.] I use them only to keep the site running and secure.

Who receives your information

• Google receives the analytics data described above.
• Microsoft Azure hosts the server, so contact messages, backups, and logs are stored on its machines.
• Resend delivers the email copy of your contact message to my inbox, and my email provider stores it there.

I don't sell visitor information, and I don't use it for advertising.

Your choices

• accept or decline analytics cookies in the banner, and change your mind with the button below
• block or clear cookies, or block Google Analytics, in your browser or with a content blocker
• install Google's opt-out browser add-on
• email me instead of using the contact form
• email me to ask what I hold from your contact message, or to have it deleted. I delete it by hand, including from my inbox.

This site does not respond to “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signals. Only the banner choice controls analytics cookies.

Questions

Email nchabot14@gmail.com. If this page changes, the date at the top changes too.