Privacy Policy

Overview

This website (paulpitchford.co.uk) is a personal blog. I take your privacy seriously and want to be transparent about what data is collected when you visit this site.

Analytics

This site uses Counter.dev for privacy-friendly analytics. Counter.dev is designed to be ethical and respects your privacy:

• No cookies are used
• No personal data is collected
• No fingerprinting or tracking across sites
• Only aggregate data is collected (page views, referrers, countries)

Blog Analytics

To understand which content is most valuable to readers, this site collects anonymous view statistics on blog posts:

• Anonymous session ID — A random identifier stored in your browser's localStorage. This cannot be used to identify you personally.
• View count — When you visit a blog post
• Time on page — How long you spend reading an article
• Referrer — What page linked you here (if any)

Bot traffic (search engines, monitoring tools, etc.) is automatically filtered out and not counted towards these statistics. This data helps me understand what topics are most interesting to readers without compromising anyone's privacy.

Data Collection

As a visitor to the public blog, no personally identifiable information is collected about you. The site does not require registration, does not store cookies (data is only stored in localStorage), and cannot identify you across different devices or browsers.

The anonymous session ID stored in localStorage is used solely for view counting and cannot be linked to any personal information.

Third-Party Services

This site uses the following third-party services:

• Vercel — Web hosting
• Counter.dev — Privacy-friendly analytics
• Supabase — Database and image storage

RSS Feed

The site offers an RSS feed. If you subscribe to the feed, your feed reader may periodically request the feed from our servers. No personal information is collected from RSS subscribers.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can find my contact details on the About page.

Changes to This Policy

I may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.