Privacy notice
This Web site is operated by me, Jonathan Rothwell, in the United Kingdom, and is hosted using Ghost Foundation on their servers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Visitors are counted using Plausible which is hosted in Germany.
The last update to this privacy notice was on 14 September 2022.
You can ask questions about this policy by sending a mail to me
at this domain.
Data collected about site members
You can become a member of this Web site, and may do so by entering your email address, which is then stored on file. At this point, Ghost will also collect the country you appear to be in.
Your email address will only be used for the purposes outlined below. It will never be shared with anyone else.
Subscribing (receiving posts via email)
If you choose to receive posts via email ('subscribing') then your email address will be used to email you when a new post is published, as you asked.
You can turn this off at any time by using the Unsubscribe link in the emails, logging into the website and turning email subscriptions off, or deleting your account.
Commenting (writing comments on posts)
You need to become a member of the site to be able to write comments on posts. If you choose to do this, Ghost will also collect:
- Your display name, which can be an alias
- Your 'expertise', or a subtitle that you can put under your name
- The contents of your comment
- The Gravatar associated with your email address.
These will be used to display your comment on the Web site.
Your email address will not be made public. However:
- Ghost will use it to tell you when someone replies to your comment
- I may use it to follow up a conversation thread privately—for instance, if someone is abusing the commenting system and I need to ask them to stop
Your options if you are concerned about privacy
You should consider using a free email-forwarding anonymiser service ('burner' email) if you want to sign up as a member but not give me or anyone else access to your usual email address.
You can delete your comments by clicking the ellipsis icon next to a comment and clicking the delete button.
You can delete your data at any time by logging in as an existing user to the Web site and deleting your account.
Data collected in aggregate about visitors
When you visit this Web site, some anonymous usage data is collected by Plausible. This is anonymous. You can review Plausible's data policy here. In the interests of transparency, you can view the dashboard itself here.
Plausible only stores data in aggregate. It does not store IP addresses, user agent strings, or anything else that might be used to identify you. It does not track you, nor does it store any cookies on your computer.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
14 September 2022
Clarified the wording around comment reply notifications (which need people's email addresses.)
30 August 2022
Updated when website commenting was turned on.
12 February 2022
Updated to reflect the addition of visitor counting using Plausible.