Privacy: what this site processes, and what a server log holds

What this site does not do

• No cookies of any kind, so no consent banner and nothing to opt out of
• No analytics, tag manager, pixel or measurement script
• No advertising, no advertising network, no affiliate tracking
• No embedded third-party content — no fonts, maps, videos or social widgets loaded from elsewhere
• No login, no account, no comment system, no newsletter

The last point is worth expanding, because it is the one that usually leaks. Fonts, embedded video players and map tiles served from another domain hand that domain your IP address and the page you were reading, whether or not you interact with them. Everything this site needs — including its typefaces — is served from its own domain, so no third party learns anything about your visit.

What is unavoidably recorded

To answer a request at all, a web server writes a log entry. On this site that entry contains the requesting IP address, the date and time, the file requested, the HTTP response code, the number of bytes sent, and the user-agent string your browser supplies. Nothing else, because the pages send nothing else.

Those entries exist for two purposes: keeping the site running, and identifying abuse such as automated scraping or attacks. They are kept for a short period and then discarded. They are not combined with anything, not used to build a profile, not sold and not shared, except where a legal obligation requires disclosure.

Correspondence

If you write to the address on the contact page, your message and your address are processed for the purpose of answering it and, where it contains a correction, acting on it. Correspondence is not added to a mailing list, is not shared with anyone, and is retained only while the matter remains open.

Your rights

Where any of the above constitutes personal data, the usual rights apply: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability. Write to the address on the contact page. Since the site holds no accounts and no profiles, in practice the only material that can concern you is correspondence you sent and, briefly, a server log entry.

How data protection applies to border surveillance systems — a much larger question than this page — is covered under data protection in the governance section.