Privacy

Treefingers counts its visitors so I can see what people read and use. Nothing is sold, shared or used for advertising. The members area and the guest book keep what you give them; this page is about counting visits.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics counts the pages you read, the page or site that sent you here, your country and city (worked out from your IP address, which Google does not keep), and your device and browser. It also counts a few things you do here, so I can tell which parts of the site are worth more work: pressing play on a video, what you search for, marking a show you were at, leaving a memory or signing the guest book, and which links take you elsewhere.

It sets a cookie (_ga) so that a second visit from the same browser counts as a return rather than a stranger. It never records your name, your email address or the messages, notes and memories you write here; the only words it keeps are the ones you type into search and the list filters. Its advertising features are switched off, so nothing here is used to show you ads, here or anywhere else.

If you are in the European Union, the UK or Switzerland, the cookie stays off until you switch it on below. Google then gets a visit with no cookie and no way to connect it to the next one.

Cloudflare Web Analytics

Cloudflare, which serves the site, counts page views and how fast each page loads. It sets no cookie and keeps nothing that could tell one visitor from another, so it runs for everyone.

Your choice

Switch Google Analytics off, or on, for this browser. The choice is kept in this browser only. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, it starts switched off.

With JavaScript off, nothing is recorded at all.

Questions go to miro@treefingers.com.