Privacy Policy Because yours is as important to me as mine

Introduction

Being obsessed with privacy in general means your privacy is very important to me. Accordingly, I have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how I collect, use, communicate, disclose, and make use of personal information. The following outlines my privacy policy.

The Basics

  • Before or at the time of collecting personal information, I will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
  • I will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by me and for other compatible purposes, unless I obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
  • I will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
  • I will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
  • Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
  • I will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
  • I will make readily available to my customers and readers information about my policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
  • “Third Parties,” as referred to in this Policy, refer to any company, organization, website, project, or other entity not owned or controlled by me.
  • This Policy shall take effect on any website I operate but shall be superseded by that website’s own Privacy Policy, when applicable.

Analytics

As part of my business model, I collect information about my visitors using an application known as Matomo. Unlike most websites who use a third-party analytics solution, Matomo is hosted on my own server and controlled by me. This means I maintain full control over the data I collect about you and your visit. As part of my standard privacy policy, none of the collected data will be shared with anyone. For the remainder of this document, “Matomo” shall refer to the isolated instance of the Matomo Web Analytics application running on my own server.

Matomo collects the following information about you when you visit my website:

  • Internet Protocol Address (IP Address)
  • Geographic Location (based on IP - accurate to city level)
  • User-Agent (Web Browser, Operating System, Computer, Tablet, or Phone)
  • Various Browser Plugins (Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, etc.)

Part of Matomo’s operation is to place a tracking cookie (small unique text file) on your device so that it may identify you across my websites. This allows me to see if you followed a link from my blog to my main website or to a particular project I own. This information is never shared with any third party and is not used to track your activity on any third party website.

If I ever choose to display ads on my site, I may or may not utilize the information Matomo gathers about your location to better target these ads. However, at no time will I share any of this information with any third parties.

Effectively, I have taken every precaution I am currently aware of to protect your privacy when you visit my website. All information I collect is used for the sole purpose of improving my site, content, and projects. The data contains no personally-identifying information.

Contact Form

When you contact me, your message is encrypted from your browser to my server over HTTPS. My server then encrypts your message using my GPG public key and emails it to me. Email for Offensive Privacy is hosted by ProtonMail in Switzerland, home of legendary privacy laws and practices. This combination of technology makes it virtually impossible for your message to be intercepted and read or modified by anyone except me.

Mailing List

When you subscribe to my mailing list, your email address is submitted to an instance of phpList installed locally on my server. Just like Matomo, this local installation gives me full control over your information - ensuring your email address is not subject to the privacy policy of any third party. The subscribers list for my newsletter is kept confidential and will never be sold or otherwise distributed to any third party. You may unsubscribe at any time.

I am committed to conducting my business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of your personal information is protected and maintained.

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