# Privacy Policy
## Who We Are
The website address is: https://jameskilby.co.uk
This is a personal blog focusing on technology, homelab setups, and related technical topics.
## What Personal Data We Collect and Why
### Website Analytics
We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand how visitors use our site. Plausible is:
– **Privacy-first**: No cookies, no personal data collection
– **Hosted in the UK **: Data is processed on EU-owned infrastructure
– **Open source**: You can review their code on GitHub
The analytics collect only anonymised aggregate data such as:
– Pages visited
– Referral sources
– General geographic location (country level only)
– Device type and browser
No personal information, IP addresses, or tracking data is stored or shared. For more information, visit [Plausible Analytics Privacy Policy](https://plausible.io/privacy).
### Comments
Utterance is being used for comments and these are stored in GitHub.
### Contact Forms
We do not currently have contact forms on this site. If you wish to reach out, please use the contact information provided on the “About Me” page.
### Cookies
This website does not use cookies for tracking or analytics purposes. The only cookies that may be set are essential technical cookies required for the site to function properly through Cloudflare’s infrastructure.
### Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, code snippets, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those websites directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Common embedded services that may appear on this site:
– YouTube videos
– GitHub Gists
– Other technical resources
Please refer to those services’ respective privacy policies for information about their data practices.
## How Long We Retain Your Data
Since this is a static website:
– We do not collect personal data through the website
– Analytics data is retained by Plausible Analytics for 12 months
– No user accounts or comments exist on the public site
## What Rights You Have Over Your Data
As we do not collect personal data directly, there is no personal data to access, correct, or delete.
For analytics data (which is anonymized), you can:
– Use browser extensions or settings to block analytics scripts
– Enable “Do Not Track” in your browser
## Where We Send Your Data
Your data is not sent anywhere, as we do not collect personal data. The only data transmission is:
– Anonymized analytics to Plausible Analytics UK based.
– Standard web hosting through Cloudflare Pages
## Additional Information
### How We Protect Your Data
– The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages with automatic HTTPS encryption
– No user database exists on the public site
– Content is static HTML with no server-side processing
– No login functionality or user accounts
### Content Authoring
Content for this site is authored using WordPress on a private, non-public instance (wordpress.jameskilby.co.uk). This authoring environment is not accessible to the public and is separate from the public website at jameskilby.co.uk.
### Third-Party Services
We use:
– **Cloudflare Pages**: For hosting and CDN services
– **Plausible Analytics**: For privacy-respecting analytics
– **GitHub**: For version control of the static site content
Each service has its own privacy policy:
– [Cloudflare Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/)
– [Plausible Privacy Policy](https://plausible.io/privacy)
– [GitHub Privacy Statement](https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement)
### Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.
### Contact Information
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please visit the “About Me” page for contact information.
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*This site is a personal blog and is not operated as a business. We are committed to respecting your privacy and maintaining transparency about how this website operates.*