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Labelled ads inside articles, no accounts, no database of readers. This page lists what happens when you visit, and which outside services are involved.

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In one paragraph

The site is a set of static pages. It has no accounts, no database and no server code of its own, so it keeps nothing about you. The comment section under each article is provided by Disqus, which loads only when you scroll to it and is governed by Disqus's own privacy policy. Articles show a few ads from Google AdSense, each marked "Advertisement".

When you read

The site keeps no record of which pages you read — no visitor id, no page view log. The pages are served by Cloudflare, which, like any host, processes each request (your IP address, the page, your browser's user-agent) to deliver it and to protect the site from attacks, and reports aggregate traffic numbers that identify no one.

Cookies and storage

The site itself sets no cookies. Your light/dark choice is kept in your browser's local storage under theme and is never sent anywhere.

When the comment section loads, Disqus may set its own cookies, including ones used for advertising and analytics depending on its settings. They are not set on pages without comments, or before you scroll to the comments.

When you scroll toward an ad inside an article, Google AdSense loads and may set cookies or use similar identifiers to choose and measure ads, including personalised ads based on your visits to this and other sites. Where the law requires it, you are asked for consent first. You can turn personalised ads off inGoogle's ad settings; seehow Google uses information from sites that use its services.

When you comment

Comments are written, stored and moderated in Disqus. Signing in, posting, editing and deleting a comment all happen in your Disqus account (or as a guest, if allowed), and Disqus decides what it records. See theDisqus privacy policy.

Third parties

  • Cloudflare hosts the site and its images (R2). Every request passes through Cloudflare, as with any host.
  • Disqus provides the comment section, loaded only on article pages and only when you scroll near it.
  • Google AdSense shows the labelled ads inside articles, loaded only when you scroll near one.
  • Google Fonts serves the site's typefaces, which means a font request to Google's servers on each visit.
  • YouTube and other embeds inside an article load from their own service when the article contains one.
  • Ko-fi and the social links are ordinary links. Nothing loads from those services until you click.

The apps listed under "Other apps" live on their own domains with their own policies. Pack Camo processes files inside your browser and sends no file data to any server.

Your choices

You can block or limit ad cookies in your browser or Google's ad settings and still read everything. Manage or delete your comments from your Disqus account. For anything about this site, write tocoresintext@gmail.com; requests are answered by a person, normally within a few days.

This policy may change as the site does. The date at the top is the date of the current version.