A personal blog

The Honest Draft

Life before it’s been neatly edited.

Privacy

This site is mine, written for the kind of thoughts that don’t really belong on Facebook or LinkedIn. The privacy choices reflect that.

What I collect

Anonymous, page-level statistics through Plausible Analytics, which I self-host on the same server as the site. No cookies. No personal identifiers. No cross-site tracking. The most I can ever see is something like “12 people read this post; most came from a Google search; most were in the UK.” I don’t see who you are.

Comments

Comments are powered by Remark42, also self-hosted on the same server. You can comment anonymously (just type a name) or sign in with Google or GitHub. If you sign in, the comment system stores your name and avatar — nothing else. Anonymous comments are held for me to approve before they appear.

What I don’t do

  • No advertising. No ad networks. No third-party trackers.
  • No selling, sharing, or licensing of any data to anyone.
  • No remarketing pixels, no Facebook tracking, no Google Analytics, no Cloudflare tracking.

What I can’t promise

Hosting servers keep access logs by default — IP addresses, timestamps, requested URLs. These are kept for a short period and only used if something goes wrong (a crash, an abuse complaint, etc.). I don’t look at them.

If you’d like me to delete a comment you’ve made, email jordan@mcfarlane.me.