Privacy

I’m just a nerd building a site for a thing that I personally find useful. So when I say that “I take your privacy seriously”, it’s not just some spiel. It’s me, Johnny Noble, talking to you, my honoured guest.

Web trackers

I hate trackers more than you do. This site will never contain any third-party ‘web trackers’, i.e. code that attempts to uniquely identify you and follow you around the web.

It uses no external fonts, e.g. Google Fonts, or any other system that might provide a subtle way to track you.

While JavaScript is used heavily in the production of this site, the as-published version that you are reading contains none.

Cookies

Occasionally I run A/B tests using Netlify’s Split Testing feature. This helps me figure out how best to develop the site.

Netlify places a cookie to record which branch you were assigned. Otherwise each page load would flip between branches. The cookie is called nf_ab and is a random value between 0 and 1. It is not linked to you personally in any way.

Other than that the site has no need for cookies and does not use them.

Server analytics

I use Plausible analytics to get a high-level view of visitors to the site. This helps me understand my traffic and which pages people are viewing.

Plausible is recognised as the most privacy-respecting analytics solution. No personal data is collected.

I’ve made the dashboard public. You can see the data that I see at plausible.io/johnnydecimal.com. If you can’t see it there, neither can I.

Your email address

If you choose to give me your email address, I will treat it with the utmost respect. I’ll never spam you, or give it to anyone else.¹

In 2019 I moved the mailing list from Mailchimp, whose business model had started to make me uncomfortable (and oh boy has it got worse since then) to Buttondown. It’s run by one guy who I trust to do the right thing. I’ve turned off all analytics features, so I don’t know who opens, clicks, or forwards my emails.

Survey responses

If you’re kind enough to complete the survey, the results are saved directly to my web host, Netlify. Only I ever see them, and only I will ever read them.

Periodically I’ll download the form details and delete them from Netlify.