Privacy notice

Updated 27 September 2026. This notice covers Deploy Notes and its optional Google Analytics measurement.

Your choice

Analytics is off until you select Accept analytics. Rejecting it does not restrict the articles or links. Use Analytics settings in the footer to change your choice at any time. Without JavaScript, the site remains readable and Google Analytics does not load.

We remember your choice in this browser's local storage for 180 days. This preference contains a choice and a date, not a visitor identifier. Clearing site data removes it. If browser storage is unavailable, your choice lasts only for the current page.

What optional analytics measures

After consent, one Google tag sends page views and clicks on verified affiliate placements to Google Analytics 4. A click records the article identifier, partner identifier and placement, such as a recommendation near the end of a guide. It is not a purchase or a measure of revenue.

We send the published page address and title, not URL query parameters, fragments, referring addresses, link destinations or link text. To prevent campaign parameters from being collected by the Google tag, analytics stays off on visits with a query string. We do not send names, email addresses, account details, form entries or a User-ID. Automatic tracking of outbound links, searches, forms, scrolling and videos is disabled.

Google also processes technical information needed for analytics, such as browser and device information, approximate location and pseudonymous cookie identifiers. Network requests necessarily reach Google with an IP address. These data are not the same as anonymous counts. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services and Google's privacy policy, including information about international processing and privacy rights.

Cookies and advertising

With consent, the _ga and property-specific _ga_… cookies help distinguish browsers and visits. We limit their lifetime to 180 days without renewing that expiry on every visit. Rejecting analytics removes this site's GA cookies and stops subsequent collection; the page may reload to unload the Google tag. It does not erase data already received by Google.

We do not enable Google signals, advertising personalization, advertising cookies or Google Ads links. Event-level data retention in this GA4 property is two months; aggregate reports can remain available for longer. Analytics only runs on the main production website, never development or preview copies.

Hosting and affiliate links

Cloudflare serves the site and processes network requests to deliver and protect it; see Cloudflare's privacy policy. Rejecting analytics does not stop the requests needed to open a page.

Some clearly disclosed affiliate links take you through Awin to a provider. Their article-specific reference identifies the referring guide, not you. Clicking such a link contacts Awin and the destination under their own policies, whether or not you accept our Google Analytics. See Awin's privacy policy. We do not load an Awin tracking script or pixel on this site.