the fine print
Privacy
The short version: this is a personal site. It collects aggregate analytics, standard hosting logs, and whatever you choose to send through the contact form. Nothing is sold to anyone.
What gets collected
- Analytics. This site uses Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate traffic: pages viewed, approximate location (city level), device and browser type, and how visitors arrive. GA sets cookies and assigns a random identifier. I see aggregate reports, not individual identities.
- Hosting logs. The site is hosted on Netlify, which keeps standard server logs (IP address, user agent, requested URLs) for security and operations, per Netlify's privacy policy.
- Contact form. The form at /contact/ collects your name, your email address, your organisation (optional), the topic you choose, and your message. Submissions are stored by Netlify Forms, part of the site's hosting, and Netlify notifies me by email. With each submission Netlify also records the sender's IP address and browser details (user agent and referring page). I use submissions only to reply to you, and I'll delete yours on request. Spam is filtered with a hidden honeypot field and Netlify's spam filtering, which uses Akismet, so the contents of a submission are checked by that service. There is no CAPTCHA and no third-party script on the form. If you email me directly instead, your message stays in my inbox and is used the same way.
Site search
- Search runs entirely in your browser. The first time you open search, your browser downloads a small static index of the posts (tens of kilobytes) from mashprime.dev and matches your keywords against it locally. Your search terms are not sent anywhere, and no third-party servers are involved.
What doesn't happen
- No data is sold or rented to anyone, ever.
- No advertising or ad-tracking networks run here.
- No profiles are built beyond the aggregate analytics described above.
Third parties
The only third parties that see your data are Google (Analytics), Netlify (hosting and contact form submissions), and Akismet (spam checks on contact form submissions, through Netlify). Each acts as a processor under its own published privacy policy.
Your options
Analytics respects standard blocking: browser tracking protection, content blockers, and the GA opt-out extension all work here. If you'd like anything you've sent me deleted, including a contact form submission, get in touch and it's gone.
Last updated: 10 October 2026.