Privacy policy
I use Statcounter. Statcounter is an online service which helps me to understand my visitors; for
example, how visitors find my website, how long they spend on my site, which web pages they are most
interested in etc. I use Statcounter because better understanding how visitors are interacting with
my website helps me to improve the content, design and functionality of my site. This allows me to
offer a better online experience to my visitors.
Statcounter uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on visitors and visitor activity
on my website. This data includes:
- Time and date of visit (this can help me to identify and plan for busy periods on my
website)
- IP address (this is a numerical label assigned to a device by an Internet Service Provider
to
enable the device to access the internet)
- Browser and Operating System (this can help me to make sure that my website functions
correctly in the browsers/operating systems used to access my site)
- Device Information e.g. device type and screen size (this can help me to make sure that my
website functions correctly in the devices used to access my site)
- Referring Data e.g. a search engine link (this can help me to understand which search
engines are helping visitors to find my website)
Furthermore, when you visit my website a Statcounter cookie (called "is_unique") may be placed
in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning
visitor and to
estimate unique visits to the site.
You can learn more about cookies from Statcounter and set your browser to refuse same here:
http://statcounter.com/about/set-refusal-cookie/
For further details, please see the Statcounter privacy policy the:
https://statcounter.com/about/legal/#privacy