Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 24, 2026
This page explains what information Pages, Places & Paces collects, why, and how it’s used. This site is a personal blog, run as a simple static website hosted on Netlify — there’s no separate company or business behind it.
Information You Provide
If you use the contact form on the About & Contact page, you’ll be asked for your name, email address, and message. That information is submitted through Netlify’s form-handling service and is used only to read and respond to your message. It is not sold, shared with advertisers, or added to any mailing list.
Hosting & Server Logs
This site is hosted by Netlify. Like most web hosts, Netlify may automatically collect basic technical information as part of standard web hosting — things like IP address, browser type, and pages visited — for security and operational purposes. This happens at the hosting level and isn’t something this site adds or controls directly.
Site Analytics
To understand how many people visit this site and which pages they read, I use two analytics tools. The first is Netlify Analytics, which is built into the hosting service and works from Netlify’s server logs, so it doesn’t add anything to your browser. The second is Google Analytics 4, a free analytics service from Google. Google Analytics uses a script and cookies to collect information such as the pages you visit, which links you click (including links that take you to other sites), your device and browser type, your approximate location, and how you arrived at the site (for example, from a Pinterest pin). This information is collected in aggregate; I don’t use it to identify you personally. Together these tools show me page views, visits, popular pages, and where visitors come from, and I use that only to understand what readers find useful and to improve the site.
Google’s use of this information is described in Google’s Privacy Policy. If you’d prefer not to be included in Google Analytics, you can install Google’s browser opt-out add-on or block cookies in your browser settings.
Cookies & Tracking
This site does not use advertising cookies or email marketing/newsletter services. The only analytics in use are Netlify Analytics and Google Analytics 4, both described above. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser to recognize repeat visits; you can clear or block these cookies at any time in your browser settings. For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google Analytics cookies are switched off by default. The one thing to keep in mind is affiliate links: if you click one, the site you land on (for example, Amazon) may set its own cookies there, as explained under Third-Party & Affiliate Links below.
I also track clicks on affiliate links (for example, which product link was clicked and on which article) so I can see what readers find useful. This does not include your name, email address or any other personal information.
Third-Party & Affiliate Links
This site links out to other websites — retailers, authors, events, and other resources. Some of those links are affiliate links (see the Affiliate Disclosure for details). Once you click through to another site, that site’s own privacy policy applies, not this one. This site has no control over how third-party sites collect or use your information.
Many of the affiliate links on this site lead to Amazon. I’m an Amazon Associate, and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. When you click one of these links, Amazon can tell that you arrived from Pages, Places & Paces (the link carries my Associates tracking ID), so that a qualifying purchase can be credited to me. Amazon may use cookies or similar technologies on its own site to do this. That happens on Amazon, under Amazon’s own Privacy Notice, not on this site, and I don’t control it. The price you pay is the same whether or not you use my link, and you never have to.
Some articles have a small “Save to Pinterest” link or a “Save” button on certain photos. These are ordinary links — this site does not load Pinterest’s scripts, and Pinterest only receives information if you click one. Once you do, Pinterest’s own privacy policy applies.
Questions
If you have a privacy-related question, you’re welcome to reach out through the contact form on the About & Contact page.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated from time to time as the site changes. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent update.
Last updated: October 24, 2026