Privacy Policy

One person, one laptop, Chicago suburbs. No privacy team. Just a basic hosting setup and one analytics tool. Here's what actually happens when you visit this site.

What I collect

Loading a page here triggers a standard server log: IP address, browser type, the page you visited, a timestamp, the URL you came from. That's how web hosting works — I can't turn it off, and it's not something I'm actively doing. No signup forms on this site. No user accounts. No email list. Nothing stored on my end beyond what the host logs automatically, and a log entry doesn't tell me who you are.

Cookies

One analytics cookie. Counts visits without identifying you. No advertising cookies, no retargeting, no cross-site tracking. Block them if you want — I tested this and nothing breaks.

Analytics

I use one analytics service. What it collects: anonymized page views, browser type, country (not city, not address). No personal profiles. Nothing shared with advertisers. I look at the dashboard once a week or so, mainly to see whether the meal prep posts are getting found through search or if I'm writing them for myself and three people I know.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links are affiliate links — you click, you buy something, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I don't track or store which links you click personally; that's between you and the store. Commission doesn't shape what I write about. Things that didn't work are documented as things that didn't work — not quietly removed. For how this fits the editorial side: nothing written here is subject to "only say good things about the affiliate product." That's not a constraint I operate under.

Data retention

Server logs: cleared after 30 days. Analytics session data: purged within 30 days. Only aggregate page-view counts survive — article X had Y views in April — and those don't connect to any individual visitor.

Your rights

EU, EEA, UK, California residents have rights under GDPR Articles 15-22 and applicable local law: access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), portability (Art. 20), objection (Art. 21). Since I don't run accounts and analytics is anonymized, there's usually nothing personal on my side to access or erase. Email me and I'll confirm what exists.

Contact

Email: sarah@bramblewen.com. I read this myself. Reply comes after the kids are down — somewhere between 8:30 PM and midnight.