Privacy & analytics

Counted without analytics cookies

When a public page is requested, the analytics database increments one hourly total for that page path. It does not create a record for the individual request or attach the total to a person, browser, IP address, or other identifier.

Collected only after permission

A random visitor identifier, a browser-session identifier, the page path, the referring website's domain, a broad country code, device category, browser category, and the date and time of the visit.

What is not collected

The analytics database does not store names, email addresses, raw IP addresses, precise location, advertising identifiers, keystrokes, or activity on other websites. Analytics information is not sold or shared for advertising.

Cookies and retention

Analytics choice

Remembers allow or decline for 180 days.

Visitor counter

Uses a random identifier for up to 90 days.

Visit counter

Ends when the browser session ends.

Owner exclusion

Remembers for one year that the signed-in owner's browser should not be counted.

Private workroom security

ChatGPT handles owner sign-in and its authentication session. The website checks the verified account before allowing private access, independently of analytics consent. The site keeps a private history of editing and owner access events. This does not record ordinary visitors’ browsing activity.

Aggregate totals and visitor-level analytics older than about 13 months are automatically removed as new visits are recorded.

Your choice

Staying cookieless does not affect the site. The aggregate page total still increases, but the visit is not linked to a browser and cannot be classified as new or returning. A visitor can change the choice at any time. When the site owner signs in to the private dashboard, that browser is automatically opted out of visitor-level analytics.