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With the exception of comment details explained in the Terms and Conditions, I won't share your information with anyone unless I have to by law.

Visitors

[Updated Jan 2012] I started using Google Analytics at the beginning of 2012 as an experiment to see if it provides better information than the AXS software. The main thing I want to know is how visitors came to the blog, such as what search terms they used to find this site. I want to get an idea of what their (your) interests are, so I can write stuff that is more relevant. That's it. I am not doing any deep data analysis. But it means I can't say that I don't track you from one visit to the next, because that is exactly what Google Analytics does do.

If it is an issue for you, turn off javascript or use the NoScript extension for your browser (which I do) and block Google Analytics.

I don't track you from one visit or session to another. Like all webservers, the hosting company's webserver logs IP addresses. I do use some software to collate the information and display it in a graph. It's purely for interest's sake to see if anyone is actually reading the blog. (The software is AXS, if you're interested.)

Comments

I record your IP address as well as the details you provide. I do this to help verify your identity if you later contact me. The alternative would be requiring you to register, which I don't want to have to do.

Terms and Conditions

In general, anyone may make a comment. I welcome comments, so feel free. The paragraphs below this one are simply to let me run my blog how I want without getting caught up in silly legalities.

I reserve the right to stop accepting comments from anyone. I reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason, but I'm unlikely to do so unless you are spamming or being abusive or inflammatory.

You are responsible for anything you write.

You grant me an irrevocable licence to display your work¹. I reserve the right to display any comment at my discretion. I probably will agree to remove a comment if you have a good reason. Abusing the hell out of me and then regretting your perfidy being shown to the world is not a good reason.

I record your IP address as well as the details you provide. I do this to help verify your identity if you later contact me. The alternative would be requiring you to register, which neither of us want.

Your abbreviated IP address is displayed with your comments, shown like this: 192.168.xxx.xxx. I reserve the right to display the address in full, but I'm unlikely to do so unless you are disrupting the place.

I've written more details on why I've done it this way in a blog post here.

1. Annoying, isn't it. Apparently necessary under US copyright law.

Disclaimer

This is a personal weblog and the content is my opinions only. The content is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.

My thoughts and opinions often change over time and in response to events. Views expressed in the past may not be representative or even similar to anything I think today.

You should not assume you know me or what kind of person I am. The things I write about are or were part of me, but are nowhere near the entirety of who I am.

Comments written by visitors are their views, not mine, and they take responsibility for them. You should assume they retain copyright.