What I collect
If you just read a page, I don’t set tracking cookies and I don’t run an analytics package that builds a profile of you. What does exist is what any web server writes down: the request for the page, the IP address it came from, the time, the browser string. That’s the log, and I use it for the boring things, spotting a broken link, catching a crawl that’s hammering the box, working out why a driver guide keeps 404ing. Logs roll off on a short cycle.
Comments are a different box entirely. The name you type and the email you leave sit in the comment record so I can tell a real reply from spam and reach you if a thread needs it. The comment text itself is public, obviously. If you don’t want your email stored, don’t put it in the field.
Cookies
The site sets what it needs to function, session handling and the like. There is no advertising cookie sitting here waiting to follow you to a shopping page.
What I don’t do
Your data isn’t sold. It isn’t handed to a list broker, a data co-op, or anyone building audiences off the back of it. It doesn’t go anywhere that exists to resell it. I write about plugin chains and buffer sizes. I’m not in the business of monetising you.
Getting removed
If you want your comment or the details attached to it gone, say so. Tell me which post and which comment, and I’ll pull it. If you’re asking about a server log entry, those expire on their own, but I’ll confirm what I can.
The contact page is the place to write. That’s the only channel I check for these requests, and it reaches me directly. Put “removal” in the subject and I’ll find it faster.