lavkesh.com is a static site. There are no accounts, no comments, no forms and no newsletter signup here, so I never ask you for a name, an email address or anything else about yourself.

Analytics

I use Google Analytics 4 to see which articles get read and roughly where readers come from. It sets cookies in your browser and sends Google your page views, an approximate location based on your IP address, and device and browser details. I see only aggregated reports. I do not use the data for advertising and I do not try to identify anyone. If you would rather not be counted, a tracking blocker or the Google Analytics opt-out add-on works fine, and the site behaves the same either way.

Stored in your browser

The theme toggle remembers your light or dark choice in local storage, and the install prompt remembers if you dismissed it. Both stay on your device and are never sent to me. A service worker caches pages so the site loads faster and works offline.

Other services

Fonts load from Google Fonts, and my photo loads from GitHub. Those providers see your IP address when your browser requests the files, as with any embedded resource. The contributions page may call the GitHub API to list merged pull requests. Links to LinkedIn, GitHub, Amazon and other sites lead to places with their own policies.

Email

If you write to d.lavkesh@gmail.com, I keep the message and my reply for as long as the conversation is useful, and I do not share it. Ask and I will delete it.

Your rights and changes

I hold no personal data about visitors beyond what Google Analytics reports in aggregate, so there is little to access or erase, but if you are somewhere with privacy rights and want to use them, email me and I will help. If this page changes, the date at the top changes with it.