How this site handles data

Privacy policy


This is a static website about a book. It has no accounts, no logins and no tracking, and it does not set cookies. What it does do is described below in full.

What the site does and does not do

Accurate as of the date at the foot of this page. If any of it changes, this page changes with it.

Cookies set by this siteNone. The site sets no cookies of its own, for any purpose, including analytics.
AnalyticsNone currently in use. No Google Analytics, no pixels, no third-party tags.
Accounts or loginsNone. There is nothing to sign up for.
Newsletter or mailing listNone. No email addresses are collected anywhere on this site.
AdvertisingNone. No ad networks, no retargeting, no audience sharing.
PaymentNone. Nothing is sold here. Purchases happen on Amazon or Audible under their own policies.
Server logsThe hosting provider records standard access logs, typically including IP address, time, page requested and browser. This is normal web hosting and is used for security and diagnostics.
FontsSelf-hosted on this domain. Your browser does not contact Google or any other font service.

Third parties your browser contacts

For most sites this list is long. Here it is almost empty, and that is deliberate.

Tier 1

None, automatically

Loading a page on this site contacts no third party at all. Fonts, stylesheets, scripts and images are all served from this domain. There is no CDN, no font service, no analytics endpoint and no embedded media.

Tier 2

Amazon and Audible

Only when you click a link to buy the book. From that point their privacy policies apply, not this one. Nothing about you is passed along by this site when you click.

Tier 3

The hosting provider

Serves the pages and keeps standard access logs. It does not receive anything about you beyond the ordinary details of an HTTP request.

Tier 4

Nobody else

There are no other embedded services, scripts, trackers, video players, comment systems, chat widgets or social buttons anywhere on this site.

Questions

Including the one that matters most for a site about a mental health condition.

Can anyone see that I read about BPD here?

Not from anything this site does. There is no analytics, no tracking, and no third-party request of any kind when a page loads — fonts are served from this domain rather than Google, so not even a font provider sees your IP. What remains outside this site's control: your internet provider can see which sites you visit, and your browser keeps a history on your device. If privacy at home or at work is a concern, a private window and clearing history afterwards are sensible precautions.

What happens to a message I send through the contact page?

It goes to an email inbox and is read by a person. It is not added to any list, not used for marketing, and not shared. Ask for it to be deleted and it will be.

Do you sell or share any data?

No. There is nothing collected to sell, and nothing would be sold if there were.

Will analytics be added later?

Possibly, and if so this page will be updated first. Any analytics added would be configured without cookies and with IP anonymisation where the tool supports it.

How do I make a request about my data?

Write to the address on the contact page. Since almost nothing is held, most requests are answered by explaining that there is no record to produce, but requests are taken seriously and answered.

Who is responsible for this site?

It is operated by the publisher of the book described on it. Contact details are on the contact page.

Why this page is short

Most privacy policies are long because the site behind them does a great deal with visitor data. This one is short because this site is a set of static HTML files: it serves pages and does nothing else. There is no database, no user accounts and no tracking infrastructure to describe.

That is a deliberate choice rather than an accident. People read about borderline personality disorder from work computers, shared devices and phones other people can pick up. A site on this subject collecting behavioural data would be inappropriate, so it collects none.

There is no exception to disclose. Fonts were previously loaded from Google, which transmitted every visitor's IP address to a third party on every page view; they are now served from this domain, so a page load contacts nobody but the host. For a site about a mental health condition that seemed worth doing rather than disclosing.

If anything here is inaccurate, or you want something clarified, the contact page is the place to say so.

The best privacy policy is the one that has very little to describe.
Educational disclaimer: this page supports book discovery and general learning about borderline personality disorder. It does not diagnose, replace individualised professional care, or provide emergency support. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency services or a crisis line — see the crisis support page.