Privacy Manifesto

1. No cookies. No tracking. Just content

Privacy should not be a luxury, a legal checkbox, or an afterthought. It should be the default.

This site is built on that principle. When visitors land here, I don’t ask them for permission to be tracked, because I don’t track them. I don’t deploy hidden scripts. I don’t sell their data. I don’t even use cookies.

This is a personal space, not a funnel. I publish to share, not to extract.

2. Why I don’t use analytics (the traditional kind)

Most websites today rely on tools like Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and similar platforms that collect vast amounts of user data, much of it unnecessary, some of it unethical. Even so-called “privacy-friendly” alternatives often store IP addresses, assign device identifiers, or build behavioral profiles behind the scenes.

I have no interest in any of that. Instead, I’ve written a tiny, local script that simply counts how many people visit the site. That’s it. No cookies, no heatmaps, no fingerprinting, and no hidden tricks, just numbers. I only care that someone found something here worth reading.

Why do I bother at all? Because knowing what’s being read helps me improve the site. But not at the cost of your privacy.

3. This site uses no cookies

No cookies means:

• No session cookies
• No marketing cookies
• No hidden fingerprinting
• No "legitimate interest" traps

There is nothing to opt into, because nothing is being stored or shared. The pages here are delivered cleanly and directly, with no invasive third parties behind the scenes.

4. No surveillance infrastructure

I don’t embed external scripts, tracking pixels, or third-party libraries that call home to data brokers or ad networks. Fonts and assets are served locally to prevent passive data leaks. I intentionally avoid services that require user profiling to function.

What you read here, stays here.

5. This goes beyond legal compliance

It’s not just about following the GDPR, CCPA, CNIL, or LGPD. Compliance is a low bar. I’m not trying to meet regulations, I’m trying to uphold trust.

That means:

• I don’t collect data I don’t need.
• I don’t rely on complex legal disclaimers to justify poor design choices.
• I don’t manipulate users with dark patterns.

If someone reads something here, that’s enough for me. No dashboards. No retargeting. No profiling.

6. Why this matters

The modern web has become bloated with surveillance infrastructure, even on sites that claim to protect your rights. Visitors are profiled, cross-tracked, and monetized by default. Even small publishers often give in, not out of malice, but convenience. I refuse to participate in that ecosystem.

This is not a business funnel. It’s a personal project, one that respects the person on the other end of the screen.

7. Summarizing

This website:

• Uses no cookies
• Runs no fingerprinting scripts
• Doesn’t use external analytics or tracking
• Uses a simple, homemade visitor counter that only counts page visits, nothing else
• Is hosted in Europe, respecting strong data protection laws
• Loads fonts locally, not from Google
• Embeds no social media widgets, no ad networks, and no third-party nonsense
• Exists entirely outside the tracking economy

In short: I built this site to share ideas, not to collect data. That’s the deal.

The fewer tools I use, the fewer excuses I need. This is what the web could have been. Maybe still can be.