We Respect Your Privacy
At Smarthistory, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Our website is designed to minimize data collection, and we do not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) unless you voluntarily provide it (for example, if you voluntarily provide your email address to sign up for our newsletter).
What We Collect When You Visit Our Site (and Why)
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) in a privacy-focused, cookie-free configuration to help us understand general patterns of website usage. Our GA4 implementation:
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Does not set cookies or use local storage
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Does not collect personally identifiable information
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Does not use Google Signals, advertising features, or cross-site tracking
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Anonymizes IP addresses before processing
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Collects only aggregated, non‑identifiable usage data
This approach is designed to provide basic analytics without tracking individual users, and without requiring consent under most privacy regulations (including the GDPR).
The anonymous, aggregated data helps us answer only simple, non-personally-identifiable questions such as:
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Which pages are visited most often?
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How visitors arrive at our site (search, social media, referrals)?
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What types of devices or browsers are used?
Server Logs
As is the case for most websites, our web server automatically records standard technical logs, which may include anonymized IP addresses. These logs are used solely for security and diagnostic purposes, are not shared, and are retained only for a limited period.
Cookies
We do not use cookies or similar technologies to identify individual users, track behavior across websites, or deliver advertising.
Our analytics configuration is intentionally designed not to place any such identifiers.
No Data is Sold or Shared
We do not sell, rent, or share any individual visitor data.
We do not share analytics data with advertisers, data brokers, or social media platforms.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy or how we use data, please contact us at [email protected].
