Wide Open Windows Analyzing reality as a constructed experience

Privacy

This site tries to keep data collection to a minimum. No accounts, no comments, no profiling, and no analytics cookies.

Overview

Wide Open Windows aims to minimize the collection of personal data. The site exists to publish texts and related material, not to build user profiles or track individuals across the web.

1. Data we may receive

  • Server logs: your IP address, browser or user agent, timestamp, and requested URL may be processed by the server for security, maintenance, and diagnostic purposes. These logs are not used to identify visitors as individuals.
  • Direct contact: if you email me, I use your message and contact details only to reply or otherwise deal with that correspondence.

2. Cookies

This site does not use analytics cookies. Only strictly necessary cookies may be used where essential for basic site functionality or security.

3. Analytics

Wide Open Windows uses Simple Analytics for basic traffic measurement. Simple Analytics is designed to be privacy-friendly and does not rely on tracking cookies or individual profiling.

The information available to me is limited to anonymized, aggregate statistics such as page views, referrers, and general device categories.

4. Legal basis and retention

  • Legitimate interests: essential site operation, security, and basic privacy-respecting traffic measurement.
  • Retention: server logs are kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for security and diagnostics. Analytics data is retained according to the provider’s limits and only in aggregated form.

5. Sharing

I do not sell or trade personal data. Third parties are involved only where needed to provide privacy-friendly analytics or to serve embedded media that you actively choose to play or open.

6. Your choices

  • You can block or delete cookies in your browser, although this site does not use them for analytics.
  • You can enable “Do Not Track” in your browser. Simple Analytics is built to respect privacy-oriented preferences.

7. Your rights

If you are in the EU, you may have rights regarding access to or deletion of personal data that identifies you. In practice, the site aims to collect as little identifiable personal data as possible, and analytics data is normally aggregate and non-identifying.

Last updated

Last updated: 2026-04-23.