Privacy

Analytics

We keep basic anonymized analytics so we can keep the service running and free from errors, and see which parts of it people use so we can improve it. The only third parties we rely on are those that provide infrastructure, such as your internet provider and Cloudflare, or assets and login services, such as Google.

The analytics set no cookies and store nothing that identifies you. They never see what you type into the form. The message form's email goes out through a service that delivers email, which is infrastructure too.

What the message form keeps

The form takes your name, which is optional, your email address and your message.

With your message we keep the date and time it arrived, a random reference number, which of the site's two addresses you sent it from, the IP address it came from, and the user agent your browser sends, which names the browser, its version and your operating system.

Why it keeps your IP address

The IP address limits messages to five from one address in ten minutes, so one sender cannot flood Jesse's inbox. Two other checks stop bots. The form has a hidden field that people leave empty and bots fill in, and a form sent less than three seconds after the page opened is treated as a bot. A message that fails a check is not saved.

When the anti-spam challenge is enabled, Cloudflare checks the form in your browser before it reaches us, and our server sends Cloudflare the result with your IP address to confirm it. The check needs JavaScript, so with JavaScript off the form cannot be sent while the challenge is on.

Where your message goes

Your message is saved to a file on the server Stellar Brilliance runs for this site first, then emailed to Jesse. Saving it first means a mail outage never loses a message. The email carries everything in the file, the IP address and user agent included, and goes out through the service that delivers the site's email.

Each message is deleted, from the file and from the inbox, 90 days after Jesse answers it, or when you ask. A message sent twice is kept twice until then.

What it is used for

Your message is used only so Jesse can read it and write back. It is not sold or given to anyone else, and it is not used to advertise to you.

Cookies and your browser

This site sets no cookies and saves nothing in your browser. When the anti-spam challenge is enabled, Cloudflare sets one cookie to remember that you passed it.

Having it removed

To ask what is kept about you, or to have it removed, send a message through the form on the home page with the email address you used before.