This website stores only visitor statistics. The website has been created by Adrian Cowderoy, a writer and Chartered IT Professional, resident in the UK. He is acting to promote his work and improve the ethics of intelligence practices.
In the text below, ‘we’ refers to Adrian Cowderoy plus anyone he contracts to help maintain the service.
Our website address is: https://adriancowderoy.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact forms
The contact form is used for messaging us or initiating a communication with us. Your contact details are not stored on the website.
Necessary cookies
These cookies are to used to record your preferences about cookies.
| Cookie name | Supplier | Purposes | Retention |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | Cookie Law Info | Identifies whether consent has been given to storing cookies | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Cookie Law Info | Determines whether the user h as accepted the cookie consent box. | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | Cookie Law Info | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | 1 year |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Cookie Law Info | Identifies whether the cookie policy has been viewed | 1 year |
Non-necessary (optional) cookies
The website uses the following cookies for gathering stats. You can disable them with the Accept Cookies option, or by using an Ad blocker.
| Cookie name | Supplier | Purposes | Retention |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Generates statistical data on how each visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to control the rate of requests | 1 day |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| __utma | Google Analytics | This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. | 2 years |
| __utmz | Google Analytics | Keeps track of where the visitor (apparently) came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. | 6 months |
| History.store | Kinsta CDN | Contains a visitor ID to track visitors navigation for internal website optimization | Session |
Your data
Who we share your data with
Nobody, other than the services set out in this Privacy Policy.
Your contact information
If you leave a comment, your name and email address are retained. The email address will be deleted at your request or within 1 year – whichever comes first.
Contact forms initiate an email that may be followed by a conventional email communication.
Additional information
What data breach procedures we have in place
There is no personal information held within the website.
Reported data breaches are treated with urgency. The validity of the report is assessed, as is the origin of the complaint. If there is evidence of a breach, appropriate short-term technical and/or processes may be made. This may involve temporarily shutting down or replacing features on the website. Following review, a longer-term resolution may be implemented.
What third parties we receive data from
Our security partners provide lists of IP addresses that are reported as being risky and which we may choose to block.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
None. All visitors receive the same content.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
This website is not being managed as part of a regulated industry.
Changes to this Policy
The policy has been updated on 14-15th January 2021, to reflect current use of cookies and to simplify the language.
Also updated on 21st January 2021 when limited use of the comments facility was introduced.