1. Overview
At ButItWorkedLocal.com, we take the privacy of our visitors seriously. This document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected when you browse our site, and how it is used.
2. Data Collection & Analytics
We use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our content, which allows us to optimize page load speeds, fix broken links, and create more relevant troubleshooting guides. Specifically:
Google Analytics (GA4): We use Google Analytics to track page views, average time spent on site, device categories (mobile/desktop), and general geographic regions. This service stores cookies on your device to distinguish unique visitors. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking at any time by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Server Log Files: Our web server (Nginx) records standard connection logs when you access our site, including your IP address, browser user-agent, referer pages, and timestamps. This data is collected solely for security, troubleshooting, DDoS mitigation, and system diagnosis.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like most modern websites, we use cookies to store information about visitor preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses, and customize webpage content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.
4. DoubleClick DART Cookies & Advertisements
Google, as a third-party vendor, may use cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
5. Information Security
We implement industry-standard encryption (SSL/TLS) to protect data transmitted between your browser and our server. However, please be aware that no transmission of data over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
6. Contact Information
If you have any questions or require more information about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected].