SUMMARY

We do not use cookies and we do only minimal tracking of who is reading our website.

WHAT WE DO

Like most people with websites, we like to keep track of some basic statistics of how our website is used. Essentially, we try to figure out what general area our visitors are coming from, what pages they’re viewing, how long they stay, how often they visit and which pages are popular. These statistics are tracked by software packages.

Currently we employ these website statistic programs: AWStats, Webalizer, Piwik. Piwik uses Javascript to track visitors. We use Dadamail for our mailing list, which tracks which e-Mails are opened.

WHAT WE DO NOT DO

Our site is built on WordPress, but it is independently managed and we do not send any statistics or tracking data back to WordPress. We do not share data with anyone else, nor do we employ any remote analytics service. We do not track you across the web or try to figure out who you are. We do not use cookies to track your subsequent visits (We have this option turned “off” in Piwik).

We DO NOT use Google Analytics, which does more invasive tracking and sends all the data back to Google, who can then compare that with all the other data they have on you, figure out who you are and track you across the web. We do not have Google, Twitter or Facebook widgets on our website which send information back to their owners.

HOW YOU CAN BLOCK OUR TRACKING

Turning off Javascript will block our Piwik tracking, although the server will still record some basic information about your visit (this is actually outside our control).

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT PRIVACY

You should care about privacy because you are a human being and it is your spiritual birth-right to have privacy. Also, because surveillance and tracking dehumanizes you, monetizes you, objectifies you and ultimately leads to others controlling you. It also undermines any government system based upon the dignity and freedom of the human being.

HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY

We recommend downloading the DoNotTrackMe and NoScript plugins from your browser’s plugin page, turning off Javascript, Adobe Flash and checking out Tor. We also urge you to support the EFF and EPIC.