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Privacy

Short version: this site keeps no accounts, sets no first-party tracking cookies, and has nothing to leak about you.

What this site collects

Nothing directly. There is no login, no comment form, no newsletter and no analytics script of our own. The pages are static HTML files; the only JavaScript that runs is a clock in the taskbar and the Start menu toggle, and neither sends anything anywhere.

Server logs

Like every web server, ours records the requests it serves: IP address, time, the page requested, and the browser's user-agent string. These logs are used to keep the site up and to spot abuse. They are rotated automatically and are not combined with anything else or sold.

Advertising

Google AdSense may serve advertising on these pages. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to this and other sites, and you can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's Ads Settings or via aboutads.info. Visitors in regions covered by consent laws will see Google's consent prompt before personalised ads are served.

Links off the site

Every destination listed on this site is operated by somebody else. Once you follow a link, that site's own privacy policy applies and this one stops being relevant. We have no relationship with them and receive nothing from them.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect anything from them.

Changes

If this policy changes, the revised version replaces this page. Last updated 26 August 2026.

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