What this site measures

Requests a page makes

GitHub Pages hosts the site, so GitHub gets the usual details of each request, like your IP address, your browser and the page you asked for. Most pages also send one request to a Cloudflare Worker I run. It counts that the page opened and whether a checkout link was clicked, along with the campaign tag in the link if there is one. It carries no cookie and no identifier.

The free tools run in your browser, and what you paste into them isn't sent to me or to Google. A few of them have an optional Fetch button, and each of those pages says exactly what pressing it sends.

Analytics and cookies

I use Google Analytics 4 to learn which channels bring people to aiwebsitepipeline.com, such as X, Reddit, a newsletter or a search engine, and what they do once they're here. It shows me which posts are worth writing. I don't use it for ads, and I never sell what it collects.

With analytics on, the page sends Google the pages you view, the link or campaign tag that brought you, your device type, browser, screen size and language, and an approximate location. It also counts a few actions, like clicking a checkout link, opening an FAQ answer, following a link to another site or downloading a file.

Before any page address goes to Google, the page removes every query parameter except the utm_ campaign tags and Google's gclid, so no checkout or order reference reaches Google. Google works out your country and city from your IP address and then drops the address. GA4 doesn't log or store IP addresses. The text you paste into the tools never goes to Google, and neither do your email address or card details.

Two first-party cookies let GA4 recognize a repeat visit from the same browser. They hold random IDs and nothing else about you.

Name	What it holds	Kept for
_ga	A random ID for your browser	13 months from your last visit
_ga_<container-id>	Your current session and visit count on aiwebsitepipeline.com	13 months from your last visit
mr_consent_v1 (browser storage, not a cookie)	Your answer in the cookie banner and when you gave it	Until you change it or clear site data. The banner asks again after 13 months.

In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, nothing loads from Google until you press Accept in the banner. Google's tag doesn't load before then, and it never loads if you decline. In those countries I rely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The cookie rules ask for the same consent, under Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive and the national laws that implement it, and under the UK's PECR. I ask in Switzerland too.

Everywhere else, analytics is on when the page loads. I rely on a legitimate interest in knowing which channels work (Art. 6(1)(f)), and you can switch it off at any time. To decide whether to show the banner, the page asks Cloudflare which country your connection comes from, through the same Worker that counts page opens. I don't store that answer. If the lookup fails, you get the banner and nothing loads until you choose.

If you switch analytics off, the page stops sending anything to Google and deletes the _ga cookies, and on later visits Google's tag doesn't load at all. The same goes if your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. While analytics is on, the tag reaches Google from your IP address, like any web request.

Google LLC, and Google Ireland Limited where Google's terms name it, process this data for me as my processor under the Google Ads Data Processing Terms. Google signals and advertising features are switched off, so analytics data isn't linked to Google accounts or used for ads. GA4 deletes event data after 14 months.

Google may process the data in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and Google's terms also include the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

You can change your choice at any time with Cookie settings, here or at the foot of any page. If you withdraw consent, analytics stops and the page deletes the _ga cookies from your browser. Data sent before that stays in GA4 until its 14 months run out. You can also block Google Analytics on every site with Google's opt-out add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout, or block cookies in your browser.

Contact

Questions about this page go to support@aiwebsitepipeline.com, the same address the terms give.