What we collect
and what you can do about it.

Account profile (users/{uid})

• email — from your Google sign-in
• displayName — from your Google account, editable
• role — member / contributor / admin (set by site admin)
• createdAt / updatedAt — timestamps

Stored only for accounts with a role. Anonymous visitors have no profile doc.

Page views (pageviews collection)

• path — which page you visited (e.g. /tax-rates)
• timestamp — when
• role — your role at time of visit, or "anonymous"
• uid — your Firebase UID if signed in, null if anonymous
• visitorId — a random UUID stored in your browser's localStorage, used to count unique visitors anonymously
• referrer — the page you came from (if your browser sends it)
• utmSource / utmMedium — URL campaign parameters, if present
• userAgent — your browser's user-agent string (browser, operating system, and device type), used to understand which devices our readers use

Pageviews are only recorded after you accept the cookie banner. Only site admins can read these records, and they are used exclusively for understanding which content performs well — never shared, never sold.

Aggregate traffic counts (analyticsDaily collection)

• per-day and per-hour totals — page views and an approximate unique-visitor count
• per-page counts — how many views each page got
• traffic source — a coarse channel bucket (e.g. Bluesky, Google, Direct), never the full referring URL

This is a cookieless counter that runs for every visitor and needs no consent, because nothing is stored on your device and no personal data is kept. Your IP address and browser are read only momentarily to approximate unique visitors via a hash that changes every day — they are never stored, and the hash cannot identify you or link your visits across days. Only aggregate totals are saved.

Vercel Analytics

This site uses Vercel Analytics for aggregate traffic metrics. Vercel collects performance data (page load times, Web Vitals) independently — it is not tied to your account here. See Vercel's privacy policy.

Google Analytics for Firebase

This site uses Google Analytics for Firebase (GA4) for aggregate audience metrics, and it only loads after you accept the cookie banner. When enabled, Google collects standard analytics events along with approximate location (derived from IP, which Google does not store) and device, browser, and operating-system information. This data is processed by Google and is not joined to your account here. See Firebase's privacy and security documentation and Google's privacy policy.