Privacy
Privacy policy
Planck Standard has no accounts, no sign-up forms, no ads and no advertising trackers. This page explains the little data that does move when you read the site. Last updated 3 November 2026.
What is collected and why
We count visits with a small visitor counter run by alcock.ai, our own analytics service. For each page view it records the page address (with only campaign tags such as utm or ref kept from the query string), the page you came from, the page title, your browser type, your approximate country, and a visitor id that is a scrambled code reset every day. It sets no cookies. We use this only to see which stories people read.
Your browser also remembers whether you chose the light or dark theme. That setting stays on your device and is never sent to us.
Who else receives data
- alcock.ai runs the visitor counter described above.
- GitHub Pages hosts the site and, like any web host, receives your IP address and browser details when it serves a page.
- Google Fonts serves our fonts, so Google receives your IP address and browser details.
- YouTube (privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com player) receives your IP address only if you press play on a video. Nothing loads from YouTube until you do.
- News and image sites. Article photos load from Unsplash, Wikimedia Commons and YouTube, so those sites receive your IP address and the page you are on.
We do not sell or share personal information for advertising.
How long we keep it
The visitor counter keeps page-view records for site statistics. Because the visitor id changes every day and no name, email or cookie is attached, we cannot link the records to you. Other services keep their own logs under their own policies.
Your rights
You can ask us what we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, by emailing us. California residents have these rights under the CCPA, including the right to know, to delete, and not to be discriminated against for asking. We do not sell personal information. You can also block the counter with any content blocker and the site will still work.
Children
Planck Standard is a general news site. It is not aimed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes we will update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Email gary@gtacompanies.com with any privacy question or request.