Last updated: February 2, 2026

This privacy policy explains how The Reasoning Trace (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit thereasoningtrace.dev.

Data Collection

Analytics

We use Umami, a privacy-focused analytics platform, to understand how visitors use our site. Umami is designed with privacy in mind:

  • No personal data collected: We don’t collect IP addresses, device fingerprints, or any personally identifiable information
  • No cookies: Umami doesn’t use cookies or any client-side storage
  • Do Not Track respected: We honor your browser’s Do Not Track setting
  • GDPR compliant by design: Data is aggregated and anonymized

We collect only basic, anonymized metrics such as:

  • Page views
  • Referrer sources
  • Browser type (aggregated)
  • Country (derived from anonymized data)

Information You Provide

If you contact us via email, we’ll only use your information to respond to your inquiry. We don’t add you to mailing lists or share your email with third parties.

Cookies

We don’t use cookies. Our analytics solution (Umami) is cookieless, and we don’t use any tracking or advertising cookies.

Third-Party Services

Hosting

This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may collect some technical data as part of their service. Please refer to Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy for details.

Embedded Content

Blog posts may occasionally embed content from third-party services (e.g., YouTube videos). These embeds may collect data about your interaction. We use privacy-enhanced modes where available (e.g., YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed).

GDPR Compliance

We’re committed to GDPR compliance:

  • Minimal data collection: We only collect anonymized, aggregated analytics data
  • No consent required: Since we don’t use cookies or collect personal data, no consent banner is needed
  • Right to information: This policy explains all data we collect
  • Data portability: We don’t hold personal data, so there’s nothing to export
  • Right to erasure: We don’t store personal data that could be deleted

Your Rights

Even though we collect minimal data, you have the right to:

  • Request information about data we may have collected
  • Ask questions about our privacy practices
  • Report any privacy concerns

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. Significant changes will be noted with an updated “Last updated” date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or our practices, please contact:

Email: [email protected]

This site is committed to respecting your privacy. We believe you shouldn’t have to trade your personal data just to read a blog.