Privacy Policy

Short version: LibreLeo is a personal finance blog. I collect very little data about you. What I do collect is to keep the site working and to understand whether anyone is actually reading. I don't sell, share, or monetise your personal information.

If you want anything tied to you removed, email me and I'll do it.

Who I am

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LibreLeo is operated by Chris W., a private individual based in Dubai, UAE. There's no company behind it. It's just me. Contact: through any of the social links, or email if you subscribe to the Newsletter.

What I collect

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1. Basic visitor analytics (Google Analytics)

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When you visit LibreLeo, Google Analytics logs:

• Pages you visit and how long you stay
• Approximate location (country / region — not your exact address)
• Device type, browser, screen size
• Referring site (where you came from)
• Anonymous identifier (the _ga cookie)

I use this to understand which posts are useful, which calculators get used, and whether the site is growing. I never see your real name, email, or anything that personally identifies you through this.

Google's own privacy policy applies to this data: https://policies.google.com/privacy

2. View and like counters (Firebase Firestore)

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When you load a post, the site quietly increments a view counter for that post. If you click a like button, it increments a like counter. Both are stored anonymously in Firebase. No login required, no identity captured. Just numbers.

Firebase signs you in anonymously through Google's Identity Toolkit so it can write the counter. That anonymous session doesn't survive past the page visit.

3. Newsletter signup (if you choose to)

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If you enter your email in the newsletter form on LibreLeo, your email goes to Beehiiv. They send you the newsletter on my behalf.

The only thing I see is your email address and roughly when you signed up. I don't see anything else about you.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every newsletter. Unsubscribing removes you from the list immediately.

What I don't collect

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• I don't ask you for your name, address, phone number, financial information, or any identity document.
• I don't have an account system. There's nothing to sign up for, no profile to create.
• I don't have any e-commerce checkout, so I never see card details.
• I don't sell or share your data with anyone for marketing purposes.

Cookies

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The site sets these:

That's the full list of what I knowingly set. If you want to block all of these, browser extensions like uBlock Origin or your browser's "Do Not Track" + "Block third-party cookies" setting will handle it. The site will still work.

Third-party services

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Beyond what's above, LibreLeo loads JavaScript from a few external services to make pages work:

• Google Fonts - for typography on some calculator widgets. Google logs your IP when fonts load.
• Hostinger - the hosting provider. They have access to server logs (IP, request times) by virtue of running the server.
• Cloudflare - for some CDN and DDoS protection. They see HTTP traffic.

Each of these has their own privacy policy. I picked them because they're standard and reliable, not because they're maximally private.

Where data is stored

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• Google Analytics data → Google's servers (mostly US-based)
• Firebase counters → Google's servers
• Comments → GitHub (US-based)
• Newsletter list → Beehiiv (US-based)
• Server logs → Hostinger (data centre in Europe / Asia depending on configuration)

I do not personally maintain a database of LibreLeo visitors anywhere.

How long things are kept

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• Google Analytics data: 14 months (Google's default retention)
• Firebase counters: indefinitely (they're just integers, no identity attached)
• GitHub comments: indefinitely, until you delete your own
• Newsletter list: until you unsubscribe

Your rights

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You can ask me to:

• Tell you what (if any) data I personally hold about you.
• Delete a specific comment you posted (or you can do it yourself on GitHub Discussions).
• Remove you from the newsletter (the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email does this immediately).

For Google Analytics and Firebase counters, those don't contain identifiable data — there's nothing to extract or delete that's tied to "you" specifically.

To make a request, send me a message through any of the social links in the footer, or comment on a post asking me to follow up.

Changes to this policy

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If I change what data the site collects, I'll update this page and bump the "updated" date at the top. Material changes will be announced in the newsletter.

A note on jurisdiction

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I'm aware that European visitors are protected by GDPR, UK visitors by UK-GDPR, California visitors by CCPA, and various other places have their own data protection laws. I've tried to be honest about what LibreLeo actually does so you can decide whether to engage with the site or not. If you want me to delete anything tied to you, email me. I'll always do it, regardless of where you're based.

I am not currently a registered data controller in any specific jurisdiction. LibreLeo is a one-person blog operated by an individual based in the UAE.

Last updated: 2026-06-18

Chris