This page explains what happens on www.brown-ink.co.uk when a page loads and when a visitor moves on to a linked site. It describes only the mechanisms that were verified when the site was built, and it does not describe anything beyond that.
What does this site count when someone arrives from a search engine?
When a visitor reaches this site by clicking through from a search engine, the site records a small first-party visit beacon: the path of the page, the type of event, the name of the referring search engine, and, if an outbound button is clicked, the text of that button. This is used only to count page views and clicks on outbound buttons, and for nothing else. The site keeps one session view flag in the browser so that a single page view is only counted once during that visit; this flag does not persist beyond the session and is not a stored identifier. No visit data is collected for visitors who arrive by any other route.
Does the site load anything from outside domains?
Every page on this site is self-contained: the fonts used are embedded locally rather than fetched from an outside source, and no file needed to display a page is requested from another host. This means nothing is shared with an outside party while a page is being viewed.
What happens when an outbound link is followed?
Outbound links to third-party sites on this site pass first through a first-party outbound redirect on this domain before reaching the partner site. No stored visitor data is passed along in that redirect. Once the redirect completes, the destination site receives the request directly from the visitor's browser and keeps its own separate record of that visit; this site has no part in and no control over what that destination site does with it.
Where is the site hosted, and what does that involve?
This site consists of static files served through a content delivery network. As the hosting provider, the network processes the technical data of every request in order to deliver the pages; this is a function of hosting rather than of the site's own operation.
What does this site not do?
This site has no forms, so there is nowhere to type in a name, an email address, or any other personal detail. It uses no third-party analytics service, and it sets no cookies, no persistent identifier, and no other browser storage. There is no login, no account, and no contact channel of any kind. Because none of this exists, the site has nothing to ask consent for and nothing to hold on to: it does not process or retain personal data about individual visitors, and it does not share visitor information with advertising networks, data brokers, or outside analytics services. Readers should not attempt to submit personal details anywhere on this domain, since no channel here is built to receive them.