Privacy
PhiloWiki has no accounts, no advertising and no tracking cookies. This page says exactly what we count and what we do not.
What we count
- Page views of our content pages, added up per day with the page address, the website you came from (the site name only) and whether the visitor looks like a robot. Nothing in these totals identifies a person.
- Anonymous usage events sent by the app: that a page was opened, that a search happened (how long the search was and how many results it found, never the words you typed), which idea or passage you opened, and how long the reader stayed open. Each browser tab gets a random number that is forgotten when the tab closes. It is not a cookie and cannot be linked to you.
- Your place in a book is remembered in your own browser (local storage) so you can continue reading. It never leaves your device.
- We use the numbers above to learn what is useful and what is broken.
What we do not collect
- No names, email addresses or passwords. No cookies. No device fingerprints. No search words. We never sell or share data.
- If your browser sends “Do Not Track” or “Global Privacy Control”, we send and record nothing.
If you send feedback
We store your message, the page you named and your email address only if you choose to give one. We use it to read and answer your message. Nothing is published. Ask us to delete it and we will.
Who else sees your request
- Cloudflare delivers the site and necessarily sees your IP address and the pages you request; see its privacy policy. If Cloudflare’s own visitor analytics are switched on, they are described in its policy too.
- Our web server keeps an ordinary access log (time, page, response code and IP address) for security and fixing errors. It is not used for anything else and rotates automatically after a short time.
- Pictures load from Wikimedia servers, which therefore see that request.
Questions or removal
Because we hold no personal profile, there is nothing to look up by person. If you have a question, use the feedback page.