What the site collects, and why.

What we collect

• Standard web request metadata on the host, such as IP address, user agent, and timestamp, when the site is requested.
• Click tracking for /go/<slug> redirects, stored as LinkClick rows with referrer, user agent, IP, and timestamp.
• Affiliate click tracking from /track/click, stored as Click rows with product ID, referrer, and timestamp.
• Voting submissions from /voting/vote, stored as Vote rows with topic, optional user ID, and timestamp.
• Admin login state for the private studio area, which uses the opalflame_admin_token cookie and a matching browser localStorage token.

What we do not do

• No public account system.
• No public comments system.
• No third-party analytics script is embedded on the public site today.
• No automatic deletion policy is enforced in the app today; tracked records stay in the database until they are manually removed or migrated.

Third parties

Where data goes

Published story pages may embed YouTube videos or show YouTube thumbnail images. Those requests go to YouTube when a visitor loads the page.

Clicks on affiliate links leave the site through /go/<slug> and then continue to the merchant or network destination, including ClickBank-linked offers.

Retention and contact

How long it stays, and how to reach us

Records in the app database remain until they are cleaned up by the operator or moved during a deployment or migration. Host-level logs are kept according to the server's own policy.

Contact: davey.longshaft@gmail.com

Children's privacy: this site is not directed to children under 13.