The short version: this site uses no analytics cookies, no marketing cookies, no tracking pixels, and no fingerprinting.
The slightly longer version is below.
What we don't do
The studio has made a deliberate choice not to use:
- Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom, or any other analytics service.
- Marketing pixels (Meta, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.).
- Cross-site trackers of any kind.
- A/B testing that segments users.
If a visit ever needs to be measured, it'll be done with server-side log counts, anonymised at the source.
What might be set
The only cookies that may be present are strictly necessary ones:
- A short-lived session cookie from the hosting/CDN layer to keep the
site responsive and protect against abuse.
- A possible session token if you log into a future studio-account
area (none exists today).
These don't require consent under UK/EU cookie law because they're essential to the basic operation of the site.
Embedded third-party content
A few pages embed or link to third-party services:
- Verge beta site (verge.calmhqstudio.com) is a separate site with
its own privacy practices.
- Buy Me a Coffee / Ko-fi / Stripe payment links open external pages
with their own cookies — only set if you click through and visit them.
- Lucide icons + fonts are served from the same origin as the site.
Where possible, the studio avoids embedding third-party iframes that would set cookies on this site.
Local storage
The site may use a small amount of localStorage to remember things like whether you've dismissed a notice. That's stored only in your browser and is never sent back to a server.
Changes
If this ever changes — e.g. introducing privacy-respecting analytics — the policy will be updated, and the change announced in the journal and the newsletter before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions: hello@calmhqstudio.com.