Last updated: November 11, 2026
This page explains what information focusroom.org collects when you visit, why, and what choices you have. Focusroom is a blog: there are no accounts, comments or newsletter sign-ups, so we collect very little.
Who is responsible
focusroom.org is a personal, non-commercial side project. It has no ads and sells nothing. For any question about your data, email support@focusroom.org.
Analytics
When you first visit, a banner asks whether you accept analytics cookies. Until you accept, no analytics cookies are set.
We use Google Analytics 4, added through Google Site Kit, to understand which essays people read. Before you choose, and if you decline, it runs in a restricted mode (Google Consent Mode): it sets no cookies and sends Google only basic signals without identifiers, such as that a page was viewed, which Google uses for aggregated, modelled statistics.
If you accept, Google Analytics uses cookies and collects:
- the pages you view and the page you came from
- your browser, device type, screen size and language
- your approximate location (country and city), worked out from your IP address
- how you use the page: scrolling, clicks on links to other sites, file downloads, use of the search box and the words you search for
Google Analytics 4 does not store your IP address. We do not use this data for advertising, and we do not try to identify individual visitors.
It sets these cookies in your browser:
- _ga: tells visits from different browsers apart. Expires after 2 years.
- _ga_MPTMGDHCWQ: keeps track of your current visit. Expires after 2 years.
Google Analytics data is kept for 14 months and then deleted automatically.
Legal basis: for the restricted, cookie-free signals, our legitimate interest in knowing roughly how many people read the site (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR); for analytics cookies and full measurement, your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, the analytics cookies are deleted from your browser and Google Analytics goes back to the restricted mode described above.
Your cookie choice
Your answer to the cookie banner is saved in a cookie named wp_consent_statistics, so we don’t ask again on every page. It only records your choice.
Server logs
Like most websites, our server records basic technical information about each request: your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the page you came from and your browser’s identification. We use these logs only to keep the site secure and to fix problems.
The logs are limited in size, and the oldest entries are deleted automatically as new ones are written.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure and working website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Who else processes your data
- Google Ireland Limited provides Google Analytics (in the restricted mode described above unless you accept). Google may process data in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
- Hostinger provides the server this website runs on.
We do not sell your data or share it with anyone else.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to ask for a copy of your data, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its use, and to withdraw consent at any time. To use any of these rights, email support@focusroom.org.
You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority, for example the one in the country where you live.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle data, we will update this page and the date at the top.