Last updated · 2026-04-30

Privacy

The short version: this site uses analytics cookies. The data tells me what people read. You can opt out and the writing reads the same.

What this site collects

Standard analytics — page views, referrer, anonymized IP, country, browser, screen size. The data is collected via Google Tag Manager and forwarded to Google Analytics. It is aggregate; it is not used to build a profile of you across the web.

Subscribing to the newsletter, or asking for a downloadable PDF on the Resources page, sends your name and email to Resend (the transactional email provider this site uses). Nothing else is shared. You can ask me to delete that record at any time by writing to brian@brianthackston.com.

What this site does not collect

I do not run third-party advertising networks here. There is no Facebook Pixel, no LinkedIn Insight, no TikTok pixel, no retargeting. The catalog is not a funnel.

Cookies

This site sets one functional cookie of its own: cookie_consent (granted or denied), stored for one year, used to remember whether you opted out of analytics. Google Analytics sets its own analytics cookies when consent is granted; those are documented at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.

How to opt out

Click Opt out on the banner that appears on your first visit. Your choice is remembered for a year. To change your mind later, clear the cookie_consent cookie for this domain — the banner returns and you can pick again.

Contact

Brian Thackston · brian@brianthackston.com. I am the data controller and the entire customer service department.

¶ This page reads like a person wrote it because a person wrote it.