…can be viewed here. Of course, this is response to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect today for visitors from the European Union.

I’ll be honest: it seems veeeeery unlikely that I’d ever be in a position to violate someone’s privacy; the very limited data I capture here is almost entirely data which they’ve explicitly allowed me to capture. For instance, when you comment here you’re asked to supply a name, email address, and Web site… none of which are required to be your real name, etc. It’s just used to identify you on return visits, so you don’t have to keep re-entering it.

Aside: I have corresponded occasionally via email with people who’ve left their addresses here. But I’ve never done so unsolicited, and it’s always been for their reasons, not mine. I certainly don’t “harvest” them or anything like it.

On a good day, Running After My Hat may draw a few dozen visitors, some of them returnees but most of them people who come here via a Web search. So it’s not like I’m hosting a site with thousands, millions of users’ data. I don’t know the stats off the top of my head but I’d guess that 80-90% of visitors come here from within the US or other non-EU countries. Still, it seemed wise to finally post an official privacy policy… I did not want to receive anything like a “Your site must be taken down!” notice, or visit from Interpol, or whoever will enforce the GDPR.

Let me know if any questions or problems and I’ll do my best to straighten things out. Thanks!