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Privacy
This policy explains what Aethel stores, why it is stored, and what changes when advertising is enabled.
Aethel is operated by Hai Pham. Privacy questions can be sent through the contact page or to bangcesaryahoo@gmail.com.
Aethel creates a random, signed visitor identifier in an HTTP-only cookie and a separate visit identifier in browser session storage. These identifiers do not contain a name, email address, or advertising profile. They are used to distinguish anonymous readers and browser-tab sessions, count page views, calculate how many readers were active during the previous five minutes, and prevent duplicate complete-read counts.
Aethel stores first-party operational analytics for each visit: every observed IP address with first and last observation times, pages visited, page titles, entry and exit paths, active time, maximum scroll depth, completed reads, referrer without query parameters, allowed UTM source fields, selected link and reader-tool interactions, browser and operating-system family, device type, user agent, language, time zone, approximate country/region/city supplied by hosting infrastructure, screen and viewport size, color preference, touch capability, and connection category when the browser makes those values available.
Search-query text, form contents, clipboard contents, precise GPS location, contacts, files, advertising identifiers, passwords, and the text a reader selects or types are not collected by Aethel analytics. Saved-essay contents are not uploaded. IP addresses and the other detailed visit records are private operational data and are not displayed publicly.
When a reader sends a message or correction request, Aethel stores the supplied name, email address, message, article reference, supporting link, status, and submission time. This information is used to review and respond to the request. It is not used to create a marketing list.
The saved reading list and article text-size preference are stored locally in the reader’s browser. They are not uploaded to Aethel’s server.
Advertising is disabled until Aethel has completed publisher setup and consent requirements. When Google AdSense is enabled, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize ads based on a user’s visits to this and other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on visits to Aethel or other sites. Readers can manage personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings. Other third-party vendors or ad networks may also use cookies when their services are expressly enabled and disclosed.
For readers in regions where consent is required, Aethel will use a Google-certified consent management platform before personalized advertising is served. The consent interface will identify relevant parties, offer required choices, retain consent signals, and provide a way to reopen or withdraw those choices.
Detailed visit, page, event, and IP records are retained for 90 days by default, after which the application prunes them. Anonymous aggregate visitor, page-view, read, and session totals may be retained longer. Contact and correction submissions are retained while they remain relevant to correspondence, editorial records, or legal obligations, then archived or deleted.
Vercel provides web hosting, edge delivery, and network-level request processing. Supabase provides the managed PostgreSQL database. Upstash provides Redis services used for rate limiting, request deduplication, and short-lived online-reader estimates. Google AdSense is the advertising provider configured for future use, but ad serving remains disabled until the requirements described above are complete.
Aethel does not currently use a separate third-party analytics product. The session, page-view, engagement, and reader counts described in this policy are calculated by Aethel's own application. These providers process only the data needed to operate their services under their own terms and applicable law.
Material changes to this policy will update the page and its visible revision date. Privacy questions can be submitted through Contact.
Last updated: July 16, 2026.