Privacy

Audience analytics

Audience analytics runs only after you allow it. We collect page paths without query strings, a randomly generated pseudonymous visitor identifier, broad first-visit cohort and return-visit signals, newsletter or waitlist intent, and optional article-quality feedback. This helps us understand which coverage is useful and whether there is genuine interest in future reader-supported options.

After you allow it, page visits can also be sent to Google Analytics (Google), including the page you opened and its title. Google handles that data under its own terms. In our own analytics records we do not collect IP addresses, precise location, user-agent strings, device fingerprints or advertising identifiers. We do not use those records for cross-site tracking or behavioural advertising. Raw events and pseudonymous visitor records are restricted to server-side service access and retained for up to 90 days. Aggregate reporting is retained for up to 25 months.

Newsletter and membership interest

If you explicitly register interest, we store your email address, selected topic, consent time and source page. Membership pricing is still being researched; registering interest is not a purchase, a paywall enrolment or a commitment to any price. Interest records are not public. Withdrawn or declined records are deleted within 30 days.

You can withdraw an interest registration by emailing editor@celtscentral.com.

External media

Embedded media is loaded only through its official provider. Those providers may process data under their own privacy terms. Where practical, media uses a click-to-load consent step.

Hosting and security logs

Our hosting provider may process limited request and security logs independently to deliver and protect the site. Those operational logs are separate from the optional audience analytics described above. Do not send sensitive personal information by email.

Your questions

Privacy questions can be sent to editor@celtscentral.com.