Privacy policy
Last updated November 11, 2026
What this site collects, who handles it on my behalf, and how to have it removed.
Who runs this site
This is the personal site of Mark Urquhart. I decide what is collected here and I am the person to contact about it, through the contact page.
What is collected
- If you allow analytics: the pages you view, what you click, how far you scroll, searches and filters you use on the site, errors, page-speed measurements, and coarse details your browser sends anyway (device type, browser, screen size, approximate location from your IP address). None of it is linked to your name.
- If you write to me: the name, email address and message you enter on the contact form, which are delivered to me by email.
- If you react to a post: an anonymous count goes up. Nothing about you is stored with it.
- Every visit: like any website, the hosting provider receives your IP address and browser details in order to serve the page.
Who handles it
- Vercel hosts the site and keeps short-lived request logs. The contact form also uses your IP address, for one hour, to limit how often a message can be sent.
- Google Analytics (Google) and Braze receive the analytics above, only if you allow it.
- Resend delivers contact-form messages to my inbox.
- Sanity stores the site's content. It receives no information about visitors beyond serving images.
- CARTO and Spotify serve map tiles and album artwork on the pages that show them, and see those requests like any web server.
What it is used for
Seeing which pages get read, fixing what is broken, and replying to messages. Nothing is used for advertising, sold, or shared with anyone beyond the services above.
How long it is kept
Analytics data is kept for the retention period set in each service. Contact-form emails are kept in my inbox until I delete them. Rate-limit records expire after one hour.
Your choices and rights
You can turn analytics on or off at any time with Privacy choices at the bottom of every page. You can ask me what I hold about you, or ask me to delete it, through the contact page. Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it.