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privacy

what this site does with your data

last updated 28 October 2026

the short version

No accounts, no cookies, no ads and no tracking. I don't store anything about you. The only personal thing this site touches is a rough idea of where you are, so the globe can say hello. It's shown to you and then forgotten.

the globe

  • My host, Vercel, works out an approximate city and country from your IP address when your browser asks for the page. My code only ever sees that city, country and rough coordinates (rounded to about 10 km), never your IP address.
  • That location is sent back to your browser only. It isn't saved, logged or shared with anyone.
  • Your local time comes from your own browser's time zone setting. It never leaves your device.
  • The temperature shown is for Accra only, from Open-Meteo (weather data licensed under CC BY 4.0). None of your details are sent to them.
  • If you use a VPN, the globe will show wherever the VPN says you are. That's fine.

remembering how you read

  • If you pick "i'm hiring" or "just looking around", your browser keeps that choice (in local storage, not a cookie) so the page opens the same way next time. It never leaves your device, and clearing your browser data removes it.
  • Your theme choice (dark or light) is remembered the same way.
  • If you open one of the apps under "builds you can try" and type your name, the app keeps it in your browser to greet you. It travels in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to a server.

hosting logs

Like any website, Vercel keeps short-lived server logs (for example, IP addresses and pages requested) to keep the site running and secure. That's covered by Vercel's privacy policy. I don't use those logs to identify visitors.

why this is allowed

Showing you a friendly, personalised greeting is a legitimate interest that has very little impact on you, because nothing is kept. If you're in the EU or UK that's the lawful basis under the GDPR. In Ghana, this site follows the principles of the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843).

emailing me

If you email me, I'll have your name, email address and whatever you write. I only use it to reply, and I'll delete it if you ask.

questions or requests

Write to frimpongboatengbenedict@gmail.com. You can ask what I hold about you (almost certainly nothing) or ask me to delete it.