privacy policy

this is the policy which governs your privacy while using this site including its use of cookies.

nerpter77.com, hereafter referred to as, "this site", uses cookies.

you can avoid any cookie-based statistical analysis or targeted advertising by disabling the acceptance of third-party cookies in your browser.  this can be set for normal/typical browsing or you can utilize your browser's "private" browsing feature.  (e.g. "incognito" in chrome, private browsing in firefox, or inprivate in edge.)  you can aslo avoid cookies by disabling scripting, specifically disabling javascript, in your browser.  disabling both third-party cookies and javascript may result in performance and usability issues with other sites on the internet, this site's core functionality is impervious to such issues.

tl;dr: this site does not by default force hypertext transfer protocol secure (https).  connections to this site not using https are subject to various means of electronic surveillance.  this site logs hypertext transfer protocol (http) connections, "successful" and "unsuccessful", for both troubleshooting and analytics.  this site utilizes services from google including, but not limited to, analytics and advertising.

security

http and https are fundamentally the same but for the latter providing an additional security layer.  https when called out specifically is to highlight its additional security layer.

this site makes use of the http security header, content-security-policy, which, in this context, prevents the loading of media or the execution of scripts, which includes saving cookies, from domains other than this one with the following exceptions:

the above listed domains are owned by google and have been granted access as a part of this site's use of google services.  this site is neither owned by or affiliated with google apart from its use of services from google.

this site supports https but it does not do so by default.  if you are not using https, your connection to this site is not secure.  without the use of an encrypted protocol (i.e. https) to ensure the integrity of the connection between your browser and this website over the internet, your browsing session may be subject to various means of electronic surveillance.  depending on browser and platform (computer/device, etc.) configurations, and configuration of your network, the connection to this website may still be subject to electronic surveillance despite using https.

http logging

as a result of how internet protocol (ip), http, and http servers work, your publicly routable ip address, details about your browser, and your partial browsing history will be revealed to this website's http server and logged.  details such as, but not limited to, the browser you're using and the platform (computer/device, etc.) you're using that browser on.  your partial browsing history, specifically, the website or webpage you visited, if any, immediately before visiting this website or webpage may be revealed to the http server and logged.  these logs are stored locally on the http server and are not shared with any third parties.

google analytics

google uses cookies to record data related to the platform (computer/device, etc.), browser, ip address, and on-site activities, to measure and report statistics about your interactions on this website.  additional advertising identifiers may be collected.  you can opt-out of this feature and manage your settings for this cookie by visiting ads settings .

google advertising

third-party vendors, including google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and/or other websites.  google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.  you may opt out of third-party vendor personalized advertising by visiting webchoices .  you may opt out of google's personalized advertising by visiting ads settings .