Analytics and infrastructure logs
When you load a page, the Yandex.Metrika counter (№ 109127444) records anonymised data: page path, referrer, device type, screen resolution, a User-Agent fingerprint, and IP address. We use this data for editorial analytics — which pieces are read, how readers move between sections.
At the infrastructure layer, Cloudflare keeps standard CDN access logs: request IP, path, response status, bot scoring. These exist for DDoS and bot protection; we do not query them directly or aggregate them outside the Cloudflare dashboard.
Things that simply do not exist here
- No accounts and no sign-ups — there is no login surface.
- No email subscriptions and no forms. You can only follow us via RSS or the Telegram channel — both external to the site.
- No payment data, banking details, or KYC documents.
- No advertising pixels: no Facebook Pixel, no Google Analytics 4, no retargeting networks.
Who sees your visit
- Yandex.Metrika
- Analytics. Jurisdiction: Russian Federation.
- Cloudflare
- CDN, DDoS protection, bot management.
- Not used
- Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, ad networks, social trackers.
Affiliate redirects and Referer
Affiliate links route through the cloak redirect
/go/?to=<slug>.
The /go/ page itself is tagged
noindex,nofollow
and carries
<meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer">;
the partner-link element uses
rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow".
That means the partner does not receive a Referer header from us and cannot tell which article the click came from. The partner only sees the click itself and (when the link is affiliate) the referral marker in the URL.
On the partner side, their own privacy policy applies — we are not responsible for it.
Legitimate interest, anonymised processing
For visitors from the EU and the EEA, our analytics processing relies on the "legitimate interest" basis under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR — we need to understand the audience to inform editorial decisions. We do not run cross-site tracking, behavioural advertising, or profiling that would shift the basis to consent.
Within the Russian Federation the same processing is anonymised ("обезличенная обработка") under Federal Law 152-ФЗ — see the Russian version of this page for that framing.
How to reach us
Because we do not collect personal data directly (no login, no forms, no email database), the typical "delete my account" or "export my data" requests do not apply — we do not have the data to begin with.
For any privacy or cookie question, message us via the contact page (Telegram). Requests to opt-out of Yandex.Metrika tracking should be addressed to Yandex itself — we do not have a "disable tracking for this single visit" toggle.
What we update and when
If we onboard an additional service (search, a new CDN, etc.) this page will be updated and the new date will appear in the header. The latest update date is at the top.