Privacy Policy
The short version: boxofrules.com uses analytics to understand how the site is doing. Those tools only run after you accept the cookie notice. We never sell your data, and we collect no personal information beyond what you choose to send.
Your choice
When you first visit, a notice asks whether to allow analytics cookies. Nothing in the analytics or measurement section below loads until you click Accept. If you Decline, Google Analytics stays in cookieless mode (aggregate, anonymous estimates only) and Microsoft Clarity and the Meta pixel do not load at all. You can change your mind by clearing this site's data in your browser, which brings the notice back.
Analytics and measurement
If you accept, we use the following to measure traffic and improve the site. None of them are used to sell anything about you:
- Google Analytics 4 (Google) for page views and on-site events. IP addresses are anonymised, and it runs under Google Consent Mode, so before you accept it only sends cookieless, aggregated pings.
- Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft) for anonymised heatmaps and session statistics, to see which parts of the site work and which do not.
- Meta Pixel (Meta) to measure visits that come from Instagram and Facebook. Loads only after you accept.
These providers process data under their own privacy policies. We store a small flag in your browser to remember your accept or decline choice so the notice does not keep reappearing.
Newsletter
If you sign up to the mailing list, we store the email address you give us, and nothing else, so we can send you news about releases, plugin builds and shows. It is never sold or shared, and every email includes an unsubscribe link that removes you immediately. You can also just reply and ask.
Plugin usage data
Box of Rules plugin builds that include usage reporting send small, anonymous usage events to boxofrules.com — things like "the plugin was launched" with the plugin version and operating system. This data contains no personal information, no audio, no file names and no way to identify you: the only identifier is a random ID the plugin makes up on first run, which links events from the same install without saying anything about who you are. IP addresses are not stored with events. Usage reporting can be switched off at any time from the plugin's own settings, and the plugin keeps working exactly the same with it off.
Embedded video
Videos do not load until you press play. When you do, the player is served by YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), and YouTube's own terms then apply to that playback.
Plugin downloads
The plugin page reads the public releases feed from GitHub to show the latest build and download links. That request is the same one your browser makes when you open the releases page on GitHub. Nothing about you or your session is sent. Downloads come straight from GitHub, under GitHub's privacy terms.
Streaming and social links
Links out to streaming platforms, Instagram, GitHub and Ko-fi take you to those services, which have their own privacy policies. We do not share any data with them.
Contact
Questions about any of this? Email contact@boxofrules.com.