What we collect
Reading the site does not create an account. Pages do not embed advertising pixels or social trackers. The theme button stores your light or dark choice in localStorage on your device. That is not a cookie, and it is not sent to us.
Newsletter
The newsletter is sent with Buttondown. When you sign up, Buttondown stores your email address, the date you subscribed, and basic delivery data such as opens and clicks. You must confirm your address before you receive anything. Every issue has a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can ask us to delete your address at any time. We do not sell or share the list. See the Buttondown privacy policy.
Analytics
We use GoatCounter to count page views. It sets no cookies and does not track you across sites. For each view it records the page path, the referring page, the browser and operating system, screen size, and an approximate country. It does not store your IP address or build a profile of you. A short-lived hash is used only to avoid counting the same visit twice. See the GoatCounter privacy policy. Blocking the script with a content blocker does not affect how the site works.
Email you send us
If you write to hello@vibelocked.com or sponsors@vibelocked.com, we use the message to reply and, for sponsor mail, to discuss a placement. We do not sell that correspondence.
Hosting logs
The site is meant to be hosted as static files on a service such as Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages. Those hosts may keep ordinary request logs, including IP addresses, as part of serving the files. VibeLocked does not add its own logging on top.
Links
Guides link to official vendor documentation. Those sites have their own policies. Sponsor and affiliate links, when a placement exists, will be labeled on the page. This launch version uses empty placeholders, not paid links.
Children
The site is written for people building software. It is not directed at children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the page will change with it. The meaningful version is the one published at this URL.
Contact
Privacy questions: hello@vibelocked.com.