Privacy Policy
Last updated: 7/19/2026
1. Introduction
Almost Rational (almostrational.com) respects your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our site.
2. Information We Collect
Information you provide: Email address when subscribing to the newsletter, name and email when using the contact form, comments on posts, and supporter information.
Information collected automatically: We use Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, and Mixpanel to understand how visitors use the site. These services collect anonymized data such as pages visited, time spent, browser type, and device information.
Cookies for advertising: We display ads via Google AdSense. Google uses cookies to serve personalized ads based on your browsing history and interests. You can manage ad personalization in your Google Account settings.
3. Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your previous visits to this site and other websites across the internet.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
4. Cookies
Our site uses the following types of cookies:
- Essential cookies: Required for the site to function (admin authentication, theme preference).
- Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the site (Google Analytics, Clarity).
- Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense to deliver relevant ads and track ad performance.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality.
5. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics — anonymized usage analytics
- Microsoft Clarity — session recording and heatmaps (anonymized)
- Mixpanel — product analytics
- Resend — newsletter email delivery
- Google AdSense — advertising
- Upstash Redis — rate limiting
- Sentry — error monitoring
Each service has its own privacy policy governing data handling.
6. Your Rights (GDPR)
If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction or deletion of your data
- Object to processing of your data
- Request restriction of processing
- Data portability
- Withdraw consent at any time
To exercise these rights, contact us at words@almostrational.com.
7. Data Retention
We retain newsletter subscriber data until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to the retention policies of the respective service providers. Contact form messages are retained until the inquiry is resolved.
8. Children's Privacy
Our site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
10. Contact
For privacy-related inquiries: words@almostrational.com
Last updated: July 19, 2026