Privacy Policy

The Selfhosted Tips website is build using a static HTML generator so no databases are being used by this site. The website author does not directly collect any user information. However, third party services are used by this website which may collection information about its users. The services used by this website are listed below.

Cloudflare

In an effort to enhance the performance of this website, Cloudflare is the CDN (Content Distribution Network) of choice used by this website. It caches web requests, images, etc. in data centers around the world to provide greater access and performance to visitors. Other useful features include HTML/CSS minification and DDos protection in the event of an attack on this website.

Cloudflare collects basic, high-level statistics on website traffic. This is useful for monitoring the total number of unique visitors and the bandwidth usage of this website.

Cloudflare’s privacy policy is located here:

https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

Disqus

This site uses Disqus as the commenting system. It is a popular, easy to use system, that is a built-in feature of the static site generator theme that I used to build this site. The Disqus privacy policy is located at:

https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466259-privacy-policy

Formspree

Formspree is a contact form service for static websites. The service is a convenient way to allow form submissions without running any code directly on the website’s server and also provides spam protection.

When using the form on Contact page, the information is submitted to Formspree before being emailed to the website author’s email address. The content submitted via the web form are stored on their servers which allows for review of prior submissions. You may view Formspree’s Privacy Policy on their website.

Amazon Associates

As an Amazon Associate, this website author earns a small percentage from qualifying purchases. You may notice that product links are shared throughout this website for various electronics or other items such as books. Any purchases that you make within 24 hours after clicking one of the affiliate links will give the website author a very small percentage. You will not be charged extra for products when clicking on affiliate links.

The Amazon Associate Program privacy policy is located at:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/agreement

Monetization and Appreciation

The various monetization options used by this website will help pay for any web hosting fees, domain registration, enhanced Cloudflare optimizations, stock image subscription, and other costs which help support this site. Most content on this website is not sponsored so it requires revenue in order to provide a better quality user experience as well as explore areas of interest by purchasing software, services, or hardware. Therefore, your support of this website is greatly appreciated!