What Dual Pixels collects, why it collects it, and what readers can do about it.
What we collect
When you visit dualpixels.com, the site logs your IP address, the page you requested, the referring URL, your browser and operating system, and the timestamp of the request. This is standard web-server logging and is retained for security and traffic analysis.
If analytics is enabled (currently Umami, self-hosted), we collect aggregate page-view counts, referrers, and rough country-level location. Umami does not use cookies and does not track individuals across sessions.
Cookies
The site sets a small number of cookies for core functionality: comment-form values, login state for editors, and (when enabled) consent preferences. We do not run third-party advertising trackers in editorial pages.
Embedded content
Articles sometimes embed YouTube videos, X (Twitter) posts, or similar third-party content. When you load such an article, the embedded service may set its own cookies and collect data per its own policy. We have no control over that data flow.
Comments
If you leave a comment, we store the name, email, and comment text you provide, plus the IP address you submitted from. Avatar lookups go through Gravatar, which receives a hash of your email.
Subscriber data
If you subscribe to a newsletter (when one is offered), we store the email address you provide and unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email. We do not sell or rent this list.
Your rights
EU/UK readers have the right under GDPR to request a copy of any personal data we hold, to ask for correction or deletion, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. California readers have analogous rights under CCPA. Contact [email protected] to exercise these rights.
Data retention
Server access logs are retained for 30 days. Comments persist until the commenter requests removal or the article is unpublished. Newsletter subscriber data persists until the user unsubscribes.
Changes
If we change this policy materially, we’ll note the change at the top of this page with a date. Last updated: 04/27/2026.