Privacy & data collection

Last updated: 2026-04-29

The short version

We collect nothing about you by default. If you click "Allow" on the privacy banner, we collect two pieces of anonymous, aggregate information:

That is the entire list. No name. No email. No IP address kept. No cookies. No tracking across visits. No advertising. No social media pixels. No fingerprinting. No session replays. We never sell, share, or transfer this data to anyone.

Why we collect anything at all

We want to know whether this site is reaching people inside Iraq, which governorates need more outreach, and whether visitors are actually reading guides or bouncing in seconds. We cannot make the site useful without some signal. We picked the smallest possible signal that still tells us this.

How it works (technical detail)

Analytics are off by default. The first time you visit, you see a banner asking whether to allow analytics. Your choice is saved in your browser's localStorage under the key ispc-analytics. If you decline, no analytics script ever loads.

If you allow, we load Plausible Analytics, an open-source, EU-hosted service that:

We separately fire one event when your visit ends, with the duration in seconds. That event also contains no identifier.

What we don't do

How to opt out (or opt back in)

Click the button below to change your choice at any time. The change takes effect immediately and only affects this browser on this device.

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If you have stronger threat-model needs

If you are at high risk and want zero data leaving your device — even anonymously — decline analytics and use a VPN. Browser-side, you can also block plausible.io in your hosts file or content blocker. The site will continue to work normally.

Other data flows worth knowing

Contact

If you have questions or want to request that nothing of yours appears in our aggregate stats, contact us via the methods on the community page.