Privacy
What my sites collect, why, and how long it's kept. Last updated September 30, 2026.
This covers blog.mmohamud.me and mmohamud.me. I don't sell or share your information, I don't run ads, and I don't use cookies to track you.
Visit statistics
To see which pages people find useful, each page view records: the page, the website that sent you there, an approximate location (city, region, country), and your device type, operating system and browser.
Your IP address is used once to look up that approximate location and is never stored. The lookup is done by ipwho.is. To count unique visitors without identifying anyone, a scrambled code is created from your connection details with a secret that changes every day and is then deleted, so visits can't be linked across days. Visit records are deleted automatically after 90 days.
If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, no visit is recorded.
mmohamud.me also uses a second analytics service operated by Kulan Institute, which records similar page-view information.
Newsletter
If you subscribe, I store your email address, the date, and the site you signed up on. You're only added after you click the link in the confirmation email. Every newsletter has an unsubscribe link; unsubscribing deletes your address.
Comments
When you comment, I store your name, email address and comment. Your name and comment are shown publicly once I approve them; your email address is never shown. If you tick "Email me when Mohamud replies", I'll email you when I reply, and each of those emails has a link to stop them. Comments are kept until I delete them or you ask me to.
Contact form
Messages you send through the contact form on mmohamud.me (your name, email and message) are stored so I can reply, and a copy is delivered to my email through Formspree. If I reply, a copy of my reply is kept with your message.
Services these sites rely on
- Supabase stores the database (visit statistics, subscribers, comments and messages).
- GitHub Pages hosts the sites and may keep standard server logs, including IP addresses, for security.
- Resend delivers emails from contact@mmohamud.me.
- Formspree forwards contact-form messages to my email.
- ipwho.is provides the approximate-location lookup described above.
- YouTube videos in articles use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode; YouTube may set cookies once you press play.
Stored in your browser
A few small settings may be saved in your own browser, such as whether you dismissed an announcement. They never leave your device.
Your choices
You can ask to see, correct or delete anything I hold about you by emailing contact@mmohamud.me. I'll respond within 30 days.
These sites aren't directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect their information.