Last updated September 15, 2026. The details below always reflect how the site is set up right now.
This page explains what this website collects when you visit, why, and what you can do about it. The site is run by Shane Kelly. If you have a question, email me@shanepk.com.
In short: nothing is sold, nothing is shared except with the tools named below, and messages you send are deleted automatically.
If you send a message
The contact form asks for your name, email address, an optional phone number and your message. Along with it the site keeps:
- when it was sent, and a short description of your browser (for example "Chrome on Windows"), to help spot spam;
- a scrambled, shortened code made from your internet address - not the address itself - to limit how many messages one visitor can send.
Your message is saved on this site's server and emailed to me so I can reply. It is only used to answer you, and is deleted automatically after 90 days.
Cookies and similar storage
- A session cookie that the site needs to work (for example, to protect the contact form from spam). It holds no personal information and is removed when you close your browser.
- Your cookie choice. When you answer the cookie banner, your answer is kept in a small cookie so you aren't asked on every page - and so that a "no" means the pages you're sent afterwards contain none of the tools' code at all. It holds nothing but that one word. Change your cookie choice.
- Cookies from the tools listed below - only after you accept them in the cookie banner.
Analytics and advertising tools
To understand how the site is used, it uses:
- Google Analytics 4 - Counts visits and shows which pages are read, from which country and on what kind of device. Its privacy policy.
- Microsoft Clarity - Anonymous heatmaps and session replays that show how pages are used. Anything typed into forms is hidden. Its privacy policy.
None of these load until you accept them - Google's included. If you decline, nothing here runs at all, and Google is told that your choice was "no". You can change your choice at any time.
These tools run on the live site only, and they are not used for visits while I'm logged in.
Resume downloads and the home page
- When you download a resume, the site adds one to a download count for that file. Nothing about you is recorded.
- The weather and season effects on the home page use this site's own location, not yours.
Server logs
Like almost every website, the hosting company keeps standard server logs - your internet address, the pages requested and the time - for security and to keep the site running. These are kept for a short time and aren't used to identify visitors.
Your choices and rights
- Email me@shanepk.com to ask what I hold about you, to correct it, or to have it deleted. I'll reply within 30 days.
- Your personal information is never sold or shared for advertising beyond the tools listed above.
- If you're in the EU or UK you have rights under the GDPR, and in California under the CCPA; the email address above is the way to use them.
- This site isn't aimed at children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If the site starts using a new tool or collecting something new, this page changes with it. The date at the top shows when the wording last changed.