Privacy and cookies

Brand Shelf is run by Convergence Multimedia. There is no account, no login and no mailing list. Reading the site requires nothing from you.

What is collected

Visitor statistics. Aggregate figures on which pages are read, the referring page, approximate location, and browser and device type. Used to see what is worth writing more of.

Contact form. What you type is sent on as an email so it can be answered. It is not added to any list and not shared.

Server logs. The host records standard request data for every visit, including IP address, browser and timestamp. Ordinary web server behaviour, kept briefly and then discarded.

Cookies

Visitor statistics

A cookie so a returning visitor is not counted twice.

Affiliate tracking

Brand Shelf earns commission when a click through to a retailer leads to a sale. Affiliate network cookies record that the click came from here so the retailer knows where it originated. It makes no difference to what you pay.

Your cookie choice

Stored in your own browser so the notice does not ask again. It never leaves your device.

Cookies can be blocked or deleted in your browser settings. The site works normally without them.

Links to retailers

Outbound links go through a redirect here before reaching the retailer. Once you land on their site you are subject to their privacy policy and their cookies, not ours.

Changes

If what the site does changes, this page changes with it and the date at the top is updated. Questions go through the contact page.