Privacy Note
Effective September 29, 2026
Welcome!
This site barely exists, and it already has a privacy page. That's how seriously we take this. Please read carefully. There will be no quiz.
TL;DR
No tracking cookies, no analytics, no ads. If you write through the contact form, your note reaches Lauren so she can write back. That's it, for now. If and when that changes, this page will too.
Whose site this is
This site belongs to Lauren Vitek. Questions about this page, or about your information, go to privacy.2026 [at] laurenvitek.com.
What is collected
- What you type into the contact form: your name, email address and message. Nothing you didn't type yourself.
- What every website receives: your IP address, browser type and the page you asked for. Cloudflare, which hosts the site, uses this to deliver pages and keep out troublemakers.
- The robot check: the form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to tell humans from bots. It looks at a few signals from your browser and sets no advertising or tracking cookies. (Cloudflare's Turnstile privacy addendum.)
No analytics, no ad pixels, no tracking cookies, no visitor profiles. Even the fonts live here, so no one else learns that you stopped by.
What it's used for
Your message is used to read it and reply to it. Technical data is used to run the site and keep it safe. Nothing else.
Who else touches it
Two services help, and only to do their one job:
- Cloudflare hosts the site and runs the robot check, from data centers around the world. (Cloudflare's privacy policy.)
- Forward Email carries contact form messages to Lauren's inbox. (Forward Email's privacy policy.)
Your information is never sold, rented or handed out for marketing. It is disclosed otherwise only if the law insists.
How long it's kept
Messages stay in Lauren's email while they're useful for staying in touch, and are deleted within two years of your last exchange, or sooner if you ask.
Your rights
You can ask to see what Lauren has about you (spoiler: probably one email), to correct it, or to delete it, by writing to privacy.2026 [at] laurenvitek.com. You'll hear back within 30 days, and asking will never count against you. Depending on where you live, local law may give you further rights; this site honors them. Nothing here is sold or used for targeted ads, so there is nothing to opt out of. The site doesn't track anyone, so Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals are honored by default. You can also raise a concern with your local data protection authority.
Google account data
Here's the part you might not expect on a coming-at-some-point page. Lauren works with an AI assistant, and the assistant needs permission to work with her Google account. Google, quite reasonably, requires a privacy policy before it hands anyone the keys. So here we are.
- It works only with Lauren's own Google account (her email, calendar and files). It isn't a public service and never touches anyone else's account.
- It reads and changes her Google data only to do what Lauren asks it to do.
- That data stays on her own computer, and goes to the AI service behind the assistant only when a request needs it.
- It is never sold, never used for advertising, and never shared with anyone else, unless the law insists.
- Lauren can revoke the assistant's access at any time in her Google Account's security settings.
The assistant's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Children
This site isn't meant for children under 13 and doesn't knowingly collect their information. If a child has written in, let us know and the message will be deleted.
Security
The site is served only over HTTPS, and messages travel encrypted. Nothing online is perfectly secure, but reasonable care is taken.
Changes
If this page changes, the new version goes up here with a new date. You'll be the first to know, assuming you check privacy pages for fun.
Before you go
Wow. You read the whole thing. Here’s a small kindness, in return for yours:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.