The short version: this is a personal portfolio, and it is built to stay out of your way. No advertising, no profiling, no accounts. What little I measure is anonymous and counted in aggregate. Here is the detail.
Who runs this site
This site is run by me, Fabrizio La Rosa, based in Ghent, Belgium (BE 1031.214.819). You can reach me through the contact page.
What I don’t collect
I keep this to the bare minimum on purpose. This site has:
- no tracking or advertising cookies;
- no Google Analytics, Meta pixel, or similar trackers;
- no accounts, logins, newsletters, or mailing lists.
What I measure, and how
To get a rough sense of what people read, I use Simple Analytics, a privacy-first service based in the Netherlands. It records aggregate numbers only: which pages are viewed, where visits come from, and rough device and browser type. It does not use cookies, does not fingerprint you, and does not store your IP address or any personal identifier. Because there is nothing personal to ask about, there is no consent banner to click through.
The measurement script and the data it sends are served through this site’s own
domain, at /sa/, and forwarded on to Simple Analytics. I don’t store
anything along the way, I just pass it on.
On top of page views, I also count a few anonymous interactions:
- clicks on the email link;
- clicks on the main buttons (“See my work”, “Get in touch”);
- clicks on outbound links, including which link and where it leads.
These counters carry no user ID, no session ID, no IP address, and no fingerprint. They count that a click happened, never who clicked.
Visits are counted even if your browser sends the Do Not Track signal. That signal asks not to be tracked as a person, and there is no per-person tracking here to switch off. Skipping it would just skew the aggregate numbers away from privacy-conscious visitors.
Cloudflare in front of the site
The site is served through Cloudflare, which sits in front of it as a content delivery network and security layer. To do that it necessarily sees your IP address, and it keeps standard access logs (IP address, user agent, requested URL) for limited periods. It does not set profiling cookies, aside from the occasional challenge used to block bots and abuse.
What stays in your browser
Your theme choice (light or dark) is saved in your browser’s local storage so the site remembers it on your next visit. It never leaves your browser, and it never reaches me or any third party.
If you write to me
If you email me or use the contact page, your message lands in my inbox and is used only to reply to you. I don’t add you to any list, and I don’t pass it on.
Your rights
There is no user database here to correct or delete from, because I don’t keep one. If you have a question about data all the same, get in touch through the contact page and I’ll help.
Changes to this page
If this policy changes, I’ll update it here and note the date above. This version is from 4 July 2026.
