Privacy Policy
Last updated Nov 8, 2026
What kind of site this is
The Audit Trail is a static site served through Cloudflare. There is no application server processing requests on our side. Cloudflare processes request data (IP address, user agent, and request logs) to deliver and protect the site. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for details on how Cloudflare handles that data.
Analytics
We use Microsoft Clarity to see how people use the site: which pages they read, where they click and how far they scroll. Clarity sets two first-party cookies, _clck and _clsk, to group page views into one visit. Microsoft processes this data under the Microsoft privacy statement.
We use Google Analytics 4 to measure visits, pages read and referral sources. It uses first-party _ga cookies to recognize visits. Advertising features are disabled. Google processes this information under its privacy policy.
Cookie choice
Visitors in the UK, the European Economic Area and Switzerland see a cookie banner first. Clarity and Google Analytics load only after you select Accept, and Reject keeps both off. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, you see the banner wherever you are. In other countries both load with the page. Cookie settings, at the bottom of every page, lets you accept or reject at any time. Rejecting after an earlier Accept deletes the _ga, _clck and _clsk cookies.
What we do not run
We run no advertising network, advertising pixel, or embedded third-party form. All fonts are self-hosted.
Browser storage
The site saves your cookie choice in localStorage as cookie-consent for six months.
When you toggle dark mode, the site stores your preference in your browser’s localStorage under the key “theme”. That value stays on your device and is never sent to us or to any third party.
If you email us
If you send us a message at hello@theauditrail.com, we keep the message and your address to reply and to maintain a record of corrections and re-score requests. Mail to and from that address is stored and sent by our email provider. We do not sell that information or share it with anyone else.
Vendor business contacts
If a vendor contacts us to discuss a listing, review, or mention product, we keep that correspondence for the purpose of the commercial relationship.
Your rights
You may contact us at hello@theauditrail.com to ask what information we hold about you, to correct it, or to ask us to delete it. This applies whether you are in the UK, the European Economic Area, or a US state with a privacy law that gives you those rights.
Children
This site is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16.
Changes
When we change this policy, we update the date at the top of the page. The current version is dated 6 November 2026.
Who we are
The Audit Trail. Contact: hello@theauditrail.com