This page describes how www.fuelmileage.co.uk handles visit data on the site itself, separate from any site a reader reaches by following an outbound link. The scope below covers only what this site's build actually does.
How arrivals from search engines are counted
When a visitor arrives from a search engine, this site records a small set of details: the page path, the type of event, the name of the referring search engine, and the text of any outbound button that gets clicked. This information is collected only for that kind of arrival — visits that come from elsewhere do not trigger this collection. The data is used solely to count page views and clicks on outbound buttons, and for no other purpose. It is stored in the operator's own logs on the same domain, not passed to an outside analytics service.
What the cookie and session flag do
- Search-engine cookie: set only when a visit arrives from a search engine, kept for up to one hour, and containing nothing but the name of that search engine. It exists so a later click on an outbound link can be matched to the search engine that brought the visitor here. After an hour, it has no further effect.
- Session view flag: a marker kept in the browser only for the current session, used so a single page view is not counted more than once. It does not identify the visitor and does not persist beyond the session.
- Location data: the content delivery network reports only the country associated with a request — nothing more precise about where the visitor is.
Why the site needs no forms, accounts or trackers
The pages on this site are self-contained: fonts are embedded locally and every file a page needs is served from this domain, so nothing is fetched from an outside host while a page is being displayed. There are no forms, no third-party analytics, no external subresources and no contact channels built into the site. As a result, the site does not collect names, e-mail addresses, account identifiers or payment details, has no login or registration, and does not retain personal data about individual visitors. Hosting is provided as a set of static files distributed through a content delivery network, which handles the technical data of each request as the hosting provider.
What happens after an outbound link is followed
This site links out to third-party sites. Once a reader follows one of those links, the request goes directly from their browser to that other site, which keeps its own separate record of the visit. This privacy page describes only the behaviour of www.fuelmileage.co.uk and makes no claim about how a linked destination handles data, since that site operates outside this build and outside the operator's control. Readers should treat any information they might enter on a linked destination as governed by that separate site's own practices, not by anything described here.