Privacy policy

HiLo Ping collects one thing about you, and only if you give it to us: your email address, when you sign up for the newsletter.

Last updated November 15, 2026.

Reading the site

• We set no cookies.
• We run no ad scripts, no trackers and no analytics from other companies.
• The pages load nothing from other companies. Fonts and styles come from this site.
• We keep no record of which pages you, as one person, visit.

Counting visits

Our own server keeps totals so we know what gets read: how many times each page was opened, which site or newsletter issue sent the reader, the type of browser and device, and the country. These are counts, not records of people. Nothing in them can be tied to you, they put nothing on your device, and no other company receives them.

Your browser has to send its IP address to reach any website. Our server uses it to answer the request, to work out a country, and to limit repeated newsletter signups from one place for ten minutes. The address itself is never saved. To count one visitor once a day instead of once a page, the server may keep a scrambled code made from the address. The code cannot be turned back into the address, and it is thrown away within 24 hours.

The newsletter

If you sign up, we send your email address to Buttondown, the service that stores the list and sends the email. We send them the address and nothing else. Buttondown emails you a confirmation link, and you are not on the list until you click it.

• We use your address to send the newsletter and for nothing else.
• We do not sell it, share it or use it for advertising.
• We look at list totals, such as how many people are subscribed. We do not track which emails you open or which links you click.
• Every issue has an unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing takes one click.
• Buttondown handles the address under its own privacy policy.

If you email us

Mail to an address at hiloping.com is forwarded by Cloudflare to a Gmail inbox, so Cloudflare and Google handle your message on the way. We use it to answer you.

Links to other sites

Every post links to its sources. Once you follow a link, that site's own policy applies. We have no affiliate links today. If we add them, each one will be marked next to the link, and this page will say which companies are involved.

Your choices

• To see, correct or delete the address we hold, email hello@hiloping.com. We will do it and tell you when it is done.
• We do not sell or share personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, nothing changes, because nothing about you is being sold, shared or tracked to begin with.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we add anything that collects data about you, such as ads or analytics run by another company, this page changes first and the date above changes with it.