THE SIGNAL / PRIVACY
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THE SIGNAL.
THE SIGNAL is published by AT THE CODE. This page describes the current magazine and its prepared advertising features as of 10 October 2026.
Reading and sharing.
The site is delivered through Cloudflare, which processes technical request information needed to serve the pages and protect the service. Our on-device Read Aloud feature uses your browser's speech capability. The article share button opens your device's share sheet or copies a link. These features do not create an advertising profile.
Anonymous magazine analytics.
THE SIGNAL uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand which pages are read and to improve the magazine. Its beacon measures page loads and performance and reports aggregated page paths, referring domains, approximate visitor country and device type. It does not set an analytics cookie or create advertising profiles. The small footer counter shows verified Cloudflare visits from the available reporting period, up to six months. Visits are entries to the site, not unique people; automated traffic flagged by Cloudflare is excluded where possible.
You can object to this statistical tracking at any time using the control below. Your choice is stored in this browser only and does not affect reading the magazine. A browser privacy signal or blocked local storage also prevents this page from loading the beacon. Cloudflare still processes network requests required to serve and protect the site.
Video and checkout.
Some features embed videos from YouTube using its privacy enhanced domain. Playing or loading an embedded player can involve a connection to YouTube and its own data practices. A few credited archive images load from Wikimedia Commons. The separate book purchase link sends you to Stripe, which handles the payment under its own privacy terms. THE SIGNAL does not collect card details on magazine pages.
Advertising is inactive.
No Google AdSense script or behavioural advertising is running on THE SIGNAL. The proposed advertiser portal is closed. Once authorised, advertiser accounts would process business name, email, a securely hashed password, campaign details, requested dates and private creative solely to administer bookings. Approved advertisements would display to readers as labelled, contextual placements without click or impression tracking.
Before accounts or third party ads are enabled, the publisher will complete its formal privacy notice, contact details, retention and deletion arrangements, and any consent platform needed for the chosen advertising service.