Last updated: 9 October 2026.
AI Pulse is a news blog and portfolio project run by Roman Aglaganov. This page explains, in plain English, what happens to your data when you read it. The short version: there are no accounts, no comments, no newsletter and no ads, and analytics only run if you say yes.
Who is responsible
Roman Aglaganov runs this site and is responsible for your data here. For any privacy question or request, email aglaganov@gmail.com.
What we collect
Analytics, only if you accept: if you click Accept in the cookie banner, the site loads Google Analytics 4. It records which pages are viewed, roughly where visitors are (country and city, worked out from the IP address, which Google Analytics 4 does not store), the type of device and browser, the page that sent you here, and how long you stayed. It sets two cookies, _ga and _ga_<ID>, which last up to two years and let it tell repeat visits apart. Advertising features are switched off: ad storage, ad personalisation and ad user data are all denied. If you click Decline, Google Analytics never loads.
Your cookie choice: Accept or Decline is remembered in your browser’s local storage, not in a cookie, and is never sent to us.
Hosting logs: like every website, the servers that deliver these pages (Vercel) briefly process technical data such as your IP address, browser and the address you requested, including anything you type into the site search. This is needed to serve the site and protect it from abuse, and the logs are kept only for a short time.
Nothing else: fonts and images are served from this site, so your browser does not contact Google Fonts or other image hosts. Readers cannot create accounts or submit forms. If you are an editor and log in to the admin, it sets a login cookie that is needed for the admin to work.
Why we use it
Analytics help us see which stories are useful, so we can write more of them. We rely on your consent for analytics, and on our legitimate interest in running a secure, working website for hosting logs. We do not sell your data, use it for advertising, or use it to make decisions about you.
Who else handles it
Vercel hosts the site and its images.
Neon hosts the database, which holds the articles and the editors’ accounts, not information about readers.
Google provides Google Analytics, only after you accept, and processes that data under its own privacy policy.
These companies are based in the United States, so your data may be processed there.
How long we keep it
Google Analytics keeps visit data for the retention period set in our Google Analytics account (two months by default) and then deletes it. Reports only ever show totals. Hosting logs are kept briefly by Vercel.
Your choices and rights
Change your mind any time: use the Cookie settings link in the footer. Declining stops Google Analytics and deletes its cookies in your browser.
Other ways to opt out: block cookies in your browser settings, or install Google’s Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Your rights: depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or some US states), you may have the right to ask what data we hold about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. We hold almost nothing that identifies you, but email aglaganov@gmail.com and we will help. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
This site is not aimed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will appear on this page with a new date at the top.