Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 November 2026
This page explains what information Burton Acoustix (blog.burtonacoustix.com) collects when you read it, why, and the choice you have. The site has no comments, reader accounts or newsletter, and it runs no ads.
Pages you read (Google Analytics)
Unless you opt out in the cookie banner, every page loads Google Analytics 4, run by Google. It records the pages you view, how you arrived (for example from a search engine or another site), roughly where you are (country and city, worked out from your IP address), your device, browser and screen size, and how you use the page, such as how far you read and which links you follow. Google Analytics sets cookies (_ga and _ga_9JXWZ0K36S) so that several visits from the same browser count as one visitor. We use it to see which guides people read and which ones need work.
How pages are used (Microsoft Clarity)
Unless you opt out in the cookie banner, every page also loads Microsoft Clarity, run by Microsoft. It records how visitors scroll, click and move through a page, as heatmaps and session replays, along with device and browser details. Clarity sets its own cookies (such as _clck and _clsk). We use it to find pages that are hard to read or use on a phone.
Your choice (the cookie banner)
The first time you visit, a cookie banner from CookieYes offers the choice “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”. It keeps your choice in a cookie called cookieyes-consent for one year, so the banner doesn’t ask again on every page. If you make that choice, we stop loading Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity on your visits. You can change your choice at any time from the cookie button at the bottom left of the page, and you can block cookies for this site in your browser’s settings.
Affiliate links (Amazon Associates)
This site contains affiliate links. When you buy through them we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Burton Acoustix is a member of the Amazon Associates program: when you follow one of our links to Amazon, Amazon sets its own cookies and records that the visit came from us, so it can pay that commission. We see totals of items ordered and commissions earned; Amazon doesn’t tell us who bought anything. What Amazon collects on its own site is covered by Amazon’s privacy notice. As an Amazon Associate, Burton Acoustix earns from qualifying purchases. Affiliate relationships do not influence editorial decisions (see our mission).
Messages you send us (the contact form)
If you write to us through the contact page, we keep your name, your email address, your message and the page you sent it from. The message is kept in the site’s admin area, where only the people who run the site can read it, and the site emails a copy to us so we can reply. We use it only to answer you. To stop the form being flooded, the site counts messages for an hour against a scrambled (one-way hashed) form of your IP address and email address, which allows five messages an hour; your IP address is not stored with your message.
Fonts (Google Fonts)
The site’s typefaces load from Google Fonts, so your browser contacts Google’s servers, which receive your IP address and browser details when a page loads.
Server logs
Like every website, the server that hosts Burton Acoustix keeps logs of each request: your IP address, browser, the page asked for (including any search you run on the site), the page you came from, and the time. They are used to keep the site running and secure.
Contact
Privacy questions: see the contact page.