Full disclosure
Last updated October 14, 2026. What this site collects, what it doesn’t, and the things most sites bury. If anything here is unclear, tell me and I’ll fix the page.
The short version. I don’t track you. There are no analytics and no ads, and nothing on this site loads from anyone else’s server. Not even fonts. The only cookie remembers if you picked light or dark mode, and only if you click the button. The count sheet and the KPI lab run in your browser and send nothing. If you use the contact form, it collects some technical details along with your message. That part is worth reading.
1. What the contact form collects
When you press send, your name, email, company (if you give one) and message go to me. Two sets of details go along with them. Nothing is collected when the page just loads. Most contact forms collect these quietly. I’d rather list them.
Read from your connection (dependable)
My host reports these about the message itself. They can’t be faked from your end, and they are never read out of what you typed:
| What | Why it’s there |
|---|---|
| IP address | Shows roughly where a message came from, and lets me block a source if spam floods in. |
| City, state, country, ZIP area | A rough guess from the IP, not your device’s location. It’s often off by quite a bit. |
| Timezone | So I don’t reply at three in the morning your time. |
| Internet provider | Which provider or company network the message came through. |
| Data center | Which of my host’s data centers handled it. Only useful for fixing problems. |
| Timestamp | When it arrived, in UTC. |
Reported by your browser (take with salt)
Your browser offers these on its own. You can change or turn off any of them, and nothing breaks if you do:
| What | Why it’s there |
|---|---|
| Device type, platform, browser | If you tell me something looks broken, this saves a round of “what are you using?” |
| Screen and window size | Same reason. Most “it looks wrong” reports get solved by this one line. |
| Timezone and UTC offset | Double-checks the one above. |
| Languages | So I reply in one you read. |
| CPU cores, memory, touch support | Context if you’re telling me something is slow. |
| Referring page | How you found the site. Blank if you typed the address. |
| User agent string | The long version of the browser line. |
Being straight with you
Put together, that’s a fairly clear picture of your computer. I collect it because it helps me answer faster, and it helps me tell a real person from the steady drip of spam. I won’t pretend it’s nothing.
Your message arrives as an email in my inbox. A copy is also saved as one row in a private Google Sheet owned by the same account, so messages are easy to find later. I don’t build a profile from any of it, and I don’t sell it or share it. Ask me to delete your message and I will, and I’ll tell you when it’s done.
If you’d rather not send any of that, email me directly. The address is on the front page, next to the form. A regular email carries only what your own mail app sends, which is a lot less.
2. Cookies and storage
- Light or dark mode. Click the button and your choice is saved in your browser, plus a cookie that lasts a year. Never touch the button and nothing is saved.
- The opening animation. For this visit only, your browser remembers that you already saw it, so it doesn’t play again on every page. That uses session storage. It isn’t a cookie, it never leaves your computer, and it’s gone when you close the tab.
That’s the whole list. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking pixels, no session recording.
3. The count sheet and the KPI lab
Both run entirely in your browser. The count sheet uses made-up items and numbers, not data from any company I have worked for. The KPI lab starts with sample numbers too. Nothing you type in it is sent anywhere or saved.
4. The résumé PDF
The résumé you can download here is the same one I send with job applications, minus my phone number. It does show my email address, on purpose: a résumé needs one. Everything on it is true, and the dates match the web version on the front page.
5. How AI was used
An AI helper wrote most of the first draft of this website. I reviewed every line and checked every claim about my work. The “How I built this” section on the front page says who did what, and where the AI got it wrong.
Your messages are read by me. I don’t paste them into outside AI tools.
6. Things worth saying
- No sponsors. There are no ads and no affiliate links. Product names on this site, like Crystal Reports or Sage, are tools I have used at work. Nobody paid to be named.
- The links to my other sites go to sites I built and run. They each have their own disclosure page.
- The numbers at the top of the front page are my own: years in data and reporting, years in manufacturing, and the automated reports I keep running every day.
- Who runs this. This site is run by John Goliash, in Northeast PA.
7. Getting in touch about this page
Corrections, deletion requests or a question about anything above: use the contact form or email me directly. I’ll answer.