Privacy Policy

Summary

• We do not require an account to read any of our guides.
• We do not run an email list, so the site has no sign-up form and we store no subscriber addresses.
• We measure which guides are read using Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity. Display ads are provided by Adsterra; ad scripts make no request until the consent gate allows them (EEA/UK visitors must opt in, other regions load by default).
• We are not affiliated with OpenAI, and we never receive personal data from OpenAI on your behalf.

Information We Collect

Email you send us

If you write to contact@gptlives.com, we receive your message, your address, and the time you sent it. We keep it only as long as needed to answer, and for our own record of corrections we have published. We do not add you to any list and we do not enrich your record with data from third parties.

Server logs and analytics

Our hosting and delivery providers record standard web server logs (IP address, user agent, requested URL, response status, size) for up to 30 days for the purposes of abuse prevention and capacity planning. Page-level usage measurement comes from Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-HE9C4HVFKS, plus the additional property G-1KDJY4F4D5 delivered by Cloudflare's tag tool), Microsoft Clarity (project yvxlo2o12r), and Cloudflare Web Analytics, a cookieless page-view counter served by Cloudflare. Both set their own cookies or identifiers, and how long they retain data is governed by Google's and Microsoft's own policies. Clarity produces aggregated interaction data such as heatmaps and session replays; free-text fields we control are marked with data-clarity-mask so their contents are hidden. We do not link analytics data to newsletter records.

Cookies and local storage

Advertising scripts stay inert until the consent gate allows them; EEA and UK visitors see the banner first, other regions are allowed automatically, and a decline is honoured everywhere. Our own storage is limited to a single key, gptlives-consent, which remembers your banner choice; a region decision made automatically is kept in memory only and is not written to storage. Clearing site data in your browser removes the saved choice, and the banner will ask again on your next visit. If you allow ads and analytics, Microsoft Clarity loads and Google Analytics, Clarity, and Adsterra may set cookies or identifiers when a page loads — for example _ga for Google Analytics and _clck / _clsk for Microsoft Clarity.

Advertising partners

Display advertising is served by Adsterra. Until the consent gate allows ads, no ad script or ad request is created. EEA and UK visitors must allow ads in the consent banner first; in other regions ads load by default, and an explicit decline blocks them everywhere. Adsterra and its partners may set cookies or similar identifiers to serve, cap, measure, and protect ads; the site blocks adult and dating categories. You can manage ad and analytics choices with the consent banner, which the footer's privacy link can reopen. Networks and vendors are listed on our disclosure page as their terms are verified.

Web fonts

This site self-hosts its web fonts (Inter, JetBrains Mono, Source Serif 4) from our own server. No third-party font requests are made when you load a page.

How We Use Information

• To detect and prevent abuse and security incidents.
• To measure overall article popularity so we know what to write next.

We do not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not share it with third parties except the limited number of processors described below.

Processors and Sharing

• Hosting and delivery — Cloudflare (CDN and security) and Vercel (static hosting) serve our static files.
• Analytics — Google Analytics 4 (properties G-HE9C4HVFKS and G-1KDJY4F4D5), Microsoft Clarity, and Cloudflare Web Analytics, as described under Information We Collect.
• Email - mail sent to our domain address is received and forwarded by Cloudflare Email Routing, which processes the message and the sender address in order to deliver it to our inbox.
• Advertising provider — Adsterra serves our display advertising through Native Banner and Social Bar placements. Their scripts stay inert until the consent gate allows ads: EEA and UK visitors must accept first, other regions load by default, and an explicit decline blocks them everywhere. Adsterra and its own partners apply their policies to the data they process. We do not claim a referral relationship with the provider.

We do not sell, rent, lease, or share your personal information with marketing partners or data brokers.

Affiliate Disclosure

No active affiliate relationship or payout is verified for this site. Current consumer-access links are neutral informational links. Any future compensated link will be labeled and described on our disclosure page before publication.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, or restrict the processing of your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, email contact@gptlives.com. We respond within 30 days.

Children's Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13 (or under the equivalent age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to This Policy

Material changes will be highlighted in the main feed or on the updates hub. The "last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the current version.

Contact

Questions, concerns, and data requests go to contact@gptlives.com.