Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how protocol.how collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited and features used
  • Technical Data: Browser type, device information, and IP address for analytics purposes
  • Local Storage: Session data stored locally in your browser to maintain your command history and state of various stores

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

  • Provide and maintain our service
  • Improve and optimise the user experience
  • Analyse usage patterns to enhance our educational content
  • Detect and prevent technical issues

4. Data Storage

protocol.how primarily uses local browser storage to save your session data, command history and stores. This data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers unless explicitly stated.

5. Anonymous Usage Tracking

To understand how users interact with our protocol simulators, we collect anonymous usage data:

  • Commands: The commands you enter in protocol simulators are logged to help us improve our educational content
  • Approximate Location: Your country and region are derived from your IP address to understand our geographic audience
  • Session Data: We track browsing sessions to group related commands together

No personally identifiable information is collected. You are identified only by an anonymous UUID stored in your browser's local storage.

You can reset your tracking data at any time. This will generate a new anonymous ID, effectively starting fresh. Your previous data will remain in our database but will no longer be associated with you.

6. Cookies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

7. Analytics & Third-Party Services

We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly analytics service, to understand how visitors use our website. Plausible does not use cookies, does not collect personal data, and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. All data is aggregated and anonymous.

Our website is hosted on third-party infrastructure. These services may collect basic technical information as part of standard web requests.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Children's Privacy

Our service is intended for general audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@protocol.how.