Last updated August 25, 2026
Privacy Policy
This is a personal portfolio site. It doesn't have user accounts, doesn't run ads, and doesn't sell data. This page explains the little bit of data that does pass through it.
Analytics
This site uses Vercel Analytics to see aggregate traffic — things like which pages are visited, approximate location by country, and referring site. It does not use cookies, does not track you across other websites, and does not build a personal profile tied to your identity.
Local storage
The homepage remembers, using your browser's session storage, whether you've already seen the intro animation once so it doesn't replay on every visit within the same browser session. That value never leaves your browser and is cleared automatically when you close the tab.
Embedded content
Some project pages embed video from YouTube or Vimeo. YouTube videos are embedded in privacy-enhanced mode, which avoids setting tracking cookies until you actively play a video. If a Vimeo video is embedded, Vimeo may set its own cookies when the page loads, under Vimeo's own privacy policy — this site doesn't control that behavior.
Hosting & content
This site is hosted on Vercel and its content (project write-ups, images) is managed through Sanity. Standard web server logs (like IP address and request timestamps) may be retained briefly by these providers for security and reliability purposes, under their own privacy policies.
Contact
If you have a question about any of this, reach out at joshuajacobpothen@gmail.com.