The short version: we don’t use cookies. Our host, Cloudflare, counts visits and blocks attacks, without telling us who you are. The few things this site stores are settings in your own browser. They never leave your device, and you can clear them all with one button.
No cookies
A cookie is a small file a website puts in your browser. Your browser sends it back to that website every time you load a page, which is how sites recognise you from one visit to the next.
This site doesn’t set any cookies.
What stays on your device
We use something called local storage to remember a few settings. Local storage is a small notepad inside your browser. Unlike a cookie, it is never sent back to us. Only this site, running in your browser, can read it.
| Setting | What it means |
|---|---|
trc-notice | You closed the privacy notice, so we don’t show it again. |
theme | You chose the light or dark look. |
fileTree | Which folders you opened in the menu. |
graph-visited | Which pages on this site you’ve opened, so the map can shade them. This list never leaves your browser. |
Two more last only until you close the tab (this is called session storage): where you scrolled in the menu, and what you typed in the search box.
That’s all of it. No names, no email addresses, no tracking IDs.
Clear my data removes everything in the table above, and the session items too.
Clearing it yourself
You can also clear it from your browser: open the site settings for trustreport.ca (usually the padlock or settings icon next to the address) and choose to clear the site’s data. If your browser has JavaScript turned off, the button above won’t appear, and nothing is stored anyway.
What Cloudflare sees, and why
This site runs on Cloudflare, which delivers every page and stands between the site and the internet. Like any web host, Cloudflare receives your IP address and basic browser details each time you load a page. It uses them to:
- Count visits: how many requests, which pages, roughly which countries, and how fast pages load. Cloudflare also adds its small Web Analytics script to our pages for page-level counts. Cloudflare says that script uses no cookies and no local storage, and doesn’t fingerprint visitors.
- Block attacks: sites like ours, which write about online operations, get targeted. Cloudflare’s security tools spot and block automated attacks and abusive traffic before it reaches the site.
We see totals and patterns in Cloudflare’s dashboard, kept for about a month. We don’t see who you are, and we don’t combine this with anything else.
There’s no switch to turn this off, because it’s how the site is delivered and protected. If you’d rather not be counted, the usual tools work: a VPN or Tor hides your IP address, and a content blocker can stop the Web Analytics script.
If you email us, we see what you send: your address, your message and any attachments. We use it to read and answer your message and to look into what you sent. Your name stays out of anything we publish or pass on.
Questions
Email [email protected].
Last updated: November 8, 2026.