Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 November 2026
Top Personalities is a static website with no user accounts, no cookies and no analytics or tracking scripts. We do not collect anything about your visit ourselves — but simply loading the site contacts our host, Cloudflare Pages, which receives the standard technical information any web request carries, such as your IP address and your browser's User-Agent. The only other personal data involved in using this site is the email you send us — if you choose to send one.
What we collect
We do not collect anything automatically from visitors. There is no registration, no login, no comment system and no newsletter, so there is no account data to collect. We do not set cookies, and we do not run any analytics, advertising or tracking scripts at present. However, loading any page contacts our host, Cloudflare Pages, which receives your IP address, your browser's User-Agent and the address of the page you requested, and keeps request logs as part of serving the site.
If you use the site search or one of the tools, the words or dates you enter can appear in the page address — and therefore in your browser history and in our hosting logs. The tools themselves process what you type in your browser; it reaches our host only as part of the page address, when it appears there.
Apart from the technical information our host receives when a page loads (above), the only personal data we receive is what you send us yourself: if you email us at [email protected], we receive your email address and whatever you write in the message.
Analytics — coming later, not yet running
We plan to add Google Analytics 4 in a later phase, so that we can understand which pages readers find useful. It is not installed yet, and no analytics data is being collected. When it is added, this policy will be updated before or at the same time to explain what it collects, how long data is kept, and how to opt out. Until then, the statement above — no cookies, no trackers — is the accurate one.
How we use email you send us
Email is used only to read and, where needed, reply to your message — for example, to confirm a correction, to ask for the source behind a report, or to answer a question. We do not sell, rent or share your email address or your message with anyone. We do not add you to any mailing list, because there is none. Correction reports are logged internally as part of our Corrections Policy, without sharing the reporter's personal details.
Emails are kept only as long as needed to handle your message. Once your question is answered, or a correction you reported has been dealt with, the email is deleted. If you ask us to delete an email you sent sooner, we will do so. Write to the same address, [email protected], and tell us which message to delete.
Who is responsible for your data
The data controller for this site is Abdul Hannan, operating as Top Personalities. You can contact him about anything in this policy at [email protected].
Two services process data on our behalf. The site is hosted by Cloudflare Pages (Cloudflare, Inc.), which serves the pages and receives the technical information described in "What we collect" above. Email sent to [email protected] is routed through Cloudflare Email Routing to the editor's Gmail mailbox, where Google stores it under its own privacy policy until it is deleted.
Third-party services the site uses
The site loads no third-party scripts and no third-party fonts — the fonts used on this site are hosted here, on this site itself. The only third-party service involved in loading a page is our host, Cloudflare Pages, described in "What we collect" above.
Pages on this site link out to external sources — for example, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Encyclopaedia Britannica and official institutional sites — so readers can check our sources. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and this policy does not cover them.
Children
This site is a general educational resource and is suitable for readers of all ages, including students. We collect no personal data ourselves from children or anyone else, and we ask that children do not email us personal information.
Changes to this policy
If the site changes in a way that affects privacy — most notably when analytics is added — this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will change. The current version of this page is always the one that applies.
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected] — see our Contact page. Our Terms of Service and Disclaimer sit alongside this policy, and the About page explains what the site is for.