This site is operated by Lawrence Nault, an independent Canadian author, filmmaker, and policy researcher based in Alberta. For privacy enquiries, use the contact form.
---This site uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and what general region they are in. Google Analytics does not collect personally identifiable information. IP addresses are anonymised before being processed. Analytics cookies are only set after you give your consent.
If you use the contact form at lawrencenault.me/contact/, your name and email address are collected solely to respond to your enquiry. This information is not stored in a database, not shared with third parties, and not used for marketing purposes. It is retained only as long as necessary to respond to your message.
This site uses the following categories of cookies:
| Category | Cookie name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | wordpress_logged_in | Keeps site administrators logged in | Session |
| Essential | wordpress_sec | Login security | Session |
| Essential | wp-settings | WordPress interface preferences | 1 year |
| Essential | PHPSESSID | Server session handling | Session |
| Essential | cookieadmin | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
| Functional | speedycache | Page caching for performance | Session |
| Analytics | _ga | Google Analytics — identifies unique visitors | 2 years |
| Analytics | _ga_* | Google Analytics — session tracking | 2 years |
| Analytics | _gid | Google Analytics — session identification | 24 hours |
Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the site to function. Analytics cookies are only set after you accept them via the cookie consent banner. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon at the bottom of the page.
---This site uses Google Analytics 4, operated by Google LLC. Data collected by Google Analytics may be transferred to and stored on servers in the United States. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all sites using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
This site loads fonts from Google Fonts. When your browser requests a font, your IP address is sent to Google's servers. Google's privacy policy applies to this data. No cookie is set by Google Fonts.
The contact form uses Cloudflare Turnstile for spam protection. Turnstile analyses browser behaviour to verify you are human without requiring you to solve a puzzle. Cloudflare's privacy policy is available at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
---Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
To exercise any of these rights, use the contact form. For analytics data specifically, you can withdraw consent at any time by clicking the cookie preference icon at the bottom of any page on this site and changing your settings.
---Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and are not stored in a database. Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months by default, as configured in Google Analytics. Cookie consent records are retained for 365 days.
---This policy may be updated from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after changes are made constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
---For privacy enquiries, use the contact form at lawrencenault.me/contact/. Lawrence Nault is based in Alberta, Canada.