Privacy & Cookies

The Short Version

dotBeat is a free, ad-free project built by one person. We do not create accounts, collect your name or email, or sell any data — ever. The only information gathered comes from standard analytics tools that help us understand how the site is being used, so we can keep improving it for the community.

The bottom line: You are never the product here. We use anonymous traffic data to make the site better. That’s the whole story.

Tools We Use

We use three industry-standard services to understand how visitors interact with the site. Each one may place a small cookie in your browser to do its job.

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Google Analytics

Tells us how many people visit, which pages are popular, and roughly where visitors are coming from (country/region level only). No personally identifying information is collected. Data is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy.

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Microsoft Clarity

Creates anonymized heatmaps and session replays so we can see where people click and which parts of the UI are confusing. Clarity automatically masks any sensitive content. Data is governed by Microsoft’s Privacy Statement.

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Cloudflare

Delivers the site quickly and protects it from malicious traffic. Cloudflare may set a short-lived security cookie to verify that traffic is coming from a real browser. Data is governed by Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a tiny text file that a website stores in your browser. Because websites don’t naturally remember you from one page to the next, cookies act like a small handstamp — they let analytics tools tell a “new visitor” from a “returning visitor” without knowing who you actually are.

The cookies used on this site are set by the third-party services listed above. We do not set any first-party tracking cookies ourselves.

You can view, block, or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Doing so will not affect your ability to use any part of dotBeat.

What We Don’t Do

No accounts or logins — there is no registration or sign-in on this site.
No forms or data entry — we never ask for your name, email, or any personal details.
No advertising — dotBeat is completely ad-free. No ad networks, no tracking pixels.
No data sales — we do not sell, rent, or share any data with third parties for commercial purposes.
No profiling — we have no interest in building a profile of you as an individual.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this policy or how the site works, feel free to reach out at hello@dotbeat.app. This is a solo community project — there’s a real person on the other end.