Privacy and what we log
A plain summary of what is recorded and why. The privacy page is the authoritative version.
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This is a summary in plain words. The privacy page is the authoritative answer and is the one to read if the two ever differ.
What is gated rather than hidden
Some things on a profile are not sent to your browser at all until you are entitled to them: a surname, contact details, a street address, link URLs, and the detail of each work-history entry. They are omitted on the server, not blurred with CSS. That is why a blurred pill on a profile has nothing real underneath it.
What is recorded about actions
Changes to data are recorded: who changed what, when, and what it was before. That is what makes a moderation decision reviewable and a mistake recoverable. Sign-ins, failed sign-ins and moderation decisions are recorded with an IP address and a browser description, because for security events the address is the point.
What is recorded about reading
- Profile views are counted for the freelancer whose profile it is. Their own visits are not counted.
- Job views are counted as unique viewers per day, from a one-way hash. No address is stored and there is no column that could hold one.
- Searches are recorded as what was searched for, so we can see what the market asks for and does not find. They are never assembled into a history of a person, and nothing anywhere shows who searched for what.