Updated 26 September 2026
Privacy & analytics
Your choice
Our public website uses Google Analytics 4 only after you choose “Allow analytics.” You can decline and continue using the site. Change your choice through “Analytics preferences” in the footer. Withdrawing permission stops collection and removes this site’s Google Analytics cookies; it does not remove data already sent to Google.
What we measure
With permission, we measure public-page views, general traffic sources, language, device information, and clicks leading to research, source editions, the reading room, and giving. Google may derive approximate location from a connection. Opening a payment link or copying a donation address records interest in giving, not a completed donation. We do not use these reports for advertising or enable Google Signals.
What stays out of analytics
We do not send contact messages, names, email addresses, dedications, sign-in tokens, payment details, or member-account identifiers to Google Analytics. Private reading-room and account pages do not load the Google tag. Page addresses exclude query strings and fragments; only simple campaign labels from selected outreach links may be included separately. Automatic form and search-term tracking are disabled.
Cookies, preferences & retention
Your analytics choice is stored in this browser for up to six months. If you allow analytics, Google Analytics cookies distinguish visits for up to six months. Event-level analytics retention is set to two months; aggregate reports may remain available longer. Essential reading-room sign-in cookies are separate from optional analytics.
Messages, membership & giving
Contact-form details are used to respond to your inquiry and are delivered through KeyKeeper to the Institute mailbox. Sending a message does not subscribe you to the research letter. Stripe handles card payments; the site uses membership records to provide access. Names and dedications are published only with permission. Cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on their public blockchain.
Google services & questions
Google processes the analytics data sent with your permission. Search Console separately reports how this website appears in Google Search; it does not require an analytics cookie on your device. For privacy questions or requests concerning information you provided to the Institute, write to office@buddhism.institute.