Privacy policy

§ 01

What is stored

When a reader submits a reaction, Reaction Count stores the reaction, the page URL associated with the form, and a hashed representation of the reader's IP address.

The IP is never stored in the clear: it is hashed together with the page URL and a rotating time window, so the same reader hashes to a different value on every page and once the window rolls over. That hash exists only to make buttons toggle-able: it lets the service treat a repeated click from the same reader as a change or removal of their previous reaction instead of incrementing without limit. Because the salt is scoped to one URL and a short time window, the stored value cannot be used to recognize a reader across pages or over time — it is unusable for tracking.

§ 02

Accounts and readers

Reaction Count does not require website owners or readers to create an account to use the embed forms.

§ 03

Tracking

Generated reaction forms do not require JavaScript on the host website. The service is intended for reaction counting, not cross-site behavioral tracking — and because the IP hash is salted per URL and time window (see § 01), readers cannot be recognized across pages or sessions even in principle.

§ 04

Data retention

Reaction data is retained so buttons can continue to display and toggle correctly. Site owners should not use Reaction Count to collect sensitive personal information or arbitrary user data.