Privacy Policy

It would be odd for a site about privacy to be careless with yours, so we keep this simple: PocketVeil collects as little as possible. This policy explains what that means in practice. It was last reviewed on 9 October 2026.

What we collect

We don't ask you to create an account, and we don't require any personal information to read the site. If you email us, we receive whatever you put in that message and use it only to reply. If you subscribe to our email updates, we store the address you give us purely to send those updates, and you can unsubscribe in one tap at any time. We also use Google Analytics to see which guides are useful, as explained in the next section.

Google Analytics

PocketVeil uses Google Analytics 4, a service of Google LLC and Google Ireland Ltd. Whether you're on a phone or a laptop, it records the pages you view, the site that referred you, your approximate location (city or country), your device and browser type, and session timing. Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. We've turned advertising features, Google signals and ad personalisation off, so the data isn't used for advertising, and we never sell it.

If you're in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you'll see a banner first, and nothing is sent to Google unless you tap Accept. Elsewhere, analytics is on by default and you can switch it off at any time. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat that as an opt-out. GA4's first-party cookies, _ga and _ga_<ID>, are only set after analytics is allowed, and they last up to 2 years. Your choice is saved in your browser's local storage under the key analytics-consent — not in a cookie.

One tap on Cookie settings reopens the banner so you can change your mind. For Google's side, see Google's privacy policy; to block Google Analytics on every site in a desktop browser, Google offers an opt-out browser add-on.

Affiliate links and third parties

When you click an affiliate link to a VPN provider, that provider (and its affiliate network) may set a cookie to attribute a possible sale to us — this is standard for affiliate programs and is how we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Those third parties have their own privacy policies, which govern what they collect once you leave our site. You can read more about how our links work on the affiliate disclosure page.

Your choices

You can browse PocketVeil without giving us anything, use your browser settings to block cookies, and unsubscribe from our emails whenever you like. If you'd like us to delete an email you've sent us or remove you from our list, just ask at [email protected] and we'll take care of it. If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we'll update the date at the top.