Privacy & data use
How this site and its service providers handle visitor data.
Who runs the site
Julian Luczywo runs The Founders Library personally. For a privacy question or request, email julian@mithrilis.com.
Hosting
Vercel serves the pages on this site. When your browser requests a page or file, Vercel receives request data such as your IP address, the requested URL and browser information. See Vercel’s privacy notice for its data practices.
Visitor analytics
Every page loads OneDollarStats to measure visits. This includes page views, external referrers, campaign parameters, device and browser information, country and session duration.
OneDollarStats says it groups visits into sessions with a hash made from the visitor’s IP address, browser User-Agent and the current hour. This process uses IP addresses. See its session documentation and privacy notice.
The site uses standard page-view tracking and has no custom analytics events.
Search and information you submit
Search runs in your browser using this site’s Pagefind index. The app has no user accounts or submission forms. Your browser still makes requests to hosting, analytics and any external image services used on a page.
Your reading shelf
My reading shelf saves book IDs and reading states in your browser’s local storage. There is no account or database. The shelf feature does not send your saved choices to our servers or analytics.
Your shelf stays in this browser on this device. It does not sync to other browsers or devices. You can remove a book from the shelf at any time. Clearing this site’s saved data also clears your shelf. Private browsing can clear it when the private session ends.
Book covers
Most covers are served from this site. Some may load from covers.openlibrary.org. For those images, Open Library receives normal request information, such as your IP address and browser information. If no cover is available or an image fails to load, the site shows a text placeholder.
Links to other sites
Book, source and affiliate links take you to third-party sites. Those sites have their own privacy policies and may collect data when you visit them. The About page explains this site’s affiliate funding.
Data retention and questions
The provider notices linked above explain their data practices. For a question about how long records are kept, where data is processed or another privacy request, contact julian@mithrilis.com.