Privacy

Story: v2.0 (last updated 2026-06-14)

This page covers two things: what the site measures on its own, and what you choose to share through the survey and email form. Plain English, no fine print.

The short version

I never know who you are unless you type in your email.
Your picks (values, focus, path) are saved in your browser. They reach me only if you hit a submit button. Clicks do send analytics a short code, never your words.
Anything you type in a text box is stored apart from your email and is never quoted anywhere.
Survey answers are deleted 24 months after you submit them.
Want out sooner? Email me from the address you signed up with. Everything that can be tied to you is deleted within 7 calendar days.

What you choose to share

The survey and email form are optional. If you submit them, here is what is stored:

What's stored: the values you pick, anything you type in "add your own," and your path, focus, and yes/no answer. Also gender, age band, separation year, and the states you flag, if you enter them. Your email is stored only if you opt in.
Where it lives: a private Google Sheet that only I have access to.
Heads up: the email form and the survey send the same bundle. Hitting the email button also saves the picks you made on the page. The form says so right there too.
Who sees it: Henry Montoya, one person. I may share totals in update posts (for example, "120 readers picked the founder path"). Your typed text is never quoted, never shown to other readers, and I never share it.
How long it's kept: survey answers are deleted 24 months after you submit. Your email stays on the list until you unsubscribe. Every email I send has an unsubscribe link.
Email confirmation: opting in sends you one confirmation email first. Nothing else goes out until you confirm. The email list runs on Kit, an email service.

How your typed text stays separate

Text you type is stored in its own column, away from your email. A random ID connects them behind the scenes. Joining the two takes a deliberate manual step by me, and every join is logged. It is never done automatically.

Deleting your data

Email henry@insightgridsolutions.com from the address you signed up with and ask for deletion. That match is the identity check. If you write from a different address, I will reply and ask you to confirm from the original one before anything is deleted.

Deletion covers every place data tied to you lives: your survey answers, the email list, and the site's short-lived server logs. It finishes within 7 calendar days, and you get a confirmation reply when it is done. Analytics never receives anything that identifies you, so there is nothing there to find or delete.

One honest limit: if you submitted the survey without an email, there is no way to tell which row is yours later. Anonymous rows cannot be deleted one by one. They still age out at 24 months like everything else.

What the site measures on its own

This site uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to measure traffic: pageviews, scroll depth, outbound clicks, and file downloads. Custom events also fire when you use the interactive parts: viewing a path, clicking a path card, picking a focus or values, answering one of the short on-page questions, using a chart toggle, and a form save working or failing.

Each event carries short codes only, like the path name or "yes." Your email, your typed text, and anything else that could identify you are never sent to analytics.

Analytics data goes to Google. GA4 loads through Google Tag Manager, which I use only for that. The site's fonts also load from Google Fonts. Beyond those, nothing on this site sends data anywhere else.

GA4 anonymizes IP addresses by default, and I do not override that. GA4 keeps event data for 14 months; I do not extend that window.

Cookies and browser storage

Your picks (values, focus, path, separation year), anything you type in "add your own," and gender or age band if you set them live in your browser's session storage. They clear when the tab closes. They reach me only if you submit.
GA4 sets first-party cookies on stories.rakvia.com to count unique visitors. No advertising cookies.

Your choices

You can block GA4 with your browser's tracking protection, the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, or an ad blocker. The whole story still loads and works without it. The survey is optional, and every field in it is optional too.

Questions

Email henry@insightgridsolutions.com.