Last updated: 13 November 2026
The short version
- You can read everything on EatCryptoPie without registering or telling us your name or email address.
- The site has no display ads, no comments and no reader accounts. If you allow Analytics, we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find the site, which pages they view and which links they follow. If you separately allow Marketing, we use the Meta Pixel to send page-view information to Meta for advertising measurement and advertising. You can decline either or both and still read everything.
- Like any website, ours runs on services that automatically record technical details when you visit, such as your IP address. They’re used to deliver the site and keep it secure, not to profile you.
- If you email us, we use what you send only to deal with your message.
- Optional analytics and advertising data are shared with Google and Meta only after you choose the relevant cookie category.
- If you choose to subscribe, we use MailerLite to deliver the checklist and our emails. We may measure email opens and link clicks to see what readers find useful. You can unsubscribe at any time. Email tracking is separate from your website cookie choices.
- Questions or requests: hello@eatcryptopie.com.
Who we are
EatCryptoPie is an independent Australian publication about crypto, run as a small sole-trader business. In this policy, “we” and “us” mean EatCryptoPie. You can contact us at hello@eatcryptopie.com.
When you read the site
Server logs. When your browser asks for a page, our web host, Bluehost, records the request in its server logs: your IP address, the date and time, the page you asked for, the page that linked you to it, and your browser and device type. Words you type into the site’s search box become part of the page address, so they appear in these logs too. The logs are used to run the site, keep it secure and find faults. We don’t keep our own copies.
Delivery and security. The site is delivered through Cloudflare, which sits between your browser and our server. It speeds up delivery and filters out malicious traffic, and to do that it processes your IP address and the details of each request.
Security software on the site (Wordfence, and Jetpack’s security features) watches for attacks, such as repeated attempts to log in. It records the IP address and request details of suspicious traffic, and it may block that traffic.
Missing pages. If you follow a link to a page that doesn’t exist, the site records the address you asked for and when, so we can fix the broken link. It can also record the page that linked to it and your browser type. This log has no separate field for your IP address.
Cookies. We use a cookie to remember your privacy choice. If you allow analytics, Google Analytics uses cookies, including _ga and a cookie whose name begins _ga_, to distinguish browsers and connect activity within visits. We set these analytics cookies to expire two months after they are first set, without extending that period on each visit. If you allow Marketing, the Meta Pixel can use marketing cookies, including _fbp and _fbc, to recognise your browser and connect a visit with a Facebook or Instagram ad. Marketing is separate from your Analytics choice. Cloudflare may set cookies it needs to deliver the site and protect it from automated attacks. WordPress sets login cookies, but only for the people who run the site.
Analytics and your choice
We use Google Analytics 4 to measure how visitors arrive at EatCryptoPie, which pages they view and which links they click to other websites. This helps us assess useful content and whether contributions on other publications bring readers here.
Analytics is off until you choose to allow it. If you decline, we do not load Google Analytics or send it analytics events, including measurements without cookies. You can change your choice at any time using Cookie settings. Withdrawing consent stops future analytics collection on this browser; it does not automatically erase information already collected.
When you allow analytics, Google receives information such as the page address and title, the referring page or campaign label, event times, general browser and device information, general location and the destination of an outbound link, together with a browser identifier. We do not ask for or deliberately send your name, email address, wallet addresses, balances or transaction history to Analytics. Please do not put private information into site search or page addresses.
Google processes IP addresses to derive general location but says that GA4 does not log or store them. We disable granular location and device collection, Google signals and advertising personalisation. We do not connect our Google Analytics setup to advertising services or use its data for advertising audiences. The separate Meta Pixel is described below.
An outbound click means a link was followed; it does not tell us that you signed up or bought anything. Affiliate programs report signups, purchases and commissions separately. Those reports do not necessarily identify which publication brought a reader here.
For more about Google’s handling of information, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and Google’s Privacy Policy.
Meta Pixel and your marketing choice
We use the Meta Pixel, provided by Meta, which operates Facebook and Instagram. It stays off until you allow Marketing in Cookie settings. Allowing Analytics alone does not enable it.
When you allow Marketing, the Pixel sends a page-view event to Meta. This can include the page address, referring page, event time, IP address, browser and device information, and cookie or advertising identifiers. Meta may connect this information with your Facebook or Instagram account and other activity, and use it for advertising measurement, personalisation and other purposes described in its policies.
Our site implementation sends page views only. We do not include names, email addresses, phone numbers, wallet addresses, balances or transaction history in the Pixel code. Automatic configuration is disabled in our implementation, and we have not added an advanced-matching or server-side Conversions API integration. Please do not put private information into site search or page addresses.
You can withdraw Marketing consent using Cookie settings. This stops future Pixel activity on this browser; it does not automatically delete information Meta has already received. You can also remove cookies through your browser and manage your advertising preferences with Meta.
For more information, see Meta’s Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.
When you email us
If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you write. We use it to read and reply to your message, and to keep a record where one is needed, for example of a correction we made. Our email is provided by Google Workspace. You don’t have to use your real name.
When you subscribe to our emails
Signing up is optional. If you subscribe, we use your email address to confirm your signup and deliver the checklist and EatCryptoPie emails. If you choose to give us your name on a signup form, we use it to address you in our emails. You do not need to subscribe to read the site.
MailerLite runs the mailing list for us. It handles subscriber details, subscription status, signup and confirmation records, delivery results and unsubscribe records. See MailerLite’s Privacy Policy.
Email tracking. We may use a small image to record email opens and tracked links to record clicks. These reports can be linked to your subscriber record and may include times, IP addresses and browser or email-client information. We use these reports to assess delivery and improve the emails. An open is not proof that you read an email: privacy features can load images automatically, and blocking images can prevent an open being recorded.
Links to our site may include campaign labels so we can understand which email brought you here. Google Analytics on EatCryptoPie still follows your website Analytics choice. Declining website analytics does not switch off tracking inside emails.
Leaving the list. Use the unsubscribe link in any newsletter, or contact hello@eatcryptopie.com. Unsubscribing stops future newsletter sends but does not automatically erase earlier records. You can ask us about access, correction or deletion as explained below.
Links to other sites, including affiliate links
Our articles link to other websites, such as regulators, tools and services. When you follow a link, that site’s own privacy policy applies, not ours.
Some articles may contain affiliate links. Each one is disclosed in the article that contains it. If you click one, the other company may use a cookie or similar technology to record that you came from EatCryptoPie, so it can pay us a commission if you sign up or buy. What that company collects is covered by its own privacy policy. If you have allowed analytics on EatCryptoPie, we also record the outbound click as described above. Your EatCryptoPie analytics choice does not control cookies on the other company’s website.
What we don’t do
- show display ads on this site;
- offer comments or reader accounts.
If any of this changes, we’ll update this policy first.
Who else handles information, and where
| Provider | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Bluehost (Newfold Digital) | Hosts the site and keeps the server logs | United States |
| Cloudflare | Delivers the site and filters malicious traffic | United States, with a worldwide network |
| Automattic (Jetpack) | Security for the site’s login | United States |
| Defiant (Wordfence) | Security software that runs on our server. It exchanges information about attacks on the site with Defiant’s security network, to help block attackers | United States |
| Google (Google Workspace) | Our email | United States and other countries |
| Google (Google Analytics) | Measures consenting visitors’ arrivals, page activity and outbound clicks | United States and other countries |
| Meta | Receives consenting visitors’ page-view information for advertising measurement and advertising | United States and other countries |
| MailerLite | Manages subscriptions, sends emails and records delivery, opens, clicks and unsubscribe status | Outside Australia. MailerLite’s Data Processing Addendum describes storage in the European Union. MailerLite and its service providers may also process information in the United States and other countries. |
How long we keep it
- Server logs: held by Bluehost. We don’t archive our own copies.
- Security records: Wordfence keeps its log of suspicious traffic for up to 30 days. Its other security records, such as blocked IP addresses and login attempts, are kept on our server until they expire or we remove them.
- Missing-page log: at most the latest 100 entries. Older ones are removed automatically.
- Backups: our host, Bluehost, may keep backup copies of the site, which can include the security and missing-page logs, under its own terms. We don’t pay for a separate backup service.
- Emails: kept while we need them to deal with your message and any follow-up, then deleted.
- Newsletter records: kept to run the list and manage subscriptions and delivery. After you unsubscribe, a record may remain so we can honour your choice and avoid sending again. Contact us if you want to ask about deletion.
- Analytics: We set Google Analytics’ user-level and event-level retention to two months and turn off the reset on new activity. Google deletes expired data through its monthly deletion process. This setting does not delete standard aggregated reports, which can remain available for longer. Analytics cookies have the separate expiry described above.
Meta controls retention of the information it receives under its own policies. Our two-month Google Analytics retention setting does not apply to Meta.
Keeping it secure
We hold very little personal information. Access to the site, mailbox and mailing-list account is restricted to the people who run EatCryptoPie. The providers listed above handle information on their own systems, under their own terms. No system is completely secure. If a data breach is likely to cause you serious harm, we’ll tell you.
Your choices
- You can read the whole site without registering or telling us who you are.
- You can email us under any name.
- You can unsubscribe from the newsletter without losing access to any article. Website cookie settings and email subscription settings are separate.
- You can ask what personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Email hello@eatcryptopie.com and we’ll reply within 30 days. We may need to check it’s you before we hand anything over or delete it.
- You can block or delete cookies in your browser. If you block the cookies Cloudflare uses for security, it may ask you to confirm you’re not a bot, or it may stop the site loading for you.
- You can decline Analytics or Marketing separately, or change either choice using Cookie settings. You can still read the whole site. You can also delete analytics and marketing cookies in your browser. Withdrawing consent stops future collection on this browser but does not automatically erase information already collected.
Cookie settings
Complaints
If you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your information, email hello@eatcryptopie.com. We’ll look into it and reply within 30 days.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) handles privacy complaints about businesses covered by the Privacy Act. As a small business we may not be covered (see below), so please contact us first.
The Privacy Act
EatCryptoPie is a small business, so the Privacy Act 1988 may not apply to us. Even so, we’ve adopted the Australian Privacy Principles as the standard we hold ourselves to. That’s a commitment we’ve made, not a certification or a legal ruling. If you think we’ve fallen short of it, tell us and we’ll look into it.
Children
EatCryptoPie is written for adults and isn’t aimed at anyone under 18.
Changes to this policy
If what we collect, or who handles it, changes, we’ll update this policy before the change takes effect and change the date at the top.