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What the explorer stores

Your browser stores timeline preferences and navigation position so you can continue exploring. Public illustrations may be cached for faster loading. You can clear these through your browser’s site-data controls. Creator pages and email responses are not intentionally stored in the offline cache.

Anonymous usage counts

To improve the explorer, we count page loads, road views, branch clicks and search attempts that find no results. These first-party counts store only the UTC day, action type, and existing universe and road identifiers. They do not store raw search text, emails, IP addresses, full URLs, referrers or visitor identifiers in the analytics database. There are no analytics cookies or third-party analytics scripts.

Only the owner can view the totals. Counts older than 90 days are removed when a new count is recorded. Browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals disable measurement. You can also disable it below; this saves only your preference in this browser. Clearing site data resets that choice.

Requests and enquiries

A topic request stores the topic, submission time and any email you choose to provide. A privacy enquiry also requires an email so the owner can respond. The owner can view these records in a protected creator area, with privacy enquiries handled separately from topic demand. Enquiries also record their pending or resolved status and, when applicable, when the owner verified control of the email address. These intentionally submitted records are separate from anonymous usage counts. They are used to review topics and answer your request, not to automatically subscribe you to marketing.

Records remain until the owner deletes them; there is currently no automatic retention schedule for requests. To request deletion, use the form below with the same email you submitted. The owner must verify control of that address before using the deletion workflow. Replies and verification are manual, not automatic. Marking an enquiry resolved does not delete it. Do not send passwords, payment details or other sensitive information.

Hosting and advertising

This site runs on Sites infrastructure. The hosting provider may process access, identity and technical logs to operate and secure the site, separately from the aggregate usage counters described above. The owner’s creator area requires authenticated access.

Exploring Origins Road is free. There are no subscriptions, paid packs or checkout. Small, clearly labelled banners are the planned funding model. No third-party ad scripts are connected in this version. Before an ad network is enabled, this notice and any required consent controls will be updated.

Icon credits

Chapter symbols use Lucide, an open-source icon set. Read the licence notices. The icons are symbolic reading cues, not scientific reconstructions.

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