Privacy policy
Last updated 8 August 2026
This policy explains what information howtohosta.website collects, why, and how you can contact us about it. We keep this simple because the site itself is simple — a small collection of hosting guides, not a service that requires an account or handles sensitive personal data.
Who runs this site
howtohosta.website is an independently run site publishing hosting guides for an Irish audience. You can reach us directly at [email protected] with any question about this policy or your data.
What we collect
- Analytics data — if you accept our cookie banner, we use Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager) to understand which pages are read and how visitors navigate the site. This includes standard analytics information such as approximate location (country/region level), device and browser type, and pages visited. We don't collect names, addresses, or any information that identifies you personally.
- Contact details you send us — if you email us directly, we'll have your email address and whatever you've written to us. We only use this to respond to you.
We do not use cookies for advertising, and we don't sell or share data with third parties beyond the analytics processing described above (Google, as our analytics provider).
Cookies
See our cookie information page for details on the specific cookies we use and how to manage your consent.
Affiliate links
Some links on this site are affiliate links — if you click through and make a purchase, we may earn a commission from the hosting provider, at no extra cost to you. Clicking an affiliate link may set a tracking cookie on the destination site (e.g. Namecheap, Kinsta, Liquid Web, WP Engine); this is managed by that provider, not by us, and is separate from the analytics cookies described above.
Your rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to ask what data we hold about you, request a copy of it, ask us to correct or delete it, and object to how it's processed. Since we collect very little personal data in the first place — mainly anonymised analytics — most requests can be resolved quickly. Contact [email protected] for any of these requests.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page. We don't expect frequent changes, given how little data this site actually collects.