Publication Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026. At Clock Garden, we believe in transparent, privacy-first practices. We do not require user accounts, logins, passwords, or personal profiles to read our horological research publications.

Local Storage and Reading Preferences

Your site preferences—specifically light or dark theme selection—are stored exclusively in your browser'slocalStorage. No personal identifying information is stored or transmitted to external servers.

Advertising and Cookies

To help support the ongoing research and hosting of our scholarly publications, Clock Garden works with third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our readers based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Your Choices & Opt-Out: Readers may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visitingGoogle Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visitingwww.aboutads.info.

Server Logs and Hosting

Our pages are hosted through Cloudflare global content delivery network. When you access any page, standard HTTP request headers (such as IP address, user-agent, requested URL, and timestamp) are processed in real-time to route traffic securely, prevent DDoS attacks, and enforce security policies.

Contact and Questions

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our editorial practices, please contact us at:[email protected].