Who I am

This website is run by Roy Arne Olsen, from Honningsvåg, Norway.
It’s a personal space where I share photos, thoughts, and experiences — without tracking, without analytics, without third parties.


Cookies

We use only necessary cookies to ensure the website functions properly:

  • PHPSESSID – stores your session ID to remember you between pages (deleted when you close your browser).
  • pll_language – remembers your language choice when switching pages, so you don’t have to select it again on next visit.

These cookies are essential for functionality, and you cannot disable them without losing parts of the website’s functionality.


Login and Comments

If you log in or comment on this site, WordPress sets the following technical cookies to ensure functionality:

  • wordpress_logged_in_[hash] – confirms you are logged in (deleted when you log out).
  • wordpress_sec_[hash] – security cookie for logged-in users.

These are necessary to use the login and comment features, and you cannot disable them without losing functionality.

Optional cookies for comments

If you choose to check the box to save your name, email, and website for next time you comment, WordPress sets cookies: comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*, and comment_author_url_*.

These are not necessary – you can choose not to check the box. They are deleted when you clear cookies in your browser.


Tracking and Analytics

This website:

  • uses no analytics tools
  • uses no tracking tools
  • shares no data with third parties for analysis or marketing

We do not use Google Analytics, Meta/Facebook pixels, or similar services.

We chose not to use these tools — not because they are illegal, but because we believe it’s wrong to collect data without a good reason.


External Resources

The website is built to function without external third-party services.
Fonts, images, and resources are loaded locally from our own server.

We do not load resources from:

  • Google Fonts
  • Meta / Facebook
  • CDN services for icons or fonts

This makes the site faster, safer, and more independent — and avoids giving third parties access to your data.


Server Logs and Security

To protect the site from unauthorized access, we use the security plugin Wordfence.

This includes:

  • temporary processing of IP addresses during suspicious traffic
  • IP addresses used only for security and blocking attacks
  • no IP addresses used for analysis, profiling, or marketing

Log data is not stored longer than necessary for security purposes.

We take security seriously — but we also take privacy seriously. That’s why no IP addresses are stored longer than needed.


Images and Content

All images and text on this site are mine — and protected by copyright.
If you’d like to use anything, please get in touch.
Exception: Public Domain material — then source attribution is always given.


Contact

Do you have questions about privacy, technology, or why I chose this path?
Feel free to reach out — I enjoy talking about it.
Contact information is available on the website.


Changes

This privacy policy may be updated due to technical or content changes on the website.
Last updated: 2026-01-31

Links

General guidance on privacy, data protection principles, and how personal data is handled within the EU can also be found through the European Data Protection Board.

About the Author

Roy Arne Olsen ()

Født 1966 i Honningsvåg. Bosatt her det meste av tiden bare avbrutt av 7 år hvor jeg bodde i Oslo. Bruker det meste av fritiden til fotografering og en del web programmering.

Website: http://www.raolsen.no