What this site is #
machinerelations.ai is a public research and standards reference. You can read it without creating an account. There is no login, checkout, newsletter form, or comment system.
What we collect #
In your browser. The theme toggle stores a theme key in localStorage so the next visit can keep light or dark. The optional human/machine view stores mr-view-mode the same way. Both stay on your device; the server does not read them.
On the host. The site is served from a CDN/application host (currently Vercel, with Cloudflare in front). Those operators log ordinary request metadata — IP address, user-agent, path, referrer, timing — to operate the network and investigate abuse. We do not run a first-party analytics product on top of that.
Embedded and outbound resources. Some images are served from Google Cloud Storage. Footer tools link to ChatGPT and Gemini, which are third-party services with their own policies. Following those links leaves this site.
API and MCP queries. The public read-only service processes the tool arguments sent by your client, such as a category, question shape, domain, source-role filter or result limit, to return public Index data. It does not require an account, API key or access to your private files. The current application does not store a separate history of tool queries; infrastructure request logs may contain request metadata, including URL query parameters. Send only the public lookup information needed for the query. Your client provider handles your conversation under its own policy.
Support email. If you email [email protected], we process your email address, message and any attachments to respond to your request, investigate problems or handle corrections and privacy questions. Our email provider processes that correspondence to deliver the service. Do not include secrets or private conversations.
What we do not collect #
- No accounts or passwords.
- No payment data.
- No first-party advertising or cross-site tracking pixels.
- No contact form fields. The contact page does not submit personal information to this origin.
How long logs last #
Infrastructure log retention follows the relevant provider settings. Support correspondence is kept as needed to resolve the request and maintain an appropriate support record. You can ask about or request deletion of your support correspondence at [email protected]; applicable legal or operational requirements may require some records to be kept. We do not operate a separate marketing database of readers.
Contact about privacy #
Email [email protected] for privacy questions or requests concerning personal information you supplied. Bramwell operates this service under the Machine Relations brand. We may need to confirm that a request concerns your information before acting on it.
Changes #
We update this page when these practices change. Last updated: October 2, 2026. The machine-readable twin is privacy.md.