Privacy

Nobody will know you were here

We are writing this not because a law requires it, but because a site about gay people and HIV that tracks you is a trap. Here is exactly what we do — and, more importantly, what we cannot do.

What we do not do

  • No cookies. Not ours, not anyone else’s.
  • No Google Analytics, no Meta pixel, no Hotjar, no analytics of any kind.
  • No ads and no ad networks.
  • No Google Fonts, no CDN icons, no embedded video. Zero requests to third-party servers.
  • No sign-up, no accounts, no mailing list.
  • We do not record, store or sell anything about you. Nobody can demand our data, because there is none.

Discreet mode

Whoever is watching you is probably not an ad network. It is more likely to be someone who picks up your phone and knows the passcode. So by default this site writes nothing at all to your device — not a note, not a setting, not an offline copy. Close the tab and it is as if you were never here.

That is what discretion costs: the thank-you box will not remember what you wrote yesterday, and your dark-mode choice is gone by the next visit. If the device is yours and it locks, you can switch discreet mode off — and then the site keeps those things, though still only with you.

The switch is below. It takes effect immediately and across the whole site, and switching it back on erases whatever had been saved. We cannot change it from a distance: this is a choice that lives in your browser.

Discreet mode

If you switch it off:

  • The notes in your thank-you box are waiting for you next time.
  • The site remembers whether you chose dark or light.
  • The emergency pages open with no internet at all.

These are not cookies and this is not an account. It is written into the browser’s own memory and goes nowhere — which is also why there is no consent banner here: until you touch this switch, there is nothing to consent to.

What happens when you open the site

Your browser downloads the page from a Cloudflare server and displays it. That is all.

With discreet mode on — which is the default — nothing is written to your device. Open Inspector → Application → Local Storage and you will find it empty.

With discreet mode off, three things are kept: your notes, your dark/light choice, and a copy of the emergency pages for offline. All of it sits in the browser itself and never travels to us.

When you click a link to another site, we send no referrer — so that site never learns you came from here.

The quick exit button

The “Quick exit” button at the bottom right sends you instantly to a neutral page and replaces the current history entry, so the Back button will not bring you back here.

It works from the keyboard too: press Esc three times quickly.

It does not erase anything, though. If you have switched discreet mode off, what was saved stays on the device — the “Erase everything” button above is for that.

What we CANNOT hide

We will not lie to you. There are things no website can do, and you are better off knowing them:

  • Your browser history. We can only replace the current tab’s entry. If someone opens your history, they will see the address. Clear it yourself, or use private mode.
  • Your internet provider. It can see that you connected to bulgayria.org (not which page — the connection is encrypted). If that is a risk for you, use a VPN or Tor.
  • A shared or work device. If the phone or computer is not only yours, someone with access can see a great deal — including autofill and saved passwords.
  • Someone physically standing behind you. That is why the quick exit button is large and always on screen.

How to be safer

Open in private mode

Incognito in Chrome, Private Browsing in Safari. Nothing stays in history once you close the tab.

Lock your phone

A passcode or fingerprint. The simplest and most effective protection there is.

Clear history behind you

If you are on a shared device and not in private mode.

Consider a VPN

If you live somewhere the network is monitored. Not necessary for most people.

Do not take our word for it

Open Inspector → Network in your browser and reload this page. You will see requests to bulgayria.org and nothing else. That is a check you can run yourself, in thirty seconds, without relying on our promise.

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