Privacy

In short

• There are no accounts, logins, sign-up forms, comment boxes, or newsletters.
• The site uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read.
• Some links to books are affiliate links to Amazon and Bookshop.org.
• A few settings, such as light or dark mode and your place in a book, are saved in your own browser and are not sent to us.
• The site does not show advertising and does not sell personal information.

Google Analytics

The site uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-31HVS2J72E), a service run by Google, to understand how the library is used: how many people visit, which works and pages they open, and roughly where visitors come from. This helps decide what to add and fix.

When a page loads, Google Analytics may record information such as the page address (including any search words in it), the page that linked to it, the time of the visit, the type of device and browser, screen size, language, and an approximate location (such as country or city) worked out from the network address. Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. Depending on the site's Google Analytics settings, it may also record events such as scrolling, clicks on links to other sites, and file downloads (for example, EPUB files).

We see this information only as totals and reports. We do not use it to identify individual visitors. Google processes the data under its own terms; see How Google uses information from sites that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.

How to opt out:

• Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser settings, or use a private or incognito window.
• Use a browser or extension that blocks tracking scripts. The library works the same with Google Analytics blocked.

Cookies and saved settings

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Google Analytics sets cookies on this site (named _ga and _ga_ followed by an ID) so it can tell a returning browser from a new one. Google sets these to last up to two years unless you delete them.

The site itself sets no cookies of its own. It does use your browser's local storage to remember a few choices on your device:

• light or dark mode;
• whether glossary hints are shown;
• text size and colors in the full-text reader;
• your place in a book you are reading, so you can continue later;
• the start date you pick for the Plutarch reading plan;
• the grade level you choose (Elementary, Junior High, High School or all grades), and whether you closed the grade-level prompt.

These settings stay in your browser and are never sent to us. Your grade-level preference is stored only on your device; there are no accounts, and it is never sent to a server. Clearing your browser's site data removes these settings.

If you follow a link to another website, such as a bookstore, that site may set its own cookies under its own policy.

Search

The search box and the Find Passages page run inside your browser using a downloaded index. What you type is not sent to us. Search words do appear in the page address (for example, /search/?q=courage), so they can show up in your browser history and in Google Analytics page reports.

Affiliate links

Some work and Great Lives pages link to editions of books at Amazon and Bookshop.org. These are affiliate links: if you buy something after clicking one, the site may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps pay for the site. Free and library options for many of these books are listed on Where to Read Free.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links carry the Associates tag jeradshoemaker-20.

Bookshop.org links use affiliate ID 130650.

Clicking an affiliate link takes you to the store's site, which may use cookies to credit the referral. The store does not tell us who you are or what you bought, only that a qualifying purchase was made. The downloadable EPUB files contain no affiliate links.

Videos and audio from other sites

Some pages include material hosted by other services:

• YouTube videos use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). On most pages only a preview picture loads (from YouTube's image server, i.ytimg.com), and the player is not loaded until you press play. On a few pages the player loads in the page as you scroll to it. Once a video plays, YouTube and Google handle it under the Google Privacy Policy.
• LibriVox audiobook players are hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org) and load in the page as you scroll to them. See the Internet Archive's terms and privacy policy.

Hosting

The site is hosted by Netlify. Like any web host, Netlify receives standard request information, such as your network address and browser type, in order to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse. See the Netlify Privacy Statement.

Children's privacy

This library is made for students from kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as their parents and teachers. Children can use every part of it without creating an account or giving any personal information. The site has no accounts, sign-up forms, chat, comments, or messaging, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

The only data gathered automatically is the Google Analytics usage information described above. Parents and teachers who prefer that no analytics data be gathered can use the opt-out options listed in the Google Analytics section, which work on school and home devices alike.

Changes to this page

If what the site collects changes, this page will be updated first, and the date at the top will change.

Questions about this page: a contact address will be posted here.