Privacy Policy
Last updated November 10, 2026
Gavel to Pen is a free reference site. You can read every page without an account, and the site has no forms, no comments and no sign up. This page explains what is recorded when you visit and which outside services the site relies on.
What We Collect
We do not ask for your name, email address or any other personal detail. Words you type into the search box are matched inside your own browser and are never sent to us.
The site does not set cookies of its own. If you switch between the light and dark view, that choice is saved in your own browser so the page remembers it. It is never sent to us.
Page View Counting
We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics so we know which pages people read. Cloudflare states that the service does not use cookies and does not track visitors across other sites. We see totals such as page views, referring sites, countries, and browser and device types. We do not see who you are.
Outside Services
- Cloudflare hosts the site. Like any host, it processes your IP address and basic request details to deliver pages and to guard against abuse.
- Google Fonts supplies the typefaces. Your browser requests the font files from Google, which receives your IP address as part of that request.
- Google AdSense supplies advertising, as described below.
- GitHub stores the files behind the site. Visitors do not connect to GitHub when reading it.
Source links lead to sites we do not run, such as Congress.gov, the House Clerk, the Senate and news outlets. Their own privacy policies apply once you leave.
Advertising
We have applied to Google AdSense so the site can show ads. Each page loads a script from Google, which lets Google review the site and, once it is approved, place ads.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar tools to show ads based on your earlier visits to Gavel to Pen and to other websites. You can turn off personalized ads at Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of personalized ads from many other companies at aboutads.info.
Ads do not influence what the site covers or how it is written.
When You Email Us
If you write to [email protected], we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it only to reply and to fix the page. We do not add you to a mailing list and we do not sell or share your details.
Children
The site is written for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy, corrections or takedowns go to [email protected]. We typically reply within 7 days.