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Metrics policy

First-party metrics without surveillance.

KernelBrief measures only the operational signals needed to improve editorial usefulness, jobs conversion, sponsor reporting, and site reliability.

Events we may collect

story_viewtopic_viewprimary_source_clicksecondary_source_clickrelated_story_clickcomment_opensave_storyrss_clickjob_clickjob_submitemployer_interest_submitsponsor_clicksponsor_form_submithomeops_template_downloadhomeops_watch_signupproject_watch_signupsubmit_sourcecomment_submitcomment_approvedsearch_query

Validation Thresholds

Audience, sponsor, jobs, and discussion metrics are described as measured only after first-party collection exists.

Privacy Notes

Metrics are used for product and editorial operations, not cross-site identity or retargeting.

What we do not collect

  • cross-site identity
  • ad retargeting
  • third-party cookies
  • browser fingerprinting