Privacy & cookies.
Last updated: September 24, 2026. This notice describes the features currently used on this website. Site operator: David Dion / Almost Retired in Thailand. Contact: dave@valleysolutionsteam.com.
Reading the site
You do not need to create a visitor account to read the public website. The hosting provider processes technical request information, such as IP address and browser details, to deliver the site and protect its service. Access to a private preview may require the hosting platform’s owner sign-in.
YouTube images and videos
Video thumbnails may load from YouTube’s image servers, which receive the technical information needed to deliver those images. Dedicated video pages load YouTube’s embedded player when you open the page; playback starts when you choose Play. The player and thumbnails can send technical request information to YouTube even before playback. The Shorts collection links directly to YouTube when you select a clip. We use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed domain. This does not make playback anonymous: Google/YouTube may process device, interaction and account information according to their policies.
You can instead follow the link to watch directly on YouTube. Read Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s cookie information.
The contact link opens your own email application. If you email us, we receive the information you choose to send and use it to answer or handle your request. Do not send sensitive identity, financial or medical documents. Ask us by email about access to, correction of or deletion of information you have supplied, subject to applicable obligations.
Google advertising and privacy choices
Google AdSense code loads on our homepage and selected published guides to connect Google’s consent messaging and advertising service. Loading this code sends technical request information, such as your IP address and browser information, to Google. Advertising availability depends on Google’s site approval and account settings; installing the code does not mean ads have been approved or are being shown. We do not use a separate analytics tracker.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers and other information to serve, measure and, where permitted, personalize ads based on visits to this and other websites. See How Google uses information from sites or apps and Google’s advertising cookie information.
Managing advertising consent
We use Google’s Privacy & messaging service for the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Where the European consent message is shown, you can choose Consent, Do not consent or Manage options. The message describes the purposes and participating partners so you can make your choices. Where available, use the Privacy and cookie settings link provided by Google at the bottom of a page to revisit those choices. You can also manage Google advertising preferences in My Ad Center and manage stored cookies through your browser settings. Declining advertising consent does not prevent you from reading our content.
This privacy-policy page does not load AdSense advertising code or Google’s consent-message tag, so you can read it without triggering those features.
Links to other websites
YouTube, social platforms and other linked websites apply their own privacy policies when you visit them. Check those policies before providing information.
Changes
This notice will be revised when the site’s actual features or data practices change. The update date is shown above.