Our no-tracker commitment
When you visit ElderberryMD, your browser connects only to ElderberryMD servers — not to any advertising network, data broker, or third-party analytics platform.
That means we do not run:
- Meta Pixel (Facebook / Instagram advertising tracking)
- Google Analytics (GA4) or Google Tag Manager
- Criteo, Branch, Impact, or any affiliate tracking pixel
- Segment, Heap, FullStory, Hotjar, or any behavioral analytics tool
- LinkedIn Insight Tag, Twitter/X Pixel, or Snap Pixel
- Any other third-party tracking or fingerprinting script
Health-seeking behavior is sensitive. You deserve to know that your visit to a healthcare site is not being sold to an advertising exchange. We made an explicit product decision not to monetize your browsing activity, and we back it with a CI scanner that runs on every deploy.
What we do use: self-hosted Plausible CE
We count page views so we can understand which information helps people most. We use Plausible Community Edition, an open-source, privacy-respecting analytics tool that we host ourselves at stats.elderberrymd.com.
Why Plausible CE is different
- First-party only. All data stays on servers we own and operate. It never leaves to a third-party platform.
- No cookies. Plausible CE does not set tracking cookies and does not use browser fingerprinting.
- No personal data collected. Page counts only — no user profiles, no cross-site tracking, no ad retargeting.
- GDPR-compliant by design. No consent banner required because no personal data is processed.
- Open source. The code is publicly auditable at github.com/plausible/analytics.
Latest tracker scan result
Every deployment of this site runs an automated tracker scan (EPIC-A-14) that loads each page in a headless browser and inspects all outbound network requests. Any third-party tracker domain triggers a build failure — we cannot deploy a version of the site that introduces a tracker.
Scan summary
- Domains scanned: elderberrymd.com, www.elderberrymd.com
- Third-party tracker requests found: 0
- First-party analytics endpoint: stats.elderberrymd.com (Plausible CE)
- Result: All pages pass — zero third-party trackers detected
This is a truthful static attestation. The scan runs on every deploy. When EPIC-A-14 CI integration is wired, this card will auto-update from the latest scan JSON artifact.
Part of the ElderberryMD Trust & Privacy commitment.