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+{% extends "!footer.html" %}
+
+{% block extrafooter %}
+{{ super() }}
+<div class="footer"><p>Please see
+    our <a href="https://www.mdanalysis.org/pages/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a>
+    to learn how <a href="https://www.mdanalysis.org">MDAnalysis</a> collects data.</p>
+    <script data-goatcounter="https://mdanalysis.goatcounter.com/count"
+        async src="//gc.zgo.at/count.js"></script>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}