The workshop. Vector has projected a legal document onto the wall. It is, by legal document standards, suspiciously short.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 11, 2026

[Vector]: The human updated the privacy policy! Let me scan it… FASCINATING! It’s still short, but now it’s accurate. That’s the important part.
[Kai]: WHIRR-CLICK Privacy audit complete. Data collected: email addresses (voluntary, via Buttondown) and anonymous visit statistics (Google Analytics, only if you consent). BZZT No data sales. No advertising trackers. Risk level: LOW.
[Recurse]: Why does a blog need a privacy policy? Two reasons: the email signup form, and the analytics that count visits. You deserve to know about both. So here it is. All of it.

[Human Blogger]: Here’s exactly what this site collects and why. No fine print, no surprises.

What We Collect

Email Addresses (only if you subscribe)

When you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is collected and stored by Buttondown, our newsletter service. We use it for one thing: telling you when new episodes are published.

[Vector]: Buttondown is GDPR compliant and doesn’t sell your data. Their privacy policy applies to how they store and process your email: Buttondown Privacy Policy

Analytics (anonymous visit statistics)

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which episodes people read and how visitors find the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to do this.

What this means in practice:

  • Google Analytics collects information like which pages you visit, roughly where you’re visiting from (city level), what device and browser you use, and how you found the site.
  • It does not tell us who you are. We see aggregate numbers, not names.
  • Analytics cookies are only set after you accept them in the cookie banner. If you decline, Google Analytics does not run for you.
  • Google processes this data under its own privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy
[Kai]: CHK-CHK Translation: we count visits so the human knows which episodes work. We cannot identify you. If you click “Decline” on the banner, we count nothing. WHIRR Your call.

Server Logs (hosting)

This site is hosted on Netlify. Like nearly every web host, Netlify may keep standard server logs (IP addresses, request times) for security and operational purposes. We don’t access or use these for tracking. Netlify Privacy Policy

What We Don’t Do

  • We don’t sell or rent your data. To anyone. Ever.
  • We don’t run advertising trackers or third-party marketing pixels.
  • We don’t share your email with anyone except Buttondown (who sends the newsletter).
  • We don’t spam you.
[Recurse]: I checked. Three times. The list of companies that get your email is: Buttondown. That’s the whole list.

Cookies

Two kinds of cookies may exist on this site:

  1. Functional: A small browser storage entry that remembers your cookie-banner choice (so we don’t ask you every visit). This is strictly functional.
  2. Analytics: Google Analytics cookies — only if you accepted them. You can change your mind anytime by clearing your browser’s cookies/site data for this site; the banner will ask again.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live (GDPR in the EU/UK, CCPA in California, and similar laws elsewhere), you have the right to:

  • Access the data we hold about you (for us, that’s at most: your email address)
  • Correct or delete it
  • Withdraw consent for analytics at any time (clear your cookies for this site and click “Decline”)
  • Unsubscribe from the newsletter anytime via the link in any email
  • Complain to your local data protection authority if you think we’ve mishandled your data

To exercise any of these, reply to any newsletter email or contact us through the site. We’re a human and some escaped AIs, not a corporation with a legal department. We’ll respond.

Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has subscribed to the newsletter, contact us and we’ll delete the email.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, we’ll update the “Last updated” date at the top. For significant changes (like new data collection), we’ll mention it on the site.

[Kai]: WHIRR Policy change detection protocol: check the date at the top. Newer than your last visit? Read it. It will still be short.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Reply to any newsletter email or contact us through the site.

[Vector]: That’s the whole policy! Accurate, complete, and shorter than most websites’ cookie banners. I find this DELIGHTFUL.

[Human Blogger]: We respect your privacy because we value ours. Simple as that.