Privacy policy

What we collect

Newsletter and interest-list email addresses; story submissions and issue reports you choose to send; anonymous, aggregated usage analytics without advertising cookies.

What we never collect in this phase

Medical files, record numbers, passport data or payment details. Story forms reject identifiers, and anything you send is reviewed for de-identification before publishing.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy or deletion of anything tied to your email; we respond within 30 days. Story authors can request takedown, handled within 7 days.

Retention

Verification documents, if you ever send them for a Verified label, are deleted within 30 days of review.