Privacy
What we collect, why, and what you can do about it. Short version: very little.
Who we are
VinylMag (vinylmag.org) is responsible for the personal data described on this page. Questions go to hello@vinylmag.org.
The newsletter
If you sign up, we store your email address and the date you signed up. We use it for one thing: sending you the VinylMag newsletter. Our legal basis is your consent, and you can withdraw it whenever you like. Every newsletter will include an unsubscribe link, or email us and we'll remove you. We keep your address until you unsubscribe.
Analytics
We count page views with Vercel Web Analytics. It doesn't use cookies, doesn't build a profile of you, and doesn't follow you around other sites. We only ever see aggregated numbers, such as which articles get read.
Cookies
The public site doesn't set cookies. The editors' area at /studio uses cookies to keep editors signed in; it isn't part of the reader-facing site.
Who handles data for us
The site is hosted by Vercel. Like any web host, its servers process technical data such as your IP address to deliver pages and keep the service secure. Newsletter addresses are stored in a Neon database hosted in Frankfurt, Germany. Articles and images are served by Sanity, our content system.
Some of these providers are based in the United States. Where data leaves the EU, transfers are covered by recognised safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
We don't sell your data, run advertising trackers, or share your email address with anyone beyond the providers above, who process it on our behalf.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask to see, correct, export or delete the data we hold about you, or object to how we use it. Email hello@vinylmag.org and we'll sort it. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority, such as Malta's Information and Data Protection Commissioner.
Changes
If anything here changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.