Privacy policy

This policy covers primejournal.org. We have tried to write it the way we write everything else: in plain words, with nothing hidden in the fine print. If anything here is unclear, ask us through the contact page.

What we collect, and when

Reading the site. Like almost every website, we record how the site is used: which pages are viewed, for how long, how far down the page a reader scrolls, what is tapped, the type of device and browser, an approximate location based on your internet address, and the page or advert that brought you here. We use PostHog for this. It sets cookies and uses your browser's storage so that a visit can be counted as one visit. Readers are not identified by name.

Saving an article. If you ask us to email you a link to an article, we collect your email address, send you that one email, and add you to our readers list so we can send occasional picks. Every email we send has a one-click way to stop, and stopping is immediate.

Reactions, polls, and saved articles are remembered in your own browser so the page can show what you chose. A count of each choice, without your name, reaches our analytics.

Contacting us. If you write to us, we keep what you sent for as long as we need it to reply and to keep a record of the correspondence.

Cookies and browser storage

We use cookies and local storage for three things: to count visits accurately, to remember choices you make on the site (text size, reactions, a saved article, a dismissed reminder), and, once advertising launches, to let advertising partners show relevant adverts. You can clear or block cookies in your browser at any time. The site still works without them; some conveniences will forget you between visits.

Advertising

The site is funded by display advertising. When adverts are running, the advertising partners who serve them may set their own cookies and collect information about your browsing to select adverts, measure them, and limit how often you see the same one. Those partners have their own privacy policies. Where the law requires it, you will see a consent notice before any such cookie is set, and you can change your choice at any time from the link in the footer. Readers in California and other states with similar laws can opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information on our Do Not Sell or Share page. We honor Global Privacy Control signals sent by your browser.

We also use the Meta Pixel, a small piece of code from Meta, the company behind Facebook. When you open a page here, it tells Meta which page it was, so we can measure our Facebook adverts and show them to people who have already read Prime Journal. Meta handles that information under its own privacy policy. The Pixel does not load if your browser sends Global Privacy Control, if you turn it off on the privacy choices page, or for readers in the UK and Europe.

Who else sees your information

We don't sell your information and we don't give it to anyone to market to you. We use a small number of service providers who process it on our behalf: Vercel hosts the site, PostHog stores usage data, and Resend sends our emails and holds the readers list. Each is bound by its own terms to protect the data and use it only for the service it provides. We may disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the site, our readers, or others from harm.

How long we keep it

Usage data is kept for as long as it is useful for understanding how the site performs, then deleted or aggregated. Your email address stays on the readers list until you unsubscribe, after which it is marked as unsubscribed so we never email it again by mistake; ask us and we will delete it entirely.

Your rights and choices

Wherever you live, you can ask us what information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, and stop any email with one click. Readers in the European Union, the United Kingdom, California, and other places with privacy laws have further rights, including the right to object to certain processing and the right to complain to a regulator. To exercise any of these, use the contact page. We will answer within 30 days and we will never treat you differently for asking.

Children

Prime Journal is written for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 16, and if we learn we have, we delete it.

Security

The site is served over an encrypted connection, keys and passwords are kept out of the site's code, and access to reader data is limited to the people who need it. No system is perfect; if we ever learn of a breach affecting you, we will tell you.

Changes

When we change this policy we change the date at the top. If a change is significant, we will say so on the site before it takes effect.