Who is responsible
The Golden Record decides how this data is used
The Golden Record, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is responsible for the personal data described on this page. Write to hello@thegoldenrecord.xyz about anything here.
When you visit
What a visit to this site involves
- Hosting. Netlify serves this site. Like any web host, it processes your IP address, your browser type and the page you asked for, so it can deliver the page and keep the service secure. Netlify is based in the United States, so that data may be processed there.
- No cookies and no analytics. We don’t set cookies, we don’t count visits with an analytics tool, and we don’t load advertising or social media trackers. The fonts are served from our own site.
- Videos. Our videos are embedded from YouTube in its privacy-enhanced mode. When a video loads on a page, your browser contacts Google’s servers. YouTube says it stores no information about you in this mode unless you play the video.
- Project logos. A few project pages show a logo served from the project’s own website. When one does, that website’s server sees your IP address.
- Links to other sites. X, YouTube, Substack and the sources we link to have their own privacy policies.
When you write to us
What happens to your email
- What we receive. Your email address, your name if you give it, and whatever you write.
- What we do with it. We read it, answer it and keep it as a record of the conversation. We don’t add you to a mailing list.
- Where it sits. Our mailbox runs on Microsoft 365.
- Credit for corrections. If your message leads to a correction, we ask before we name you.
The Sunday Letter
The letter runs on Substack
If you subscribe, Substack collects your email address under its own privacy policy, and we can see the list of subscribers. Every issue carries an unsubscribe link.
The legal part
Why we may use it, how long we keep it and who sees it
- Legal basis. We rely on our legitimate interest in running a secure site and answering the people who write to us. If you ask about a service, we use your message to take the steps you asked for.
- How long. We keep correspondence for as long as the conversation and our own records need it, and then we delete it.
- Who sees it. The providers named on this page, and nobody else unless the law requires it. We never sell personal data.
Your rights
You can ask, and you can complain
You can ask us for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, ask us to limit how we use it, object to our use of it, or ask for it in a portable format. Write to hello@thegoldenrecord.xyz.
You can also complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or to the authority where you live.
When this changes
New tools get listed here first
If we add analytics, a sign-up form or a checkout, this page will say so before it goes live.