Privacy notice Under review
What I keep about you, and why
Cookies, accounts, Google sign-in, where data lives, how long it stays, and your rights.
The site’s policies.
Plainly, and dated.
What this site keeps about you, and the terms you use it on, in plain English. Each document is dated, and every earlier version stays readable at its own address.
- 7 documents
- 7 under review
- last updated 13 Nov 2026
- 0 trackers
In short
- No analytics, no advertising, no tracking.
- Two necessary cookies for everyone; two more only while you are signed in.
- Anyone can make an account, and its data is kept by the companies that host the site and its databases.
- Want your details wiped? Ask, and it is done within a month.
The documents
Terms of service Under review
The terms you use the site on
Using the site, accounts, recruiter passes, content, and the law that applies.
Author terms Under review
Your writing stays yours
For invited authors: you keep ownership, I may show it here, and how it is reviewed and taken down.
The ICO and the data protection fee Under review
Who regulates this site, and whether it must register
What the ICO is, what its fee is for, and where this site stands while that is checked.
How this site uses AI Under review
No model of its own
What AI does here, what it never does, whose model runs, and what leaves the site.
Connected AI and MCP Under review
When you bring your own AI
Keys that stay in your browser, the site's connector for your assistant, and what each side sees.
AI for authors Under review
For invited authors. Your own AI key, the Workshop's checks, and posts written with AI help
Your data, your call. Email me from the address you used here and I’ll delete everything I hold about you within one month. Signed in? You can also delete your account from your account page.
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