What the site collects
Very little, and nothing without asking. This page says exactly what, and what happens to it.
Last updated 4 October 2026
Reading the site
Reading Propagandized requires no account and sets no tracking cookies. Page views are counted by Matomo, an analytics tool we run on our own server, in its cookie-free mode: it records the page, the time, the browser type, and a shortened IP address, and nothing is sent to any third party. There is no advertising network, and every script and font the page loads comes from our own servers.
Educator accounts
If you create an educator account we store your name, email address, and password (hashed), the school and role you choose to give, whether you ticked the newsletter box, and when you last signed in. The address is confirmed by email and used only to sign you in and to reset a lost password. Accounts that are never confirmed are deleted after a week. If you buy the Educator Pack, we store the purchase date, the amount, and Stripe's reference for it; your card details go to Stripe and never touch this site. Write to us to change the address on an account or to remove the account and its records.
The newsletter
If you subscribe, we store the email address you give us and the date. We send one confirmation message; nothing else is sent until you click the link in it. Every message carries an unsubscribe link that works immediately and needs no sign-in. Unsubscribed addresses are kept only so that we do not write to them again, and are deleted on request.
Messages are sent through Mailjet, an email delivery service based in the European Union, which processes the address on our behalf and under our instructions.
The contact form
A message sent through the contact form is emailed to the editors with the name, address, and text you entered and the network address it came from. It is kept in the editors' mailbox for as long as the correspondence needs and is not added to any list.
Editors' accounts
People who edit the site sign in. Their browser receives a session cookie that exists only to keep them signed in, and is not used for anyone else.
What we never do
- Sell, rent, or share addresses with anyone.
- Track readers across other sites, or let others do so through this one.
- Build profiles of readers, subscribers, or correspondents.
Your rights
You can ask what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, or object to its use, by writing to support@propagandized.org or through the contact form. We answer within 30 days. Readers in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and California have these rights under their local law, and everyone else has them here anyway.
Children
The site is written for general readers and is used in classrooms. It does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. Teachers using the materials do not need to give us any information about their students, and should not.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it, and a material change is announced in the newsletter.