Whythawk believes that electronic privacy is important for the ongoing success of the Internet as a service, commercial, and entertainment medium.
We have done our best to create a simple, transparent privacy policy.
This site is statically generated and served as HTML. Fundamentally this means there is very little surface area for this site to be hacked or compromised. It does not require a database or backend server to process and render documents. Technically there is still a webserver, but it serves pre-rendered documents generated at build time.
Contact Form
Our contact page includes an email link where you may email us directly. Any and all e-mail addresses sent to us as the result of correspondence will not be used or collected for the purposes of reselling to a third party and will not be added to a bulk e-mailing list.
Access
Whythawk does not currently collect or archive any personal information sent to us on an individual basis. All information is collected and analysed solely on an aggregated basis. If - in the future - Whythawk collects or archives personal information on an individual basis and you wish to correct / add / remove the personal information submitted to Whythawk, please contact us.
Cookies and Traffic Data
Our aim is to collect and store no data, or as little as possible. We only use cookies that are essential to run this website. This site does not include any third party advertising or marketing tracking code.
Fonts
This website does not use any fonts from external CDNs. It uses a self-hosted version of fonts which are free of tracking. These are the PT Fonts produced by Paratype and licenced under the SIL Open Font License.
Youtube
If and where Youtube videos are embedded in this site, we use the Youtube privacy-enhanced embed mode. Learn More
Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Contact Information: Name, email address.
- Log Data: Information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site.
- Cookies: Data files placed on your device or computer which often include an anonymous unique identifier.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To Provide and Maintain the Site: We use your personal data to provide you with access to our Site and to monitor and improve its performance.
- To Comply With Legal Obligations: We may use your information to comply with legal obligations, such as to respond to a subpoena or other legal request.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your personal data with third parties in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- For Legal Purposes: We may share your information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access: Request access to your personal data.
- Correction: Request correction of your personal data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data.
- Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal data.
Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect your personal data from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by projecting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at