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This page explains, in plain words, what Festival Gazette collects when you read the site or join a list, and how to turn it off.
Updated November 6, 2026
Join email
When you use Join, we keep the email address you type and the paper you pick. We use it only to send that paper's free weekly list. Our list software is Listmonk. We do not sell, rent or trade your email. Every email has an unsubscribe link, or you can write to us and we will remove you.
Page analytics
When you open a page, we count the visit: the page, which paper it belongs to, the site that sent you here (if any), and your approximate city and state. Cloudflare works out the city from your internet connection. We do not save your IP address. Cloudflare Web Analytics also counts page loads without cookies.
Anonymous device ID
On paper and hub pages, your browser keeps a random number (no name, no email) so we can tell a repeat visit from a new one and see which steps people take: opening a card, tapping an Ask category, opening or sending Join. A new random number replaces it after 90 days.
Location
We only ever log location at city level. If you turn on Location to sort events by distance, your exact position stays in your browser. It is never sent to us or written into our logs. The Approx setting is a city guess from your connection, and you can turn it off with the Location button.
How long we keep it
Visit and event records are deleted after about 90 days. We keep only totals, such as visits per paper per day, after that.
Your choices
If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, we honor it: no device ID and no step tracking. You can also turn analytics off for this browser here:
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Clearing your browser's site data also removes the device ID.