Privacy
Last updated: 8 May 2026.
Short version
- We don’t sell your data, run ads, or use third-party trackers.
- We don’t use cookies for advertising or analytics. We use one cookie to remember your reactions on posts (anonymous), and one cookie for the site owner’s login session.
- Reading is anonymous — there’s no reader account to create.
- Comments are public to anyone who can read the post you commented on.
- We send email (subscription digests, comment replies) via Resend and host on Cloudflare R2 (media) and Render (servers/database).
What we collect
If you just read
We collect standard server logs (IP address, timestamp, page requested) for security and debugging. We don’t use these to track you across sessions or sites.
If you click ❤️ / 👏 / 😮 / 🫡 on a post, we set an anonymous cookie called unmarked_readerso we can show you which reactions you’ve already left. The cookie holds a random ID, not anything identifying.
If you subscribe
If you subscribe to get new posts by email, we store your email address and the page you subscribed from (for context), plus a confirmation and an unsubscribe token. Subscriptions are approved by the site owner and you can unsubscribe from any email at any time — one click, and the row is marked unsubscribed.
Comments and reactions
When you leave a comment, you can optionally provide an email so we can email you when someone replies. The display name + comment body are public; the email is not.
The site owner’s account
Unmarked is a single-author site: there is one account, the owner’s. Readers never create accounts. Administrative actions (create, update, delete on journeys, postcards, comments) are recorded to an append-only audit log the owner can review.
Public and private content
Everything published here is public by default — readable by anyone, no account needed. Some content is kept private and shared only via a single-use share link; those links are revocable at any time, and revoking one locks out anyone currently using it at the next page load.
We send email via Resend: subscription confirmations, the daily digest of new posts, and comment-reply notifications (plus password resets for the site owner). Every recurring email includes a one-click unsubscribe header per RFC 8058.
Hosting
Web servers, application servers, and the primary database are hosted on Render in the Oregon region. Photos and videos are stored on Cloudflare R2. Backups are made nightly to a separate R2 bucket and retained for 30 days.
Your rights
You can request a copy of the data we hold about you (your subscription and any comments), correction of it, or deletion, by emailing hello@unmarked.blog. We respond within seven days.