Privacy Notice

Scope

KINGDA is an independent publishing project. This notice explains how information is handled through kingda.me and KINGDA Letters, our free email publication, including related correspondence. The operator identified under Contact is responsible for the processing described in this notice and is referred to here as “KINGDA”, “we” or “us”. External websites and services we link to have their own privacy notices.

Information you provide

When you subscribe to KINGDA Letters, we collect your email address, your selected preferences, such as language, and a record of your subscription and consent. This record may include when and where you subscribed and the notice or wording presented at the time. If you write to us, we receive your email address, your message and any other information you choose to include.

We ask for information relevant to the purpose at hand. An email address is needed to receive Letters, but you can read the website without subscribing. Reading the site and receiving Letters do not require a reader account, a password or payment details.

Information collected automatically

We and our hosting and security providers receive technical information when a page, file or other resource is requested. This may include an IP address, browser and device characteristics, request times and the resource requested. These records help deliver the site, maintain its availability, investigate problems and prevent abuse.

Cloudflare also provides cookie-free traffic measurement, separate from Google Analytics. The Google Analytics choice described below does not control this measurement or the technical processing involved in hosting and security. The security check on the subscription form involves a direct connection between your browser and Cloudflare and the processing of browser and network signals to help distinguish readers from automated submissions.

Our email provider processes recipient addresses, message content and delivery information to send Letters. We may receive records such as sending times, delivery status, bounces, spam complaints and unsubscribe status to manage delivery and maintain the mailing list. These operational records are separate from optional website analytics.

Measurement information

Where website measurement is enabled and you have allowed it, we use Google Analytics to understand which work is read, how readers arrive and how they interact with the site. Measurements cover page views, reading engagement, subscription-related interactions and visits to web editions, together with general device and referral information.

We configure event fields and page and referral addresses to limit the information sent for analytics. Email addresses and subscription-form contents are not part of the analytics fields we configure. Google uses cookies and similar identifiers for this measurement and receives technical connection information, including your IP address, when your browser connects to its service. Advertising and advertising-personalisation features are disabled in our site’s analytics configuration.

Further information is available in Google’s explanation of how it uses information from sites and apps that use its services.

How we use information

We use information to publish and deliver this website; send KINGDA Letters and related publication or subscription updates consistent with your signup choices; respond to correspondence; manage delivery and unsubscribe requests; protect the site and mailing list against abuse; understand readership where measurement is permitted; and meet applicable obligations, including maintaining evidence of consent and handling legal claims.

Under the practices described in this notice, we do not sell personal information or use it to build advertising profiles.

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we rely on consent for sending Letters and for optional Google Analytics; legitimate interests in operating and protecting the publication, responding to correspondence, and managing delivery and unsubscribe records, where those interests are not overridden by your rights; and legal obligations where processing is required by law. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing or the retention of limited records for separate, lawful purposes described here.

Service providers

We use third-party services for hosting and security, email delivery and mailing-list management, correspondence, and optional website analytics. Our principal providers for hosting and security, newsletter delivery, and analytics are Cloudflare, Resend, and Google, respectively.

Where providers process personal information on our behalf, they do so under the relevant service and data-processing terms. Some providers also process certain technical or service information for purposes they determine, such as improving security or meeting legal obligations; their own privacy notices explain that processing. For example, Cloudflare describes its use of security signals in its Turnstile Privacy Addendum. The providers we use may change as the needs of the publication change.

Legal and safety reasons

Where permitted or required by applicable law, we may disclose information if we believe in good faith that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation or valid legal process; respond to a lawful request from a public authority; enforce applicable site terms; establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or protect KINGDA, our readers or others against fraud, abuse, security threats or other harm.

Business changes

If KINGDA is involved in a proposed or completed merger, acquisition, reorganisation, asset transfer or transition to another operator, information covered by this notice may be reviewed by the relevant parties and their advisers or transferred as part of that change. Such disclosure is subject to appropriate confidentiality and other safeguards. Further use of the information remains subject to applicable law, including any requirements to provide notice or obtain consent.

Cookies and similar technologies

The site uses browser storage to remember preferences such as your reading language and analytics choice. The site can read these preferences to apply your choices. Where you allow Google Analytics, that service uses cookies for measurement. Hosting and security services may also use cookies or other browser storage needed for their functions. Under the practices described here, we do not use advertising cookies.

You can manage or clear browser storage through your browser settings. Clearing it may reset your preferences, and blocking storage used for security may affect the subscription form or other protected functions.

Your choices

Optional Google Analytics stays off unless you allow it. You can allow, decline or withdraw permission through the site’s analytics control. Your choice applies to that browser and affects future collection; it does not by itself erase information already collected. You may need to make the choice again on another device or after clearing browser storage.

Where your browser communicates a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal to this site, we treat it as a decision to decline optional Google Analytics. Declining this analytics does not prevent you from reading the site or subscribing to Letters. Hosting, security and the separate Cloudflare measurement described above continue independently of this choice.

Your subscription and your requests

You can unsubscribe from KINGDA Letters using the unsubscribe route in our emails or by contacting us. We process unsubscribe requests as required by applicable law. Unsubscribing stops subscription emails; it does not prevent us from replying to a request you make or sending a notice required by law.

You may also contact us to request access to, correction of or deletion of your information. Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to restrict processing, receive a portable copy of certain information, or withdraw consent. Where applicable, you may object to processing based on legitimate interests and to direct marketing. You may also complain to the competent data protection authority or appeal a decision on a request where the law provides that right.

For requests concerning personal information, we may need information reasonably necessary to verify your identity or an authorised representative’s authority. The subscription form alone does not establish who is making a request. We respond within applicable legal time limits, taking account of permitted exceptions and any need to protect others’ information. These verification steps are not a condition of using the unsubscribe route in our emails.

Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here. Subscription details are generally retained while you remain subscribed. Limited consent, delivery and unsubscribe records may be retained afterwards to honour your choices, prevent unwanted mail, address complaints and meet legal requirements. Correspondence and security records are retained according to their purpose, sensitivity and any continuing operational or legal need.

Retention also takes account of applicable limitation periods, disputes and legal claims. Provider-held information is subject to relevant contractual terms, available retention settings and applicable law; records providers control for their own purposes are also subject to their notices.

When information is no longer needed, we delete it or anonymise it. Backup copies may remain until removed through the applicable retention cycle, with their use restricted to recovery, security or legal needs and subject to any applicable deletion requirements.

International transfers

Information may be processed in the United States and other countries where we or our providers operate. Data protection laws in those countries may differ from those where you live. Where applicable law requires a transfer mechanism or safeguards, we use an applicable arrangement, which may include an adequacy decision or approved standard contractual clauses and local supplements in our provider agreements, together with additional safeguards where required. You may contact us for information about the safeguards relevant to your information.

Security

We use technical and organisational measures designed to reduce risks of unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or loss, taking account of the information involved and the risks of processing it. These include access controls, protection of service credentials and measures to reduce automated abuse. The measures may evolve as the site changes. No method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Children

The website and Letters are intended for a general adult readership and are not directed to children. If we learn that a child has provided personal information in circumstances requiring parental consent or other safeguards under applicable law, we will take appropriate steps, which may include removing the information or ending the subscription. Please contact us if you believe this has occurred.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice to reflect changes in our practices, services, providers or applicable law. Its effective date identifies the current version. For material changes, we provide notice as required by applicable law, which may include a notice on the site or an email to affected subscribers. Where a change requires consent, we seek it before applying that change to the relevant processing.

Contact

Questions about this notice and requests concerning your information can be sent to contact@kingda.me. We use correspondence to address the matter raised and for the related purposes described above. Writing to us does not by itself subscribe you to Letters.

This notice takes effect on September 7, 2026.