1. Our Privacy Philosophy
At Stat & State, we believe data journalism should be rigorous, independent, and completely transparent—and that extends to our treatment of reader privacy. Unlike mainstream digital media platforms, we do not monetize our journalism through targeted advertising, data-broker distribution, or behavioral tracking profiles.
We operate on a baseline of minimal data collection. We only retain the information necessary to maintain site security, analyze aggregate readership statistics, and process voluntary communications or subscriptions. Your attention is our product; your personal information is not.
2. Data We Collect
Depending on how you interact with Stat & State, we may process different categories of information:
A. Voluntarily Provided Information
If you submit an inquiry through our contact form (accessible at /contact) or subscribe to our dispatches, we collect your name, email address, and any additional details you choose to share in the message field.
B. Automatic Readership Metrics
When you browse our articles, our servers automatically collect non-identifiable, aggregate system metrics. This includes:
- Generalized geographic location (at the country or state level).
- Referral sources (e.g., direct traffic, social media channels, search engines).
- Device parameters (operating system type, browser client, screen dimensions).
- Readership duration, exit paths, and specific dashboard interactions.
This information is anonymized upon arrival and cannot be linked back to individual reader identities.
3. How Data is Processed
We process personal information under the following legal bases and operational use cases:
- To Provide Services: Fulfilling newsletter delivery, answering contact inquiries, and ensuring interactive dashboards load efficiently.
- Legitimate Interests: Monitoring website performance, fixing bugs or visual errors, and refining article topics based on anonymous aggregate traffic analysis.
- Legal Compliance: Meeting requirements under public data mandates, cybersecurity investigations, or legitimate government queries.
We do not share, lease, rent, or sell your data to corporate networks or third-party marketing companies.
5. Your Legal Rights
Under global data legislation, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you are granted specific rights over your personal data:
- Access: The right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): The right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
- Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
- Portability: The right to request that we transfer collected data to another organization or directly to you.
If you wish to execute any of these statutory rights, please contact our data desk using the info below. We respond to all validated requests within thirty calendar days.
6. Security Measures
Stat & State implements modern, industry-standard security practices to protect reader databases:
- All external network connections are forced over secure, encrypted HTTPS.
- Access to contact files and subscription tables is restricted strictly to authorized desk managers.
- We continuously audit our dependencies and plugins to minimize data exposure vulnerabilities.
While we make every commercially reasonable effort to safeguard personal datasets, no method of transmission or digital storage is absolute. We encourage readers to utilize secure email clients and private VPN networks when communicating with the desk.
7. Contact the Desk
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data collection habits, or wish to exercise your data rights, please reach out to us: