Privacy notice
Field Notes takes reader privacy seriously and collects the smallest amount of data it can while still delivering the newsletter.
What is collected
- Your email address, if you subscribe. Stored with the newsletter provider and used only to send the dispatch.
- Aggregated delivery and bounce statistics from the email provider, used to keep sender reputation healthy.
- Anonymised server access logs (IP, page, timestamp), retained for 30 days for security purposes and then discarded.
What is not collected
- Analytics or advertising cookies. There are none on this site.
- Open-tracking pixels in dispatches. Every letter is plain-text-first; there is no "did the reader open this" beacon.
- Personal data beyond the email address, unless you volunteer it in a reader letter.
Rights
Every dispatch contains a one-click unsubscribe link. To have your address removed from the archive as well, email privacy [at] fieldnotes.sbs and it will be deleted within seven days.
Children
Field Notes is not directed at children under 16 and does not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
Any change to this notice will be reflected in the date below. Last update: 1 April 2026.