Privacy Policy
We keep things simple while the platform is in early development.
Your Human Story is an educational historical platform currently in early development. We respect your privacy and aim to collect as little personal information as possible.
Information we collect
You can browse the maps, timelines, and stories without creating an account. If you explicitly choose to join our email list, we collect the email address and optional first name you provide so we can send occasional project updates. Creating an account does not automatically add you to this list, and an account is not required to subscribe. We may also collect basic usage information to help us improve the site.
How we use information
We use email-list addresses only to send the updates a subscriber requested and never sell them. Publishing a story or other site content does not automatically send an email; an administrator must separately review and send each campaign. We use usage data only to understand which features are helpful and to improve the platform. The custom browser identifier described below is pseudonymous, so it should not be treated as an audited or perfectly anonymous measure of people.
Custom analytics identifier
When your browser permits local storage, our custom analytics creates a random 36-character identifier and saves it in your browser under yhs_visitor_id. It is a pseudonymous browser identifier: it is not derived from your name, email address, account, IP address, or other personal details, and we do not use it to identify you. Because it persists in your browser, it may be treated as personal data under applicable law even though it contains no direct PII. It is sent with small analytics events to estimate rolling browser activity; it is not sent to Google Analytics.
You can remove the identifier by clearing this site's local storage or browser data. If you later return, the site creates a new random identifier, so the old and new activity are not linked by that identifier. If storage or browser cryptography is unavailable, no identifier is sent and those events cannot contribute to unique-browser estimates.
In database mode, custom analytics events become eligible for deletion once they are older than 365 days (and may also be trimmed sooner if the table exceeds its volume bound). Cleanup runs periodically as events are inserted—roughly every 500 inserts—so 365 days is not a hard deletion deadline. In file-fallback mode, only the most recent 5,000 events are retained, so activity totals may undercount. The dashboard's rolling browser counts are estimates, not an audited count of people.
Third-party services
We use Replit Mail to deliver newsletter messages and may use other trusted third-party services for donations and analytics. Where that happens, those services handle data under their own privacy policies.
Your choices
Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link. You can use that link at any time to stop future newsletter mail. Unsubscribing from the newsletter does not delete an account, and account settings do not enroll you in the newsletter. To ask what data we hold or to request its removal, contact us via the About page.
Last updated: 2026 · Placeholder privacy policy for an early-preview platform.