The short version
This site does not ask you to create an account, does not set advertising cookies of its own, and does not sell anything about you. The only personal data TanLab holds is what you deliberately send: an email address if you subscribe, and whatever you write if you email us.
What we collect
Newsletter
If you submit the subscribe form, we store your email address for the purpose of sending TanLab updates. It is not shared, rented or sold. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing deletes the address from the list.
Email and messages
If you email TanLab or message us on social media, we keep that correspondence so we can answer it and refer back to it — for example when a correction you reported gets published.
Server logs
This site is hosted on Cloudflare, which records standard request information (IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp) for security and reliability. These logs are Cloudflare's, retained on their schedule, and are not used by TanLab to profile visitors.
What we don't collect
- No account, no password, no profile
- No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies set by this site
- No location data
- No sale or rental of any personal data, to anyone, ever
Third parties
| Service | When it's involved | What it can see |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Every page load (hosting) | Standard request logs |
| Google Fonts | Every page load (typefaces) | Your IP and user agent when fetching the font files |
| YouTube | Only after you click play on an embedded video | Standard YouTube playback data. Embeds use youtube-nocookie.com, and nothing is requested from YouTube until you click. |
| Newsletter provider | Only if you submit the subscribe form | The email address you entered |
Following an outbound link — to YouTube, Facebook, a retailer or a manufacturer — takes you onto that company's site under its own privacy policy, not this one.
Affiliate links
Some outbound links are affiliate links. If you click one, the retailer may set its own cookie to attribute a purchase. TanLab receives commission reports, not your identity. See the disclosure page.
Your rights
You can ask what data we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted. Email hello@tanlabs.net and it will be handled — for a newsletter address, deletion is immediate.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it. Material changes will be noted on the site.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello@tanlabs.net.