Privacy Policy

A plain record of what this site keeps, what it refuses to keep, and what happens when you reach out across the wire.

Effective: January 1, 2026 Site: sebastianmichaels.art

Summary

This site uses device-side storage (cookies and localStorage) to remember interaction state and prior visits.
No advertising pixels. No third-party tracking designed to follow you across the web.
If you subscribe to a newsletter, your email address is used only to send updates you asked for.
If you contact me, recipient has access to the information you send and use it to reply.

Device-Side Storage

This site may store small pieces of data on your device to preserve preferences and interaction state. Examples include dismissing notices, remembering UI choices, or preventing repeated prompts.

What Gets Stored

Preference flags, UI acknowledgements, and other non-advertising state.

How to Remove it

Clear cookies and site data in your browser settings. You can also disable cookies in your browser, but parts of the site may behave oddly.

Information You Provide

Some features only work if you voluntarily provide information.

Newsletter subscription: your email address is used to send the requested emails. If the subscription system uses verification or anti-spam checks, those are used only to prevent abuse.
Contact forms or email: whatever you send is received, but retained privately by the recipient unless necessary otherwise. It is highly not recommended you include personal details, but that is your choice.

Automatically Collected Data

Web servers typically log basic request metadata. This may include IP address, user agent, request time, and requested URL. These logs are used for security, debugging, and performance, and are not used to build advertising profiles.

Third-Party Services

This site is designed to avoid third-party tracking. Some infrastructure may necessarily involve service providers (hosting, email delivery, spam prevention) to operate the site safely. When those are used, they are chosen for operational need, not for advertising.

How Data is Used

To provide site functionality and preserve your choices on your device.
To send newsletters only when you request them.
To respond to messages you send.
To maintain site security and prevent abuse.

Data Retention

Device-side storage remains on your device until you delete it. Messages and subscription records are retained as long as needed to operate the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce site integrity. If you unsubscribe, subscription delivery stops, and related records may be removed or anonymized depending on system design.

Your Choices

You can clear cookies and localStorage at any time via your browser settings.
You can unsubscribe from newsletters using the unsubscribe link included in emails, if provided.
You can request deletion of subscription or contact data by emailing contact@sebastianmichaels.art.

Security

No system is a sealed vault. Reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are used to protect information, but absolute security cannot be guaranteed. If the site ever becomes aware of a significant compromise affecting user data, reasonable steps will be taken to address and communicate it.

Children

This site is not intended for children under 13, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact me and I will take appropriate steps to remove it.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated to reflect changes in features, tooling, or legal requirements. The effective date at the top of the page indicates the current version.

Contact

Privacy questions, deletion requests, and the strange edge-cases belong here: contact@sebastianmichaels.art