Privacy
What we keep, why we keep it.
Last updated 27 April 2026.
What we collect
When you sign up to the mailing list, we keep your email address. When you submit a verdict on a case, we keep the case id, your verdict choices, and a session identifier (a random cookie value, never your name) so the page can tell that ‘you’ have already answered. When you sign in with Google we keep your email address, display name, and profile picture URL as Google supplies them.
Why we collect it
Email addresses are used for one thing: delivering the daily edition and the launch announcement. We do not send marketing for unrelated products. We do not share, sell, or trade addresses. Verdicts and session ids exist to power the game (so the same case doesn’t score you twice) and the paywall counter (free readers get three back issues per day).
How long we keep it
Email addresses are kept until you unsubscribe — every email contains an unsubscribe link, and we honour requests within 30 days. Verdicts and session ids are kept for as long as the case archive itself is online; if you sign in with Google and ask us to delete your account, we delete both the user record and any verdicts stamped against it.
Cookies
One small first-party cookie (s221b) is set the first
time you visit, so we can keep your verdict picks attached to you.
It expires in 30 days. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is
cookie-free. We do not run any third-party advertising or
tracking scripts.
Where it lives
Data is stored in Cloudflare D1 (an SQL database) and Cloudflare KV (a key-value store), both hosted on Cloudflare’s edge network. The site is run from South Africa; readers are served from Cloudflare’s nearest point of presence.
How to reach us
To unsubscribe, use the link in any email. To request deletion of your account or any data we hold about you, email hello@the221bdaily.com. We aim to respond within 7 days.