Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

Contact: hello@sinzik.com

The short version

This website uses no cookies and no tracking pixels. If you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your email address. That's it. We don't sell data, we don't profile visitors, and we don't share information with advertisers.

Data controller

This website is operated by Sinzik (pen name). For any privacy-related requests, contact hello@sinzik.com.

What we collect

Newsletter subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. This is processed by Buttondown, our newsletter provider. Buttondown is GDPR-compliant and provides a Data Processing Agreement.

• Legal basis: Consent (you opted in by submitting the form)
• Purpose: To send you book launch notifications and occasional updates
• Retention: Until you unsubscribe. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
• Your rights: Unsubscribe at any time via the link in any email, or email us at hello@sinzik.com to request deletion

Anonymous analytics

We use privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics to understand how many people visit the site and which pages they view. This data is aggregated and anonymous — we cannot identify individual visitors.

• Legal basis: Legitimate interest (understanding site performance)
• Data collected: Page URL, referrer, country (derived from IP, not stored), device type, browser
• Not collected: IP addresses, personal identifiers, cookies, fingerprints

Cookies

This website does not use cookies. No first-party cookies, no third-party cookies, no session cookies, no tracking cookies. The newsletter popup uses localStorage (not a cookie) to remember if you've dismissed it, so we don't show it again for 30 days.

Third parties

• Buttondown (newsletter processing) — Privacy policy
• Cloudflare (website hosting) — Privacy policy
• Google Fonts (typography) — Font files loaded from Google's CDN. Google's Privacy policy applies.

We do not use Facebook, Google Analytics, or any advertising tracking on this website.

External links

This site links to Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, and other retailers. When you click a purchase link, you leave sinzik.com and are subject to that retailer's privacy policy. We have no control over their data practices.

Your rights (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the right to:

• Access — Request a copy of any data we hold about you
• Rectification — Correct inaccurate data
• Erasure — Request deletion of your data
• Portability — Receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection — Object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Withdraw consent — Unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@sinzik.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we'll update this page and the "last updated" date above. For newsletter subscribers, we'll notify by email if the changes affect how we handle your data.