PRIVACY.

Paperback availability requests

The paperback invitation is for one email when After the Sleeper is available to order. It is not consent to the general Founding List, and does not reserve or purchase a copy. The consent box is unchecked by default.

We store your email address, the source form, request time, receipt reference and the exact version of the one-off consent in a separate private notification queue outside the public website. No newsletter subscription or immediate email is generated by this form. The queue is used only for the paperback availability announcement.

You can cancel using the private cancellation link shown after signup, or by contacting [email protected] with the receipt reference. Cancellation removes the address from this queue immediately. The general newsletter is unaffected. The eventual availability email will include a cancellation link.

Requests expire after 180 days unless renewed. Daily cleanup removes expired requests and removes completed or cancelled records after 30 days. Short-lived request-token and rate-limit records are removed after 24 hours. Rate controls use keyed hashes rather than storing raw network addresses in this queue. This does not change routine hosting/CDN logs.

Reader responses

The Disputed Record form stores your chosen wording, explanation, submission time and receipt reference in a private database outside the public website. A name or pseudonym and an email address are optional. An optional email is used to discuss that response, not to add you to the Founding List. No newsletter subscription or email is generated by submitting the form.

Responses are reviewed privately and are not posted automatically. The separate, unchecked quotation permission allows an anonymous quotation in a later Archive discussion; it does not permit publication of your name or email. The wording and version of that permission are stored with the response. Without that permission, we will seek approval before quoting publicly.

Response records and their optional contact details are removed on the daily cleanup after they are 90 days old. To request earlier deletion, write to [email protected] with the receipt reference. Approved anonymous excerpts may remain in published editorial discussion unless removal is requested.

The form uses short-lived signed request tokens, request limits and a hidden anti-spam field. The rate-limit store contains a keyed hash derived from the network address and browser user-agent, not their raw values. Those rate-limit entries are removed during daily cleanup after 24 hours. Hosting and CDN providers may separately process routine request data as described below. Please do not submit sensitive personal information.

Information collected

When someone joins the Founding List, The Sleeper Archive records the email address, the page or source of the signup, the time of consent, and the version of the consent wording accepted.

The website also keeps a minimal anti-abuse and consent ledger using one-way hashed representations of the email address, IP address and browser user-agent. Raw IP addresses are not stored in that local consent ledger.

How it is used

Subscriber information is used to send meaningful Archive updates: physical-edition development, record reveals, production milestones and major releases. It is also used to honour unsubscribe requests, manage subscriber preferences, and protect the signup service from automated abuse.

The Founding List

The mailing-list database is hosted by The Sleeper Archive using listmonk and PostgreSQL. Messages are delivered through the project's authenticated mail account at [email protected].

Individual open and click tracking is disabled. The intention is to communicate, not to build behavioural profiles.

Consent records

The Archive keeps a minimal consent record so that it can establish when and how a subscription was requested. This record includes a timestamp, signup source, consent-text version, and hashed technical identifiers used for audit and abuse prevention.

A minimal hashed consent record may remain after an unsubscribe or subscriber-data deletion because it is maintained separately from the active mailing-list record.

Service providers

The Archive uses infrastructure providers for web hosting, content delivery, DNS/security, and authenticated email delivery. Those providers may process limited technical data as necessary to deliver the site and email service. Subscriber data is not sold.

Discord is a separate service. Joining the Archive Discord is optional and is governed by Discord's own account and privacy terms.

Your choices

Every Archive email includes a subscriber-specific Leave the Archive link. The subscriber page also provides data-export and data-deletion controls where available.

Unsubscribing stops future Founding List messages. A subscriber can also request removal or correction of personal information by contacting the Archive.

Security

The listmonk administration interface and its authenticated API are not exposed publicly. The website communicates with the mailing system through a restricted server-side API identity, and secrets are stored outside the public web root.

Contact

Privacy or mailing-list requests can be sent to [email protected].

Last updated: 14 October 2026.