Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 November 2026

We keep personal information to a minimum. You can browse the whole archive without creating an account or telling us who you are. This policy explains what happens to the small amount of information involved.

Information you choose to send

When you send a note about a photograph, we receive your note, the photograph it relates to, the date and time and anything else you choose to give, such as how you know, a name to show and an email address. When you use the contact form, we receive your message, the date and time and any contact details you give.

We use this to review notes, correct the archive, handle rights and removal requests, and reply to you. If your note is published, its text, the name you gave and any “how you know” details become public. Your email address stays private and is not published. Contact form messages stay private.

Please do not include sensitive personal information or private details about other people.

Technical information

The site is hosted by Cloudflare. Like most web hosts, Cloudflare handles technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, in order to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. Cloudflare handles this under its own privacy policy. We do not use this information to identify individual visitors.

Photographs you contribute

When you contribute a photograph, we receive the file, its description, the place, date and source you give, a name for the credit, and your email address. The file and details stay private while we review them. If we publish the photograph, a resized copy, its description and your chosen credit become public. Your email address stays private. Published copies have their embedded file information, such as camera details or location, removed.

Protecting the forms from spam

To limit repeated submissions, we use a scrambled form of your IP address and keep it for about an hour. Our forms may also use Cloudflare Turnstile, a security check that can process information about your browser and connection when you start using a form, under Cloudflare’s Turnstile policy.

Cookies and browser storage

This site does not set its own cookies, and we do not use advertising or analytics trackers. It saves two small items in your browser, which stay on your device:

• your choice of dark or light mode, until you clear it;
• your position in a photo wall, so the Back button returns you to the same place, until you close the tab.

Your hosting provider’s security systems may occasionally set a strictly necessary cookie to protect the site.

Share buttons

The share buttons are plain links, and we do not load scripts or trackers from social networks. If you select one, you go to that service, which handles your information under its own privacy policy. “Copy link” only uses your device’s clipboard.

Sharing

We do not sell your information or use it for advertising. We share it only with service providers who help run the site, such as Cloudflare, or where the law requires it or it is needed to protect people or our rights. We will not publish your name or contact details without your permission.

Where information is stored

Notes and messages are stored using Cloudflare’s services. Cloudflare operates internationally, so your information may be processed outside your own country.

How long we keep it

We delete rejected notes and photographs when we reject them. Notes, messages and photographs waiting for action, and email addresses sent with published notes, are deleted after two years at the latest. We may keep the original of an accepted photograph for as long as it remains part of the archive. Published notes stay on the site until you ask us to remove them, or we remove them ourselves, because they become part of the archive’s record.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us to show you, correct or delete information you sent us. Depending on where you live, you may have other rights, such as objecting to our use of your information or complaining to your data protection authority. Where the law requires a legal basis, we rely on your consent or on our legitimate interest in maintaining an accurate archive and responding to messages.

To make a request, contact us. Please include enough detail for us to find your message.

Children

This site is for a general audience. Please do not send us personal information if you are under 16, unless a parent or guardian has agreed.

Links to other websites

Links to other sites are governed by those sites’ own privacy policies. They receive information from your browser only if you visit them.

Changes

We may update this policy and will change the date at the top of this page when we do.

Contact

Please write to us using the form on the About page. See also our Terms of Use.