Privacy Policy
Last updated · July 2026
The short version: we only hold what you hand us, we use it for the reason you handed it over, and we never sell it.
01 · What we collect
We collect only what you choose to give us: your name, email, and the material you send if you submit through the Inquire page; and your name, email, and chosen time if you book an editorial meeting.
Like nearly every website, our hosting provider also processes basic technical logs (such as IP addresses and browser type) to serve pages securely and reliably.
02 · How we use it
Submission details are used to review your material and to reply to you. Meeting details are used to confirm and hold the conversation you requested.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. Ever.
03 · Images & submitted material
Material you submit stays private while it is under review. If a story is selected for publication, our editors will agree the details with you, including how you are credited, before anything is published.
04 · Third-party services
The site is hosted by a third-party hosting provider, which processes technical data needed to serve the site. When you follow links to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or Threads, those platforms' own privacy policies apply.
05 · Cookies & consent
This site sets no advertising or tracking cookies. Our visit statistics are cookieless and anonymous, so they cannot identify you.
The banner on your first visit asks one thing: whether the site may remember your reading position (below). Accept and it works; decline and nothing is stored beyond the choice itself, and our visit statistics are switched off for you too.
06 · Remembering where you left off
If you accept on the consent banner, your browser remembers which article you were reading and how far you had scrolled, so you can pick a story up where you stopped. This is kept on your own device using your browser's local storage. It is never sent to us, used to identify you, or shared with anyone.
You can clear it at any time by clearing your browser's site data, and it simply forgets positions you haven't returned to in a month.
07 · Retention
We keep submission and meeting correspondence for as long as needed to work together on a story. You can ask us to delete your information at any time.
08 · Your choices
You may ask us at any time what information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, via the Inquire page or through our Instagram, @thehumanthread_ae.
09 · Changes
If our practices change, this page will change with them, and the date above will tell you when it last did.