Privacy Policy
Effective November 2026 · Kestrel Review
Kestrel Review operates without third-party advertising networks, cross-site tracking pixels, or behavioural profiling scripts. We collect only the minimum information required to deliver essays you subscribe to and moderate correspondence you explicitly submit.
1. Subscriptions & Editorial Inquiries
When you subscribe to our Tuesday and Friday dispatches or submit an inquiry on our Contact page, your name, email address, and message are stored in our restricted inquiries collection, accessible solely to authorized editorial staff.
2. Moderated Reader Letters
When you submit a reader letter under an essay, any optional email address provided for editorial verification is stripped on the server before storing or displaying the public comment record. Public letters display only your submitted name, optional city or workshop, and note text.
3. Member Accounts & Preferences
Signed-in reader accounts use a first-party HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax session cookie to authenticate access to member appendices and saved settings. Optional colour-scheme overrides are stored locally in your browser via localStorage and are never transmitted to external servers.
4. Data Access & Erasure
You may request export or deletion of your subscriber record or correspondence at any time by writing to editors@example.test.