Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Flat Earth Paper (the site) is an entertainment and concept work that gathers flat earth topics, maps, models and history in one place for the curious to read. In this policy, words like we, us and our refer to the operator of this site. For any privacy question or request, contact us at [email protected].

2. Information we collect

Analytics

If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages are read and how the site is used. This may include the pages you view, the approximate region derived from your IP address (collected with IP anonymisation enabled), your device and browser type, and how you arrived at the site. We do not use this to identify you personally. No analytics cookies are set unless you choose Accept in the cookie notice.

Information you choose to submit

If you write in the guestbook, or react to or submit a story in any community feature we may add, the content you enter, including any name you provide, is sent to us and may be displayed publicly on the site. Please do not include sensitive personal information in these submissions. To keep the guestbook free of spam, when you submit an entry we briefly store a salted, one-way hashed form of your IP address solely to rate-limit abuse; this cannot be read by other visitors, is not used to identify you, and is deleted automatically.

Information stored on your device

The site uses your browser local storage to remember things like the arguments you have saved, your sound and consent choices, and similar preferences. This information stays on your device and is not transmitted to us.

Server logs

Our hosting provider may automatically record standard technical information, such as IP addresses and request times, for security and reliable operation. These server logs are collected and retained by our hosting and infrastructure providers under their own policies, not by us; we do not control their retention periods, do not use them to identify you, and access them only where necessary to protect the security and integrity of the site.

Visitor counter

The site shows a simple visitor count in the footer. To keep a running total shared across all readers, each visit is counted and read through a third-party counter service (CounterAPI, counterapi.dev). This is an aggregate tally only: it does not set cookies and does not store information that identifies you. When your browser contacts the counter service, that request is handled under the provider's own privacy terms.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

We use two kinds of storage. Analytics cookies are set by Google Analytics and only after you accept them. Functional local storage remembers your preferences and choices and is necessary for those features to work. You can withdraw or change your analytics choice at any time using the button below, then choosing again.

Manage cookie choices

4. How we use information

• To operate, maintain and improve the site.
• To understand, in aggregate, which content is read and how the site performs.
• To display the guestbook entries and community contributions that visitors choose to submit.
• To keep the site secure and to address technical problems.

5. Legal bases (for visitors in the EEA and UK)

Where this applies, we rely on your consent for analytics cookies, on our legitimate interests in running and securing the site for functional storage and server logs, and on your decision to submit content for anything you post publicly. You may withdraw consent at any time.

6. Sharing and third parties

We do not sell your personal information. Information may be processed by the services that make the site work, including Google (Analytics), our hosting provider, a visitor-counter service (CounterAPI), and Supabase (the database and verification behind the shared guestbook). These providers process data on our behalf or under their own terms. We encourage you to review Google's privacy policy for how it handles analytics data.

7. Data retention

Analytics data is retained according to the settings in our Google Analytics account. Content you submit publicly remains visible until it is removed by you on request or by us. Local storage remains on your device until you clear it.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of your personal information, to object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent. To make a request, contact us at [email protected]. Visitors in California may have additional rights regarding the sale or sharing of personal information; we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are commonly defined.

9. Children

The site is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with information, please contact us so we can remove it.

10. International processing

Our providers may process information in countries other than your own, including the United States. Where required, appropriate safeguards are applied by those providers.

11. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last revised. Significant changes will be reflected here.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].