Privacy policy

The short version

We collect only what you choose to send us through the form on this site. We do not run analytics, ads or tracking, and we do not sell your information.

Who we are

The Dirtbag’s Rag is an independent print magazine and creative club in Santa Cruz, California. You can reach us at the email address at the bottom of this page.

What we collect

When you use the form on the Share page, we receive what you type: your name, your email address, what your message is about, what you make, any links you share, your message, and an optional Instagram handle. We also receive a note that you ticked the box agreeing to this policy.

We use it to read your message, reply to you, and consider your work for the Rag. We ask for nothing else.

If you order the Rag through our order form, we also receive what you type into it, so we can fill your order.

Like any website, the servers that deliver these pages can see your IP address and the page you asked for, as part of sending you the page.

Who handles it

Form messages pass through Web3Forms (web3forms.com), a service that delivers them to our inbox. They handle your message on our behalf, and only to deliver it.

Messages arrive in the email inbox of one of our team, and are kept there like any email.

The site’s heading font comes from Adobe Fonts. Loading it sends your IP address to Adobe, like loading any font from another company.

Videos on artist pages come from YouTube, but only after you press play. Before that, nothing is sent to YouTube. After you press play, YouTube may collect information as described in its own policy.

Links to Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music and other sites take you to places we do not run. Their own policies apply once you are there.

Until our hosted checkout is set up, orders for the Rag are taken with a Google Form. What you type into it goes to Google, and to our team.

Decision needed When the shop opens, payment happens at a hosted checkout (the provider is still to be chosen). That provider, not us, handles your card details. We never see or store them.

How long we keep it

We keep the messages you send through the form for up to 12 months, and then delete them. If you ask us to delete yours sooner, we will.

Your choices

You can ask us what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by emailing us. If you live in California, you have these rights under state law, and we will answer in the time the law gives us.

This site is not meant for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we change what the site collects, we will update this page and its date first.