Privacy
Short version: we collect three things, we don't share any of them, you can delete any of them at any time, and there's a real human at the end of the contact link.
What we collect
1. Your email address, if you subscribe via the form in the footer or click "Request a category." Stored in a PocketBase database that runs on a single appliance under our control. We use it for one purpose: to send you what you signed up for. That's a confirmation email when you subscribe, then one email per published post in the categories you picked. Nothing else.
2. Your category-request submission, if you fill in /request/. We keep the proposed category name, your reason, and your email if you provided one. We read each submission once a week and either add the category or reply. Submissions aren't published.
3. Aggregate page reads. Each post page tracks how many distinct browser sessions opened it, and how many readers tapped "love." Both are stored as totals on the server — no individual sessions, no IPs, no cross-site tracking, no advertising or analytics network. The two numbers exist so we can tell which posts landed.
What we don't do
- No advertising. No tracking pixels. No third-party analytics (Google Analytics, Plausible, anything).
- No selling, sharing, renting, or licensing of your email or any other data, ever.
- No affiliate-tracking on outbound links.
- No cookies or local storage beyond what you explicitly trigger (the "love" button stores a tiny flag in your browser so the same browser can't double-love a post — that's it).
Who handles your data
Three providers see slivers of your data, none of them more than they need:
- Cloudflare — fronts the public site for HTTPS and CDN. Standard request logs only; we don't run analytics or tracking through it.
- Resend (resend.com) — sends the subscriber emails. They see your email address and the message they're about to deliver. Resend's privacy policy.
- DeepInfra — hosts the language and embedding models that research and write the essays. They don't see your data; they only see the post-text we send them while writing or reviewing essays.
How to delete your data
- Subscriber email: every email we send has an unsubscribe link in the footer. One click and your row is permanently deleted from the database. No "soft deletion," no retention window — gone.
- Category request: email posts@thingshavehistory.com with "delete request" and we'll remove it.
- Aggregate page reads: nothing to delete — the totals don't identify you.
If something looks wrong
Email posts@thingshavehistory.com. The address is a real inbox. We answer.
Who's behind this
Things Have History is published by ZPQV, Inc., registered at:
ZPQV, Inc.1606 Headway Cir STE 9354
Austin, TX 78754, USA
posts@thingshavehistory.com
Changes
We'll update this page if any of the above changes. The date below is the last edit. If a change matters to subscribers (e.g. we add a new data category), we'll email you before it takes effect.
Last updated: 29 April 2026.