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Privacy policy
Disability World collects as little personal data as it can and never sells it. This page sets out exactly what we collect, why, who else touches it, and how to ask us to delete it. Plain language, no dark patterns.
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What we collect
We only collect the personal data you choose to send us through one of our three forms. We do not run advertising trackers, we do not build visitor profiles, and we do not buy or enrich data from third parties.
- Contact form (/about/contact/) — your name, email address, subject, and message.
- Partnership enquiry (/community/partners/inquire/) — your name, organisation, email address, and message.
- Newsletter (/community/newsletter/) — your email address and, optionally, your name. Subscription is double opt-in: you must confirm via a link we email you before we add you to the list.
How we use it
We use form data only to do the thing you asked for: reply to your
message, evaluate a partnership enquiry, or send you the newsletter you
confirmed. Contact and partnership messages are delivered to our
editorial inboxes (hello@, partnerships@). We
do not use your email for any purpose you did not ask for, and every
newsletter includes a one-click unsubscribe link.
Who we share it with
We use a small number of processors to run the site. We share only what each one needs to do its job.
- Resend — our email provider. It delivers our transactional emails (contact, partnership, confirmation, welcome) and stores newsletter subscribers as an audience. Form data submitted to us passes through Resend to reach our inbox or the subscriber list. See Resend's privacy policy.
- Vercel — our hosting platform. Like any web host, Vercel processes standard server request logs (IP address, user-agent, timestamp) to serve and secure the site. See Vercel's privacy policy.
- Qualibooth — when you run a scan from /toolkit/scan/, the URL you enter is sent to Qualibooth, which performs the accessibility scan. The scanner does not require any personal data from you to run.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data. We will disclose data only if required by law.
Analytics and cookies
Disability World runs no analytics or advertising trackers and sets no tracking cookies. The only thing we store in your browser is your light/dark theme preference, kept locally on your device and never transmitted to us. Because we set no tracking cookies, there is no consent banner to click through.
How long we keep it
Contact and partnership messages are retained in our inbox for as long as they are editorially useful, then deleted. Newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe, after which your address is removed from the audience. You can ask us to delete your data sooner at any time.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask us to show you the personal data we hold
about you, correct it, or delete it, and you can object to our use of it.
If you are in the EU/EEA or the UK, these rights are guaranteed by the
GDPR and UK GDPR. To exercise any of them, email
hello@disabilityworld.org and we will
respond within 30 days. EU/EEA residents also have the right to lodge a
complaint with their national data-protection authority.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or a request about your data, go to
hello@disabilityworld.org.
Changes to this policy
If we change what we collect or who we share it with, we will update this page and move the "last updated" date above. Material changes affecting newsletter subscribers will also be noted in the newsletter.