Privacy

The principle: as little data as possible

The archive collects only the data needed for the site to work and to assess contributions. There are no user accounts, no profiling and no advertising.

Where a feature can be built without personal data, we build it without. Your reading list, for example, is stored only in your browser and is never sent to the archive's server.

No tracking and no analytics

In its default configuration the site uses no analytics tools, tracking pixels or advertising cookies. It uses a single technical cookie, “uck-locale”, which remembers the language you chose manually so that your next visit opens in the same language.

Your browser's local storage (localStorage) holds only preferences you set yourself: your reading list, your choice to pause page motion and a copy of your language choice. This data stays on your device; you can delete it at any time in your browser settings or with the “Clear the list” button. If an analytics service is ever added, this policy will be updated before it is switched on.

Contribution forms

When you send a contribution, the data is validated on the server. Only the fields you complete are processed: your name or pseudonym (optional), email address, description, files and the publication permission level.

A given installation of the archive may not yet have a contribution intake service connected. In that case the form tells you clearly that nothing was stored and nothing was sent. When a service is connected, contributions are kept only as long as needed to assess them and, if accepted, to document consent and rights. Your email address is never published.

You can ask at any time for your contribution to be deleted or for your permission to publish to be withdrawn, through the contribution page. Contributions are never published without moderation.

Protecting people in the materials

The archive's materials often mention living people: witnesses, survivors and relatives. We deliberately limit personal information about them and do not publish addresses, telephone numbers or medical information.

We take particular care with children, survivors of sexual violence and protected witnesses in court proceedings. Names or details that could identify them are published only with clear authorization and for an editorial reason. If you are mentioned in material and would like it reviewed, contact us through the contribution page.

Third-party services

The interactive map loads tiles from OpenStreetMap servers. When you open the map, your browser connects directly to those servers, which see your IP address under their own privacy policy. The list of places below the map works without that connection. The site's fonts are served from the archive's own server.

Many sources link to external websites — courts, international organizations, publishers. When you follow an external link, you leave this archive and that site's privacy rules apply. If an installation enables Cloudflare Turnstile spam protection, the forms load a script from Cloudflare on the contribution page only.

Your rights

You have the right to know what data we hold about you, to correct it, to ask for its deletion and to withdraw consent. Requests are made through the contribution page; we will not ask for more information than is needed to identify you as the sender.

This policy will be completed with the details of the archive's legal owner and data controller under the applicable law once they are published on the “About” page.