This policy explains what personal data we collect when you use the Dissent website, contact us through Talk to us or subscribe to Decode, why and what you can do about it.
Who we are
Decode is made by We Dissent Limited ("Dissent", "we", "us"), registered in England and Wales, company number 14707252, at Boston House, Boston Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1DY. We are the controller of your personal data.
Contact: privacy@wedissent.io
What we collect
Talk to us: your name, work email address and problem statement. These details are emailed to hello@wedissent.io so we can respond to your enquiry. Contacting us does not subscribe you to Decode or marketing emails.
Your email address
How often you want Decode : weekly or monthly (later, also the reading level you choose)
Your choices : whether you agreed to our terms, whether you asked for emails from Dissent and when you made each choice
Replies : anything you send us if you reply to an issue
Technical details : when you visit the signup page or use the form, our hosting providers record basic details such as your IP address, browser and device, to keep the service running and secure
Visits to the signup page : Basic page analytics such as, but not limited to, pages viewed, where visitors came from, device type and country. We see totals and trends; not who you are.
Some content source links we state may pass through the original newsletter's own link tracking on the way to the article, we do not hold responsibility for source tracking.
Why we use it
We use contact enquiries to respond to your request and discuss the work you have asked about. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries, or taking steps at your request before entering a contract.
Send you Decode Your consent, given when you subscribe
Send you whatever else Dissent cooks up and any info on its services and thinking (occasional emails), only if you ticked the box Your consent
Keep a record of what you agreed to and when Our legitimate interest in being able to show we have your consent
Understand who reads Decode, for example which organisations our readers work for, based on the domain of your email address Our legitimate interest in running and improving Decode
Keep the signup form secure and stop abuse Our legitimate interest in protecting the service
Count visits to the signup page to see how it is used Our legitimate interest in improving the page
Meet our legal obligations, such as answering requests to use your rights Legal obligation
We never sell your email, and we never will. We don't send your details to the AI tools we use to produce Decode, and we don't use them to train AI.
Who handles your data for us
Lovable hosts the Dissent website and sends contact enquiries to our inbox. Our email provider receives and stores the messages. Google receives website usage data through Google Analytics.
We use a variety of software tools and infrastructure to support the development, management and publishing of decode.Each works under a contract that limits what it can do with your data. For a full list please email privacy@wedissent.io with your request
We share your data with no one else, unless the law requires it (for example, a court order) or Decode or Dissent is sold or reorganised. In that case your data passes to the new owner, who must keep to this policy.
Data sent outside the UK
Resend stores our subscriber list in the United States - and is fully GDPR compliant https://resend.com/security/gdpr. Where any of these providers handles your data outside the UK, the transfer is protected by UK adequacy regulations, the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, GDPR compliance or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. We take this very seriously.
Keeping your data safe
We collect as little as we need, limit who can access it and use established providers with their own security controls. No system is guaranteed to be completely secure. If a breach puts you at risk, we will tell you as the law requires.
How long we keep it
Contact enquiries remain in our inbox while we respond and manage any resulting relationship. You can ask us about the retention of your enquiry or request its deletion at privacy@wedissent.io.
We keep your details for as long as you are subscribed.
When you unsubscribe, we stop sending to you. We keep your email address on a suppression list so we never email you again by mistake, and we keep a record of your consent for two years in case we need to show it. Then we delete it.
Your rights
You can ask us to:
give you a copy of the data we hold about you
correct it
delete it
stop or limit how we use it
give it to you in a format you can take elsewhere
You can object at any time to us using your data to understand our readership, and you can withdraw your consent at any time. Every issue has a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can also email us. Withdrawing consent doesn't affect anything we did before you withdrew it.
To use any of these rights, email privacy@wedissent.io . We will answer within one month.
If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office: ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113 .
Automated decisions
We use automated tools to initially choose and draft the shortlisted stories for Decode before sending them to actual humans for full review and final decisions. We make no automated decisions about you.
Children
Decode is for working professionals aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone younger. If you become aware of anyone signing up under the age of 18, please tell us as soon as possible, and we will investigate and remove the subscription if appropriate.
Changes to this policy
We reserve the right to update this policy as required. If a change matters, we will tell you. The date at the top shows the latest version.
Website analytics
Lovable’s visitor analytics uses no cookies, stores nothing on your device, does not keep IP addresses and does not identify visitors. It records pages visited, where visitors came from, country, browser, operating system, device type, time on page, page speed, errors and clicks on buttons and links. These are recorded for every visitor. Detailed data is kept for 90 days and daily summaries for a year. Lovable collects this data for us. Its privacy policy at https://lovable.dev/privacy explains how it handles it.
The website also loads Google Analytics (G-H1QMHE6WSL). Google Analytics uses browser cookies to measure visits and interactions and sends usage and device information to Google. The site currently has no analytics consent banner. Google explains its use of this data at https://policies.google.com/privacy.