This privacy policy applies to the NoiceBoxing service operated by Arcanum Revelatur at robustmcmanlypants.org. For any questions or requests regarding your data, contact us at michael@robustmcmanlypants.org.
When you download or stream a podcast episode, we record the following information:
We do not collect your name, email address, or any other information that could identify you as an individual. We do not use cookies. We do not use tracking pixels or any third-party analytics services.
The data we collect is used solely to count how many times each episode has been downloaded and to understand the general geographic distribution of our audience. This helps us understand which episodes resonate with listeners and plan future content. We do not use this data for advertising, profiling, or any commercial purpose beyond our own internal analytics.
Our legal basis for processing this data under the GDPR is legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)) — specifically, the legitimate interest of a content publisher in understanding the reach of their published work, balanced against the minimal privacy impact of the data collected.
Download statistics are retained indefinitely for historical analysis of episode performance over time. Because no personally identifying information is stored, this retention poses no ongoing privacy risk to individual listeners.
We do not sell, rent, or share your data with any third party. The geographic region data is derived using a geolocation lookup against the truncated IP address. This lookup is performed against a third-party geolocation service (ip-api.com), but only the /24 subnet representative address (e.g. x.x.x.0) is sent — never your actual IP address. ip-api.com's own privacy policy governs their handling of that request.
Because we do not store any personally identifying information, it is not possible to identify which download records, if any, belong to you. As a result, rights such as access, rectification, erasure, and portability cannot be exercised against specific records. However, you are welcome to contact us at michael@robustmcmanlypants.org with any questions or concerns.
If you believe our data practices are unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country of residence. EU residents can find their local authority at edpb.europa.eu.
If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. Continued use of this service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Arcanum Revelatur
michael@robustmcmanlypants.org