Last updated: 27 July 2026
This policy explains what personal data GlowSteal collects, why, on what legal basis, who else processes it, and what rights you have. We have tried to describe what actually happens rather than what sounds reassuring.
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Newsletter subscription. If you subscribe, we store your email address, optionally a first name if you give one, the page you subscribed from, the date and time, and a small set of interest tags describing the section you signed up from. We store this to send you the newsletter you asked for.
Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw it at any time by unsubscribing, which does not affect anything sent beforehand.
Server logs and abuse prevention. Our server and the newsletter form process your IP address. The IP is held briefly in memory to rate-limit submissions so bots can't flood our mailing list. Our hosting infrastructure also writes standard access logs containing IP address, timestamp, requested URL and browser user-agent.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure and available (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
Analytics. We use Plausible, which does not use cookies and does not build cross-site profiles or follow you between websites. It records aggregate page views, referring sites and general country-level location. To count unique visits without cookies it derives a rotating, irreversible hash from IP address and user-agent, which is discarded daily. We cannot use it to identify you.
Legal basis: legitimate interest in understanding which articles are useful (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
GlowSteal does not set any cookies. Our analytics is cookie-free, and we run no advertising or tracking scripts.
We do use your browser's local storage for two things, both of which stay on your device and are never transmitted to us:
theme — remembers whether you prefer light or dark mode.gs-cookie-consent — remembers that you have dismissed our storage notice, so it stops reappearing.You can clear both at any time through your browser settings without losing access to anything.
We do not sell your data, trade it, or share it for anyone else's marketing. We do rely on a small number of service providers to operate the site:
Each acts on our instructions only. We may also disclose data where the law requires it.
We operate from North Macedonia. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, your data is therefore processed outside your home jurisdiction. Where a transfer is not covered by an adequacy decision, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses with the relevant provider. Full details are available on request at [email protected].
If the GDPR applies to you, you have the right to access your data, correct it, have it deleted, restrict or object to how we process it, receive a portable copy, and withdraw consent at any time. Equivalent rights apply under North Macedonia's Law on Personal Data Protection.
Email [email protected] and we will respond within one month. There is no charge, and you do not need to give a reason to unsubscribe or be deleted.
If you think we have handled your data badly, you can complain to a supervisory authority. In North Macedonia that is the Agency for Personal Data Protection. If you are in the EEA or UK, you may complain to the authority where you live, work, or where the problem occurred.
We use confirmed opt-in. After you enter your email we send a confirmation link, and you are only added once you click it — so nobody can subscribe you without access to your inbox. Every email we send carries a one-click unsubscribe link.
We send the newsletter you signed up for. We do not pass your address to brands or advertisers.
GlowSteal is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has subscribed, contact us and we will delete the record.
The site is served over HTTPS, and access to subscriber data is limited to the people who need it. No system is perfectly secure, but we will notify you and the relevant authority if a breach affects your rights, as the law requires.
If we change how we handle personal data we will update this page and its revision date. If a change materially affects you, we will say so in the newsletter rather than relying on you re-reading this page.