IntelPrivacy notice
The information we handle, why we use it and the choices available to you.
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Who we are
Intel is published by Tim Harris under the TH Creative brand. In these notices, “we,” “us” and “our” refer to that publication. Contact tim@timharris.xyz. This notice applies to intel.timharris.xyz, our newsletters and communications with us.
Newsletter registration is open. We process signup requests, email confirmations, newsletter selections and reader preferences, as well as correspondence, website requests and email delivery records. Your selected newsletters activate after you confirm your email address.
Information we use
| Information | Purpose | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Network and device information, including IP address, requested pages, browser details and security signals | Deliver the website, protect it and investigate problems | Cloudflare, our hosting and security provider |
| Your name, email address and messages you choose to send | Respond to questions, corrections, privacy requests and accessibility reports | Tim Harris and the providers used to receive and reply to email |
| Email delivery identifiers, confirmation and preference records, opt-outs, bounces and complaints | Deliver requested messages, document choices and prevent unwanted email | Cloudflare and Resend, our email delivery provider |
To register, we request your first name, last name, email address, newsletter selections and affirmative consent. Company is optional. Wine’s Next Move and The New California are for readers aged 21 and older. For those titles, we require your birthday to check eligibility from the date you provide and support birthday personalization. We do not independently verify your identity or publish your birthday. The birthday field is optional for other titles. We store subscription records in Cloudflare D1 and send Resend the information needed to deliver email. We do not send subscriber records to generative AI systems.
Optional feedback and topic requests
On your private preferences page, you can choose to share survey answers and topic suggestions. These responses are linked to your subscription and used by TH Creative for editorial planning and human review. They are optional and require separate permission; they do not add newsletter subscriptions, prevent removal, guarantee a reply or promise coverage. We do not publish these responses or send them to generative AI systems. Please leave out sensitive, confidential or other people’s personal information.
We store this feedback in Cloudflare D1. We review and remove feedback older than 180 days through our periodic retention process, subject to applicable obligations or a documented legal hold. Unsubscribing stops newsletter delivery; you can separately request deletion or withdraw permission for feedback use by emailing tim@timharris.xyz.
Private preferences links open once and expire after seven days. Deliberately opening the private page creates a session lasting up to 15 minutes in that tab, with access renewed after each successful change within that original time limit. The page displays your first name, newsletter choices and whether the supplied birthday establishes 21+ eligibility; it does not display your email address, full birthday or company. Anyone with an unused private link could access those limited details, so do not forward it. Unsubscribe links in emails remain available independently.
Cookies and privacy signals
We do not sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, run targeted advertising or load advertising pixels, session replay or optional analytics. Our application does not use browser storage or set cookies. Fonts and illustrations are served by this website. Cloudflare may process security information or use necessary security cookies. Cloudflare Turnstile helps protect signup and preference-link requests from abuse.
Our no-sale and no-advertising-sharing practices apply whether or not your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. See Cookies and tracking and Your privacy choices.
How information is handled
We use service providers to operate the website, store subscription records, deliver messages and handle correspondence. Providers may process information in the United States and other countries where they operate. We may also disclose information when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, security or safety.
We use HTTPS, restrict access to subscription systems and avoid putting personal records in public website files. No system can guarantee absolute security. Please do not send passwords, identity documents, financial account details or confidential third-party information.
Retention
We keep information for as long as needed to provide the service, respond to requests, document consent, protect the service or meet legal obligations. Confirmation links expire after 48 hours; preference links expire after seven days. Our periodic retention review removes request details after they have been expired for 30 days, clears inactive profile details after 30 days and removes never-confirmed registrations after 30 days without a recent request. Optional survey and topic feedback is reviewed for removal after 180 days. Short private-session credentials expire after 15 minutes; their expired request records follow the request-retention process. Limited consent and suppression records may be retained longer to document your choices and prevent further contact. Providers’ security logs and backups follow their own retention processes.
You may request deletion without waiting for the periodic review. Where we retain a limited record to honor an opt-out or meet a legal obligation, we will explain that when responding.
Your choices and requests
Email tim@timharris.xyz with “Privacy request” to ask for access, a copy, correction or deletion of your information, or to raise a concern. No account is required. We may ask for proportionate verification before disclosing or changing private records. We do not routinely require government-issued identification. Statutory rights and exceptions depend on applicable law; see California privacy rights.
For email preferences or removal, use the links in your email or visit Email preferences and removal. Emailing us or visiting the website does not subscribe you.
Our reasons for processing
Where a law requires a legal basis, we rely on your consent to send the newsletters you select and use the birthday you provide for the disclosed eligibility and personalization purposes. You can withdraw consent through the email controls or by contacting us. Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before it occurred. Optional company information is not required to subscribe.
Our legitimate interests include operating and securing the publication, responding to correspondence and preventing unwanted email, taking account of readers’ rights and reasonable expectations. We may retain records where necessary to comply with legal obligations. We do not use subscription details for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects based solely on automated processing.
EEA and UK readers
Where EEA or UK data-protection law applies to our processing, you may have rights to access, correct or erase information, restrict processing, object to processing based on legitimate interests, receive qualifying information in a portable form and withdraw consent. Email tim@timharris.xyz to exercise these rights. We respond without undue delay and generally within one month; if a lawful extension is needed, we will explain the reason within that first month.
You may also complain to your local data-protection authority; see the EEA authorities or the UK Information Commissioner. Providers may process information outside your country, including in the United States. Contact us for information about the provider arrangements and transfer safeguards relevant to your information. This notice does not ask you to waive statutory rights or treat an email opt-in as blanket consent to every international transfer.
Children and updates
Our publications are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Contact us if you believe a child has supplied personal information so we can address it. We update this notice when our practices change and provide additional notice or obtain consent where required.