Last updated: 21 September 2026
The Unstitute is committed to respecting your privacy. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit theunstitute.org, why it may be collected, how cookies and similar technologies are used, and the choices available to you.
The data controller for this website is:
The Unstitute
info@theunstitute.org
For questions about this Privacy and Cookies Policy or about the way your personal information is handled, please contact us using the details above.
Most of the website can be visited without you giving us personal information directly.
Depending on how you use the website, we may process:
technical information about your device and browser;
information about how you use the website, where you have consented to analytics;
your cookie and consent preferences;
information that you choose to provide when contacting us or using a form, subscription or other service;
information necessary to provide third-party media or other functionality that you have chosen to enable.
We aim to collect only information that is relevant to the purpose for which it is used.
We may use information:
To operate and maintain the website.
This includes providing pages and functions you have requested, maintaining security, remembering privacy and consent choices, and diagnosing technical problems.
To understand how the website is used.
Where you have given Analytics consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand matters such as the number of users, session activity, approximate geographical information, and browser and device information. Google states that its standard web implementation uses first-party identifiers such as the _ga cookie to distinguish users and sessions, and that this identifier is not stored when Analytics storage is disabled through Consent Mode.
To provide media and other embedded services.
Where you give the relevant consent, pages may load content supplied by services including YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Substack, Mixcloud and the Internet Archive. These services may process information or set cookies according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
To provide forms, communications or related functionality.
Where applicable, we may use services such as Google Forms or Mailchimp to provide forms, subscriptions or communications. Information submitted through those services may be processed by the relevant provider under its own privacy terms.
Depending on the circumstances, we rely on different legal bases for processing personal information.
For strictly necessary website operation and security, processing may be based on our legitimate interests in operating, securing and maintaining the website, or another legal basis applicable to the particular processing.
Where processing depends on your consent, such as optional analytics or third-party media technologies, we rely on your consent. You can refuse or withdraw consent at any time through the website's Cookie Preferences controls.
Where you voluntarily provide information to us, for example by contacting us, we may process that information because it is necessary to respond to your request or take steps at your request.
Where another lawful basis applies, we will rely on that basis as permitted by applicable data protection law.
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Similar technologies can also store information in your browser or allow information to be accessed from your device.
Not all storage technologies used by this website are cookies. For example, our consent-management system stores your privacy choices in your browser's localStorage so that your preferences can be remembered when you return to the website. Silktide states that its Consent Manager does not use a tracking cookie to remember these preferences.
We use the following broad categories.
These technologies are necessary for the website or its privacy controls to function properly.
This category includes technologies used to remember your consent choices and support essential website operation and security.
Essential technologies cannot be switched off through the cookie preference tool where doing so would prevent the website or its privacy controls from functioning.
Analytics technologies are used to understand how visitors use the website and to help us improve it.
Our website uses Google Analytics 4. Analytics is only enabled after the visitor gives the relevant consent. Before consent is given, Analytics storage is denied.
Google Analytics may collect information such as the number of users, session statistics, approximate location, and browser and device information. Google states that its standard web implementation uses first-party cookies, including _ga, to distinguish users and sessions.
Some pages contain media supplied by external services. These may include:
YouTube
Vimeo
SoundCloud
Substack
Mixcloud
Internet Archive / Archive.org
These services are not loaded in the relevant consent-controlled parts of the website until the visitor has permitted the applicable category.
Once enabled, third-party providers may set their own cookies or use similar technologies and may process information according to their own policies. Their practices are outside our direct control once their services are enabled or when you leave our website for an external site.
Where the website uses third-party services to provide forms, subscriptions or related functionality, those services may process information that you choose to submit.
Examples may include Google Forms and Mailchimp.
The information collected through a form will depend on the particular form and the information you choose to provide. Third-party providers may also have their own cookies and privacy practices.
When you first visit the website, our consent manager gives you a choice about optional technologies.
You can:
accept all categories;
reject non-essential categories; or
select individual preferences.
You can change your choices later using the website's Cookie Preferences control.
Our consent manager remembers your choices in your browser so that you do not have to make the same selection on every page or visit.
We do not treat continued browsing or simply remaining on the website as consent to optional cookies. Consent is obtained through a positive choice.
The website contains links to websites and services operated by other organisations.
These may include social-media platforms, publishers, retailers, video platforms, music platforms, payment providers and other external services.
When you follow a link to another website, that website's own privacy and cookie policy will apply. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites.
Where third-party content is embedded directly into our pages, we use our consent system where technically possible to prevent the relevant service from loading until the applicable consent has been provided.
Where Analytics consent has been given, we use Google Analytics 4 to obtain statistical information about website use.
Google explains that GA4's default web collection includes information such as user numbers, session statistics, approximate geolocation, and browser and device information. For users in the EU, UK and Switzerland, Google states that IP addresses are not logged or stored in Analytics, although they may be used temporarily to derive coarse geographical information.
Google Analytics is a service provided by Google. Google may process data in accordance with its own privacy terms and may process information using infrastructure located in different countries.
We do not use Google Analytics as a means of asking you for, or intentionally collecting, sensitive personal information.
We keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or for as long as we are required to retain it by law.
For example, correspondence submitted to us will normally be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and any resulting relationship or legal obligation.
Information held by third-party services, including Google Analytics and external form or media providers, is subject to those providers' applicable retention policies and settings.
We review our use of personal information and retention periods periodically and delete information when it is no longer required.
We do not share personal information indiscriminately.
Information may be made available to third-party service providers where this is necessary to provide a service you have requested or where you have given the relevant consent. This may include providers such as Google, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Substack, Mixcloud, Internet Archive and providers used for forms or communications.
We may also disclose information where required by law, regulation, legal process or to protect the rights, security or property of the website, its users or others.
Some of our service providers may process information outside the UK or European Economic Area.
Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we will use an appropriate lawful mechanism, such as an adequacy decision or appropriate contractual safeguards.
Third-party providers may publish further information about their international data-processing arrangements in their own privacy policies.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights including:
the right to know how your personal information is being used;
the right to access personal information we hold about you;
the right to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
the right to ask us to delete information where there is no lawful reason for us to retain it;
the right to restrict certain processing;
the right to object to certain processing;
the right to data portability in circumstances where that right applies;
the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
You can withdraw consent to optional cookies and similar technologies at any time through Cookie Preferences.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
To exercise a data protection right, please contact us using the privacy contact details at the beginning of this policy.
We would prefer to resolve privacy concerns directly with you, so please contact us first.
You also have the right to complain to the relevant data protection supervisory authority.
For example, where applicable:
Spain: Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)
United Kingdom: Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
Which supervisory authority is appropriate will depend on your circumstances and the applicable data protection rules.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against accidental loss and against unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure.
No transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we will take reasonable steps appropriate to the nature of the information and the risks involved.
We may update this policy when our website, services, technology or legal obligations change.
The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last updated.
Where a change materially affects the way we use personal information or cookies, we will take appropriate steps to make the change clear to visitors.
For questions about this Privacy and Cookies Policy, cookies, consent or the processing of personal information, please contact:
The Unstitute
info@theunstitute.org
This policy should be read together with the website's Cookie Preferences controls, which provide the most direct way to manage optional cookie and similar-technology consent.