Privacy statement

What this website is

This site presents the public work of Giorgio Baruchello — books, philosophy, themes, and occasional notes. It is a workshop window, not a stage: a quiet place to find and read the work, not a system for tracking the reader.

The site is operated as part of the Sumarhús editorial platform — a custom backend built for Giorgio Baruchello by Magnús Smári Smárason at sumarhus.com. The platform runs on open-source software (Next.js + Payload CMS + PostgreSQL) and runs no generative AI in this deployment.

What we do not collect

There are no analytics scripts, no third-party trackers, no advertising pixels, no fingerprinting, no Google Analytics, no Plausible, no Vercel Analytics, no Facebook pixel, and no cookies set by third parties. We do not build a profile of you, and we do not sell or share data with marketing services. There is nothing to opt out of because there is nothing being collected for that purpose.

The two cookies we set

The first time you visit, we read your browser's preferred language (the standard Accept-Language header) so that an Italian-speaking visitor lands on the Italian edition and everyone else lands on the English one. We store that decision in a first-party cookie called "locale" so that subsequent visits respect your choice — and so that, if you use the language switcher in the navigation, your explicit choice is remembered.

While the site is in its pre-launch state, signing in successfully also sets a first-party cookie called "site-gate". It holds an HMAC-SHA256 token derived from the gate password — never the password itself — so you don't have to sign in again on every visit until the cookie expires (30 days). It is HTTP-only, marked secure on HTTPS, and never leaves your browser. To clear it, sign out or clear cookies for this site.

Neither cookie carries anything that could identify you, and neither is shared with any third party. The "site-gate" cookie disappears entirely when the site goes fully public.

What we do log

Like any web server, the application records short-lived technical logs needed to keep the site running: the IP address that made a request, the URL requested, the HTTP status code returned, and the timestamp. These logs are used only to debug errors and detect abuse (for example, repeated failed login attempts). They are not used to profile readers or build audiences.

When the site is in its pre-launch state, a single shared Basic Auth password gates the public pages. That password is checked at the edge; the credential itself is never stored in a cookie, never sent to a third party, and never associated with an identity.

External links

The site links to publisher pages, academic journals, and the LinkedIn profile of Giorgio Baruchello. Those external sites have their own privacy policies; we have no control over what they collect once you click through. Following a link to a publisher is your decision, made one click at a time.

Changes to this statement

If the site adds a feature that changes what data it handles, this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will move. There is no email list to notify; the site is small enough that the page itself is the announcement.

Questions

For privacy questions about Giorgio Baruchello's work: [email protected]. For questions about how the Sumarhús platform handles data: [email protected].