Last updated: 15 November 2026
This policy explains what information theatheistjew.com (“the site”, “we”) collects, why, and what you can do about it. The site is run by The Atheist Jew, the team behind the Facebook page of the same name. We keep this short and plain on purpose.
The short version
- You can read everything on the site without giving us any personal information.
- If you sign up for the newsletter, we store your email address so we can send it to you. That is all we use it for.
- We do not sell, rent or share your email address.
- The site does not currently use advertising or analytics cookies. If that changes, this page will say so first.
The newsletter
When you subscribe to The weekly heresy we store your email address, the date and time you signed up and confirmed, the page you signed up from, and the technical details needed to prove your consent (such as your IP address at signup). We send one email to confirm that the address is really yours; you are not subscribed until you click the link in it.
Subscriber details are stored in our own website database (we use the MailPoet plugin for WordPress, hosted by Hostinger), not in a third-party marketing platform. We use them only to send the newsletter and to handle unsubscribes. Every issue has a one-click unsubscribe link. Unconfirmed signups are deleted automatically, and if you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your details, we remove them.
Newsletter emails may record whether an email was opened or a link was clicked, so we can tell what readers find useful. You can block this by turning off image loading in your email app.
Cookies
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Right now the site sets only strictly necessary cookies: for example, cookies that keep site administrators logged in, and a security check from our host that protects the site from automated attacks. These do not track you across other websites.
Analytics and advertising (future)
We may add the following in future. Before any of them goes live, we will update this page and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent first:
- Google Analytics and Google Search Console, to count visits and see which articles people find through search. Analytics uses cookies and processes data such as your approximate location, device and the pages you view.
- Meta (Facebook) Pixel, to measure how many visitors arrive from our Facebook page and to show relevant posts and ads to people who have visited the site.
- Advertising (for example Google AdSense), which may use cookies to show ads and to measure them. Where ads are personalised, you will be able to opt out.
These services are run by Google and Meta under their own privacy policies, and may transfer data outside your country.
The shop
Our merch is sold and shipped by Fourthwall. When you click “Buy on Fourthwall” or visit the store you leave this site, and Fourthwall handles checkout, payment and delivery under its own privacy policy. We never see your card details.
Server logs and security
Like almost every website, our host keeps short-lived server logs (IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time) to keep the site secure and working. We do not use these to identify visitors.
Embedded content and links
Articles may link to other websites, including Facebook. Those sites have their own privacy policies and may collect data about you when you visit them.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the EU and UK GDPR, or South Africa’s POPIA), you can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, or object to how we use it. The quickest way to remove yourself from the newsletter is the unsubscribe link in any issue. For anything else, reply to any newsletter email or send us a message on our Facebook page. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
Children
The site is not aimed at children, and the newsletter is not intended for anyone under 16.
Changes
If we change how we handle personal information, we will update this page and the date at the top.