JusticeWiki is a free, non-profit project about making the law understandable to everyone. Privacy is part of that mission, so we keep this simple: before launch, the only thing we ask for is your email address, and the only thing we do with it is tell you when we go live.
For the purposes of data-protection law, the “data controller” for this site is JusticeWiki, an independent, non-profit project for global legal literacy. You can reach us about anything in this policy at [email protected].
Right now JusticeWiki is a pre-launch “coming soon” page. If you submit the notify-me form, we collect only the following:
| Data | Why we collect it | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Email address | To send you a one-time notification when we launch. | Yes |
| Area of interest | The optional “I'm most curious about…” choice, so our first message can be relevant. | No |
| Country code | A two-letter country code (e.g. “AE”) derived by our host from your connection, to understand roughly where interest is coming from. We do not store your full IP address. | Automatic |
| Browser string | A short, truncated “user-agent” string, kept only to diagnose abuse or technical problems. | Automatic |
| Timestamp | The date and time you signed up. | Automatic |
We do not use advertising cookies, build behavioural profiles, or track you across other websites.
Separately, to understand how this page is working — how many people visit, roughly where from, and which parts they read — we run our own cookie-free, privacy-preserving analytics. It records events such as a page view, how far you scroll, whether the launch countdown was seen, and whether the notify form was started or submitted (including the optional “area of interest” choice, but never your email). To count visitors without identifying them, each visit is tagged with a pseudonymous code created by scrambling (one-way hashing) your IP address together with a secret that changes every day. This means:
For the waitlist email, under the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and comparable laws, we rely on your consent (Article 6(1)(a)) — given when you enter your email and submit the form. You can withdraw that consent at any time, and doing so is as easy as giving it (see Your rights). Withdrawing consent does not affect anything we did with the data before you withdrew it.
For the privacy-preserving analytics, we rely on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)) in understanding and improving the site. Because the data is aggregate, cookie-free, stores no IP address, cannot identify you, and honours Do-Not-Track signals, the impact on your privacy is minimal. You can object at any time (see Your rights).
We keep your waitlist details only as long as needed for the purpose above — until launch and for up to 12 months afterwards, or until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, whichever comes first. After that, we remove it.
The pseudonymous analytics events hold no identifying data, so they are retained only in aggregate form for up to 14 months to compare trends year on year, then deleted.
We don't sell, rent, or trade your data. We share it only with the service providers who help us run the site, and only so they can do that job:
Our providers operate globally, so your data may be processed on servers outside your country, including in the United States. Where the law requires it, these transfers are covered by appropriate safeguards (such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses).
This page sets no marketing or tracking cookies. To stop bots from flooding the signup form, we use Cloudflare Turnstile, which runs a lightweight check in your browser and may store a small amount of local data strictly for that security purpose. Unlike a traditional CAPTCHA, it does not track you or sell your data. Our own usage analytics are aggregate and cookie-free — they use only temporary in-browser session storage (a per-tab code erased when you close the tab), set no cookies, and respect Do-Not-Track and Global Privacy Control signals.
Depending on where you live, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these, email [email protected] and we'll respond within 30 days. Every launch email will also include a one-click unsubscribe link. If you're in the EU/UK and think we've mishandled your data, you may also complain to your local data-protection authority — though we'd appreciate the chance to put things right first.
The site is served only over encrypted HTTPS, and your details are stored in access-controlled infrastructure. No system is perfectly secure, but we collect as little as possible precisely to keep your risk low.
JusticeWiki is intended for a general adult audience. We don't knowingly collect data from children under 16. If you believe a child has signed up, contact us and we'll delete it.
If we change how we handle your data, we'll update this page and move the “Last updated” date. Significant changes affecting people already on the waitlist will be communicated by email.
Questions about your privacy? Write to [email protected] — a real person will read it.