Privacy policy
Last updated 10 November 2026
Who is responsible
Creatures Over Machines is a personal project made and run by Vic King. He decides what happens to the information this site collects.
To ask anything about your data, send a note through the contact form and say it is a privacy request.
What this site collects, and why
When you send a note
The contact form asks for your name, your email address and your message. They are used only to read your note and, if Vic chooses to, reply to it. The form is handled by Netlify (the site's host), which stores the submission and emails it to Vic's inbox. The lawful basis is legitimate interests: you wrote in and expect a reply. Nothing you send is added to a mailing list, sold or shared with anyone else.
Analytics
The site uses Google Analytics to see how it is used (pages viewed, rough location, device and browser, how you arrived). It is on by default and sets the cookies listed in the cookie policy. You can switch it off at any time from Cookie settings: the site then stops loading Google Analytics, deletes its cookies and remembers your choice. The basis is a legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used, and switching it off is your right to object.
Visiting the site
Like every website host, Netlify receives your IP address and browser details to deliver the pages and keep the service secure. Fonts and images are served from this site itself; no other company is contacted when you load a page. Links to other sites (the shop, the download folders, the books) take you to those sites, which have their own privacy policies.
Who processes your information
- Netlify, Inc. (hosting and the contact form), United States
- Google LLC (Google Analytics, unless you switch it off), United States
- Vic's email provider, which delivers form notifications to his inbox
These companies may process data in the United States. Where the law requires it, they rely on safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
How long it is kept
Contact form messages are kept only as long as they are needed to reply and to keep a record of the conversation, then deleted. Google Analytics keeps its data for the period set in the Analytics account. Your cookie choice is kept in your browser until you clear it.
Your rights
You can ask to see the information held about you, to correct it, to delete it, to receive a copy in a portable form, and to object to its use. You can switch analytics off at any time from Cookie settings. Send a note through the contact form to use any of these rights. If you are unhappy with the answer, you can complain to the data protection authority where you live (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office, ico.org.uk).
Changes
If this site starts collecting anything new, this page will say so before it does.