Privacy Policy

Disobedient Margins respects reader privacy, source safety, and editorial independence.

This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information connected to this publication. It should be read together with Substack’s Privacy Policy, since Disobedient Margins is hosted on Substack and subscriptions, payments, email delivery, analytics, and platform functions are processed through Substack and its service providers.

Information we may collect

When you subscribe, comment, pay for a subscription, contact us, or otherwise interact with Disobedient Margins, we may have access to information such as:

• your email address;

• your name or profile information, if you choose to provide it;

• subscription status, payment status, and membership level;

• comments, messages, replies, or other information you choose to send;

• basic engagement data, such as email opens, link clicks, referrals, and approximate location or device information made available through Substack analytics.

Payment processing is handled by Substack and its payment providers. We do not directly store your full payment card details.

How we use information

We use reader information to:

• send newsletters and publication updates;

• manage free and paid subscriptions;

• understand how readers find and engage with our work;

• respond to messages, corrections, permissions requests, and other inquiries;

• protect the integrity, security, and sustainability of the publication.

We do not sell reader data.

Editorial independence and reader trust

Paid subscriptions, donations, or other forms of support do not purchase editorial influence, access, assignment power, or prior review of unpublished work.

Reader information is not used to shape editorial conclusions.

Comments and public interactions

If you comment on a post or participate in public discussion spaces, the information you choose to share may be visible to others. Please do not post confidential, sensitive, legally risky, or source-identifying information in public comments.

We may moderate or remove comments that include harassment, threats, spam, doxxing, defamatory claims, or information that could endanger sources or readers.

Sources and sensitive communications

Disobedient Margins works with documents, data, interviews, firsthand accounts, and confidential sources. We take source protection seriously.

Do not send confidential or highly sensitive information through public comments. For sensitive tips, corrections, permissions, or source-related communication, contact us directly using the contact information listed below.

Sharing of information

We may share information only when necessary to operate the publication, comply with applicable law, protect safety, prevent abuse, or use Substack and related service providers that help deliver the publication.

We do not sell personal information to advertisers or third parties.

Data retention and your choices

You may unsubscribe from emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email from Disobedient Margins.

You may also contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of information we control, subject to legal, security, archival, journalistic, or technical limitations.

Some data may continue to be retained by Substack according to its own policies and platform obligations.

International readers

People in different countries may read Disobedient Margins. By subscribing or interacting with the publication through Substack, you understand that your information may be processed in jurisdictions outside your country of residence, according to Substack’s platform policies and applicable law.

Children’s privacy

Disobedient Margins is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected on this page.

Contact

For privacy questions, corrections, permissions, or source-related concerns, contact:

jctj.rs@gmail.com