Privacy and cookies
Short version: nobody is tracked, nothing is sold, and the only thing this site puts in your browser is your own sign-in.
Last updated 9 September 2026
What is stored in your browser
| What | Why | How long | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your sign-in a session token |
So that signing in to the noticeboard keeps you signed in as you move between pages. Set only if you actually sign in. | Until you sign out or clear your browser | No — strictly necessary for a service you asked for |
| The cookie notice a single yes/no flag |
So the notice at the bottom of the screen does not reappear on every page after you have read it. | Until you clear your browser | No — it exists only to respect your dismissal |
That is the complete list. Both are stored locally in your own browser. Neither is sent anywhere, and neither can be read by anyone else.
What this site does not do
- No analytics. No Google Analytics, no visitor counter, no heatmaps. Nobody knows how many people read this page.
- No advertising and no tracking pixels. None, from anyone.
- No third-party fonts or scripts. The typefaces are served from this site rather than from Google, so no outside company is contacted when a page loads and no outside company sees your IP address.
- Nothing is sold or shared. There is no mailing list and no commercial arrangement with anybody.
- No profiling and no automated decisions about anyone.
If you post on the noticeboard
Signing in means giving an email address, and posting means what you write is published on the site for anyone to read. That is the whole point of a noticeboard, but it is worth saying plainly: do not put anything on it you would not put on the wall of the shop.
The noticeboard and the sign-in run on Supabase, which stores the posts and the account. The site itself is hosted by Netlify, whose servers see the ordinary request information any web server sees. Those two are the only companies involved in running this site at all.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for a copy of anything held about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted — including your account and everything you have posted. Ask on the noticeboard or through the contact details on the front page and it will be done.
If you are not happy with how a request is handled you can complain to the Data Protection Commission.
Children
The noticeboard is not intended for children under 16 to sign up to on their own.
Changes
If anything is ever added to this site that does track people — analytics, an embedded map, a social media widget, anything of that sort — this page gets updated first, and the notice at the bottom of the screen becomes a real choice that blocks the thing until it is agreed to. Nothing of the kind is here now.