What this site collects
Bad Royalties is a static site. The pages themselves do not set any tracking cookies and do not load third-party analytics, advertising, or fingerprinting scripts. Standard server access logs are kept for operational and security reasons (things like IP address, user agent, referring page) and are retained for a short period before being deleted.
Newsletter
If you subscribe to the newsletter, I store your email address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. That's it. The list is not sold, rented, traded, or shared with advertisers. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email, which removes your address from the list.
Contact form
Messages sent via the contact form or by email are stored in my inbox. I don't use them for anything other than responding to you and, where relevant, sourcing reporting.
Links to other sites
Articles on Bad Royalties link to outside sites — news outlets, platforms, legal sources, industry organizations. Those sites have their own privacy practices and I have no control over them.
Updates
If any of this changes, I'll update this page and date the change. Last updated: January 2026.
Questions
Reach me at hello@badroyalties.com.