This website has no signup form, advertising tracker, or subscriber database. Choosing “I want to be added to the list” opens your own email application; nothing is submitted by the website itself.
1. Scope and operator
This policy applies to thisishypemachine.com, its related pages, and direct communications with The Hype Machine. Questions or privacy requests may be sent to nohype@thisishypemachine.com or made by calling +1 719 827 9477.
2. Information we receive
If you email, call, or otherwise contact us, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, telephone number, message, and any correspondence history.
The website does not currently use account registration, a web signup form, payment processing, behavioral advertising, or first-party analytics. Cloudflare may process routine technical data—such as IP address, browser information, request time, security signals, and diagnostic logs—to deliver and protect the website.
3. Email-list requests
The list button uses a mailto: link. Your email application controls whether a draft is created or sent. If you send the message, we may use your address to respond and, if requested, add you to the publication list. The email provider and any future newsletter service apply their own privacy practices.
4. How information is used
- Respond to questions and list requests.
- Deliver requested editorial communications.
- Operate, secure, diagnose, and improve the website.
- Comply with law and protect rights, safety, and service integrity.
We do not sell personal information or use it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
5. Retention and disclosure
We retain communications only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, recordkeeping, security, and legal obligations. Information may be handled by infrastructure, email, professional-service, or newsletter providers under appropriate arrangements, or disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law or protect rights and safety.
6. Choices and rights
You may ask to access, correct, or delete information you provided, or ask not to receive future editorial email. Applicable law may provide additional rights. Contact nohype@thisishypemachine.com; we may need to verify the request before acting.
7. Children, security, and changes
The service is not directed to children under 13. We use reasonable safeguards, but no internet transmission or storage system is completely secure. We may update this policy as practices or law change; the date below identifies the current version.
Effective and last updated: August 13, 2026