Deep Sky Creations

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Privacy

A short, plain-language explanation of what this site does and doesn't do with information about you. No legalese where I can avoid it.

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Almost nothing. Deep Sky Creations is a static site — there is no account, no login, no analytics-by-default, no tracking pixel, no third-party advertising. The site does not know who you are.

The only information saved as a result of using the site lives in your browser, never on a server I run:

  • Observing location. If you set a location on /settings to see when objects rise tonight, that latitude/longitude and a label are stored in your browser's localStorage. You can clear it from /settings at any time.
  • Cookie / consent preference. Once the cookie consent banner is active (currently dormant — see below), your choice is stored in localStorage so you aren't asked again.
  • No name, email address, or contact information unless you write to me directly.
  • No analytics, page-view tracking, or behaviour profiling.
  • No advertising identifiers.
  • No social-media tracking pixels or share-button beacons.
  • No fingerprinting.

The site does not set HTTP cookies under normal use. Browser storage (the localStorage values described above) is used only for preferences you set yourself.

Once the planned store launches, payment and cart functionality will require additional storage from Shopify and (potentially) Printful. At that point a consent banner will activate and you will be asked before any commerce-related cookies are set.

The site connects to a small number of outside services. Each is listed below with what it's used for and whether it sees any information about you.

OpenStreetMap Nominatim
Used by /settings to turn your latitude/longitude into a city name. Your coordinates are sent to nominatim.openstreetmap.org for this lookup. No identifying information goes with them. Falls back silently if the service is unreachable.
NASA APOD
The site's daily APOD feature is rebuilt server-side from api.nasa.gov each morning. Your browser never connects to NASA on your behalf — the imagery is served from this site's own CDN.
Shopify v1.1
When the store launches, product browsing and checkout will use Shopify's hosted commerce platform. Shopify will set its own commerce cookies; you will be asked before they are loaded.
Printful v1.1
Print fulfilment partner; only sees order details after a purchase is made. Will not be active until the store launches.

Because this site doesn't keep records about you, there's almost nothing for me to delete on request. The data you can control all lives in your own browser:

  • Clear /settings to remove your saved observing location.
  • When the cookie consent system is active, this page will offer a button to revoke any choices you've made.
  • Use your browser's "clear site data" tools to remove everything Deep Sky Creations has stored locally.

If the store launches and you make a purchase, that order's data is held by Shopify under their privacy policy. They have their own deletion/access tools.

Privacy questions can go to Mike at Mike@DeepSkyCreations.com. I read everything I'm sent.