Your privacy

The short version

• You can read this whole site without giving us anything.
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking cookies, no third-party scripts.
• We only collect what you choose to give us, like your email address for the Sunday Letter.
• We never sell your details or share them for marketing.
• You can ask us to delete everything we hold about you, any time.

Who we are

The Driveway is run by its founder, Jon, from Spain. He is responsible for your personal data (the "data controller"). If you have a question about your data, email info@thedrivewaydads.com.

When The Driveway becomes a registered company, we'll update this page to name it.

When you visit the site

We don't use cookies, analytics, ads or tracking of any kind, and every page loads only from our own site. Our fonts and images are hosted with the site, so opening a page doesn't tell Google, Facebook or anyone else that you were here.

The site is hosted by Cloudflare. Like any web host, its servers briefly handle technical details such as your IP address and browser type to deliver pages and block attacks. We don't use this to identify you or build a profile of you.

When you follow a link from our help page to a helpline, your browser doesn't tell them you came from us.

The Sunday Letter

If you sign up, we collect:

• your email address
• your first name, if you add it
• any "Where are you right now?" options you tick, such as Expecting or After a loss. These are optional. We use them only to send you writing that fits where you are.

We send the Letter using Kit, an email service. Kit also records when you signed up and confirmed, the IP address you signed up from (to prevent spam and prove you agreed), and whether our emails are opened or links clicked.

If you ask to join a Pilot Circle, we also keep the days, times, time zone and talk-or-type preference you give us, in Kit, only to match you with a group.

We only email you because you asked us to. Every email has an unsubscribe link. When you unsubscribe, we stop emailing you and delete your details within 30 days.

When you email us

Emails to info@thedrivewaydads.com, including replies to the Sunday Letter, are handled by Google Workspace. We read every one. We keep them only as long as we need to reply and follow up, and we never share what you tell us without your permission.

Please don't send anything you'd rather we didn't keep, such as your full name or your children's names, unless you want to.

Instagram, TikTok and YouTube

If you follow or message us on social media, that platform's own privacy policy applies, and the platform can see what you send. If you want to stay anonymous, a private message there is less private than you might think.

Coming later

Story sharing, the boards and Dad Circles aren't open yet. Before each one opens, we'll update this page to explain exactly what it collects and how your anonymity is protected.

Who else handles your data

Only the services we need to run The Driveway: Kit (the Sunday Letter), Cloudflare (hosting) and Google Workspace (email). They process data on our behalf and can't use it for their own marketing. They're based in the United States. When your data leaves Europe or the UK, it's protected by legal safeguards such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

We never sell your personal information, and we never share it for advertising.

Your rights

Wherever you live, you can ask us to:

• show you what we hold about you
• correct it
• delete it
• stop using it, or send it to you in a format you can take elsewhere

Email info@thedrivewaydads.com and we'll reply within 30 days. You don't need to give a reason.

If you're not happy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to a data protection regulator: in Spain the AEPD, in the UK the ICO, in Ireland the Data Protection Commission, or the regulator where you live. We'd appreciate the chance to put it right first.

Age

The Driveway is for adults. Please don't sign up if you're under 18.

Changes to this page

If we change how we use your data, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If it's a big change, we'll tell Sunday Letter readers first.