Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 14, 2026

Welcome to sanctuarydomain.org (the “Site”). Sanctuary Domain (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and wants you to understand what happens with your information in clear, straightforward terms.

By using this Site, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who we are

This Site is operated by:

If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us at the email address above.

2. What information do we collect

We collect two main types of information:

2.1 Information you choose to give us

You may choose to provide information directly, such as when you:

  • Use a contact form or email us
  • Subscribe to updates (if offered)
  • Sign up to be notified when a research survey opens (your email address only; see section 9)
  • Create an account or post in Conversations (your username, email address, posts, and any profile details you choose to add)
  • Start a live chat with Tony (optional)

This may include your name, email address, and any details you include in your message, submission, or chat.

Your username, posts, and any profile details you add in Conversations are visible to anyone who visits the Site. Your email address is not shown publicly.

2.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit sanctuarydomain.org, certain information may be collected automatically, such as:

  • IP address and approximate location (e.g., country or region)
  • Device and browser type
  • Pages you visit and how long you spend on them
  • Referring website or link
  • Date and time of your visit

This information is typically collected through cookies and similar technologies.

3. How we use your information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate and improve the Site – ensure pages load, fix errors, and understand how people use the Site
  • Respond to you – answer questions or requests you send us
  • Communicate with you – if you subscribe to emails or updates, send you what you signed up for
  • Maintain security – protect the Site from spam, abuse, and attacks
  • Comply with legal obligations – meet our responsibilities under applicable laws

We do not sell your personal information.

4. Legal bases (for EU/UK visitors)

If you visit from the European Economic Area or the UK, we rely on:

  • Consent – when you agree to optional cookies, email subscriptions, or provide information in a form
  • Legitimate interests – to run, secure, and improve the Site in ways that do not override your rights
  • Legal obligations – when we must keep or use data to comply with the law

5. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. On sanctuarydomain.org, they may be used to:

  • Remember basic settings and preferences
  • Understand how visitors use the Site (for example, through analytics)
  • Improve performance and security

You can usually manage or delete cookies using your browser settings. If we use a cookie banner or preferences tool, you can control certain types of cookies directly.

6. Analytics and third-party services

We may use third-party services (such as analytics or security providers) to help us understand usage and keep the Site functioning.

These services may collect information like:

  • Pages visited and time spent on them
  • General location and device/browser information
  • Referring sites or links

These providers process data on our behalf and are not permitted to use it for any unrelated purpose. You can often limit tracking in your browser settings or through the tools offered by those providers.

If you have not yet made a cookie choice, Google Analytics may still receive basic measurement information about your visit, such as the page you viewed and your browser type, without setting analytics cookies on your device. Google Analytics cookies are not set unless you accept Statistics cookies. If you decline Statistics cookies, we remove any Google Analytics cookies your browser already has from an earlier visit.

If you choose to use live chat, the chat is provided by tawk.to, a third-party service. See section 8.

7. How we share information

We may share information in limited ways:

  • Service providers – with trusted partners that help us host, maintain, or secure the Site, provide live chat (tawk.to), or send communications, under agreements that restrict their use of your data
  • Legal reasons – if required by law, regulation, court order, or to protect our rights or the safety of others
  • Business changes – if we reorganize, merge, or transfer the Site, information may be part of that transfer

We do not sell your personal information.

8. Live chat

Sanctuary Domain offers an optional live chat so you can message Tony directly. It is a conversation with a person. It is not an automated chatbot, and no AI answers on Tony’s behalf.

Nothing loads until you choose. The chat service is not loaded when you visit the Site. It loads only after you select “Start Chat” in the chat panel. If you select “Cancel,” nothing is loaded.

What the chat collects. When you start a chat, we receive the messages you send and anything you choose to share, such as a name or email address. The chat service, tawk.to, also receives technical information needed to run the chat, such as your browser and device type, approximate location, and the page you are on. We have turned off the setting that records visitor IP addresses in our chat records.

Who handles your chat. Tony handles the conversations. tawk.to is our service provider: it processes and stores chat data on our behalf, and its own privacy policy applies to how it handles that data. Like most service providers, tawk.to may also have technical access to data as needed to operate and secure its service.

How we use it. We use chats to respond to you, to run and secure the chat service, and to keep records of our communications. We do not use chats for advertising, and we do not sell your personal information.

Notices from tawk.to. Depending on where you are, tawk.to may show you its own consent or recording notice before you chat.

Please be thoughtful about what you share. Do not share anything you would not want stored. Live chat is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are in immediate danger or crisis, contact local emergency services or a crisis line in your area (in the U.S., call or text 988).

When Tony is away. If Tony is not available, you may be able to leave a message through the chat, which is sent to him by email.

How long we keep chats. We generally delete chat transcripts within 12 months, subject to any legal or operational requirements. We review older transcripts monthly. You may also ask us to delete your chat at any time (see section 11). tawk.to may keep copies for a limited time after deletion for legal or backup reasons.

Your choice, and tawk.to’s cookies. These are two separate things. First, if you start a chat, our own site remembers that choice only for your current browser session, using session storage, so the chat can continue as you move between pages. That record is cleared when your browser session ends. Second, once you start a chat, tawk.to may set its own cookies or similar storage in your browser, and these may last longer than your browser session. See our Cookie Policy.

9. Research survey launch notification list

On the study page for The Male Experience of Nudity, you can leave your email address to be told when that research survey opens. We collect only the email address you enter, and we use it for one purpose: to send you a single notice when that survey opens. Signing up is not research participation and does not commit you to taking part.

Kept separate. The notification list is stored as form entries on this Site, separately from the research survey, its responses, and volunteer reviewer applications. It is not added to a newsletter or any other mailing list, and only the Site administrator can view it. We do not record your IP address with your signup.

Confirmation email. When you sign up, we send one confirmation email to the address you entered, through our email delivery service. It confirms that you are on the list and does not mean the survey is open. If you did not sign up yourself, reply to that email and we will remove the address.

Spam protection. The signup form uses Cloudflare Turnstile, which may process information about your browser and device to tell people from automated programs, along with the form’s own built-in spam checks. Some visitors may be asked to tick a box to confirm they are human.

The launch notice. Before sending the launch notice, we remove duplicate addresses, and we send it in a way that keeps each recipient’s email address private from other recipients.

How long we keep it. We delete the notification list within about 14 days after the launch notice is sent, once any delivery problems have been resolved. Deleted information may remain for a limited time in our hosting provider’s automatic backups until those backups expire.

Removal. You can ask us to remove an address from the list at any time, including an address someone else entered, by emailing re******@*************in.org.

10. Data retention

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Operate and improve the Site
  • Maintain records of communications and submissions
  • Comply with legal, tax, and reporting obligations
  • Resolve disputes and enforce our agreements

When data is no longer needed, we delete it or anonymize it.

Live chat transcripts are generally deleted within 12 months, as described in section 8.

The research survey launch notification list is deleted within about 14 days after the launch notice is sent, as described in section 9.

11. Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights such as:

  • Access – request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Correction – ask us to fix inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Deletion – Request deletion of your data in certain circumstances
  • Restriction – ask us to limit how we use your data in specific situations
  • Objection – object to certain uses, including some forms of profiling or direct communication
  • Portability – request your data in a structured, commonly used format

To exercise these rights, contact us at ad***@*************in.org. This includes asking us to delete a live chat conversation. We may need to verify your identity.

12. International transfers

Our Site may be hosted or processed on servers located outside your country. By using sanctuarydomain.org, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in other jurisdictions.

Where required, we take appropriate steps to help ensure such transfers comply with applicable laws and that your information remains reasonably protected.

Live chat data is processed by tawk.to, which may store and process it outside your country.

13. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to help protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure. You use the Site and share information at your own risk.

14. Children’s privacy

sanctuarydomain.org is intended for adults only and is not directed to children under 18.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

15. Adult content notice

This Site may contain adult or NSFW material intended only for adults who are legally permitted to view such content in their jurisdiction.

If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you must not use this Site.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. If changes are significant, we may provide additional notice on the Site.

Your continued use of sanctuarydomain.org after changes take effect means you accept the updated policy.

17. Contact us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

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