ArtifactArchive / Privacy

Privacy, explained
in plain language.

This notice explains what information ArtifactArchive uses, why it is used, and how you can control optional cookies.

Last updated: 21 August 2026

01 / Responsibility

Who is responsible?

ArtifactArchive is the publisher responsible for this website and for deciding how information collected through it is used. For privacy questions or requests, contact the publisher through the official ArtifactArchive YouTube channel.

This notice applies to the ArtifactArchive website, its archive pages, artwork viewer, and links from this website. It does not apply to third-party websites that we link to.

02 / Information

What information do we use?

ArtifactArchive is designed to be browsed without an account, checkout, newsletter sign-up, or contact form. We do not intentionally ask you for your name, email address, payment details, or sensitive personal information.

Technical request dataYour browser, device, IP address, requested pages, and date/time may be processed by the website host in server logs for security, reliability, and troubleshooting.
Cookie preferenceWe store a small first-party preference so the site remembers whether you allowed or declined optional cookies. This preference does not identify you by name.
Viewer interactionZooming, panning, and fullscreen viewing happen in your browser. The artwork viewer does not send those interactions to ArtifactArchive.

Our current website does not run analytics, advertising, behavioural profiling, or social-media tracking scripts. If that changes, this notice and the consent choices will be updated before those optional technologies are enabled.

03 / Cookies

Small, deliberate choices.

We distinguish between technologies that are necessary for the site to operate and optional technologies that require your permission. You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie settings control.

Choosing “Allow optional cookies” currently does not activate an analytics or advertising service, because none is installed. The consent event is available for future optional services to use without bypassing your choice. Choosing “Decline optional” keeps optional services disabled.

04 / Third parties

Links leave the archive.

The site links to YouTube, Wikimedia Commons, museum collections, and other source records. Following one of those links takes you to a different organisation with its own privacy and cookie practices. Review that organisation's notice before sharing information there.

The site currently loads fonts from Google Fonts. Your browser may send Google technical request information when it fetches those fonts. We do not send your artwork-viewer interactions to Google.

Hosting and infrastructure providers may process technical request data on our behalf. They may operate in countries outside the UK; where personal data is transferred internationally, the relevant provider is responsible for applying its own safeguards and terms.

05 / Your rights

You stay in control.

Depending on the circumstances and the legal basis involved, UK GDPR and other applicable data-protection law may give you rights to request access to, correction or deletion of personal data, restriction of processing, objection to processing, data portability, and withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise a right, contact the publisher using the channel listed below. We may need enough information to verify the request and will respond within the time required by applicable law. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office or another relevant supervisory authority.

06 / Contact and changes

Questions are welcome.

For a privacy question, data request, or cookie concern, contact the ArtifactArchive publisher through the official YouTube channel.

We may update this notice when the website, its data use, or its optional technologies change. The “Last updated” date at the top will show when the current version was published.

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