How Nook handles your data.

Last updated: May 2026

This is the honest version. Nook is built by one person, and right now it's just a waitlist. The only thing collected is your email address, and the only thing it's used for is telling you when Nook opens. Nothing is sold, shared with advertisers, or used to build a profile of you.

What gets collected

When you join the waitlist, Nook collects:

• Your email address
• The timestamp of when you signed up
• The browser type you used to sign up (for spam prevention only)

That's the complete list. No name, no location, no IP logging on the form, no behavioral tracking, no analytics tied to your identity.

Why it gets collected

The email is used for one thing: to send you updates about Nook and let you in when the network opens. Specifically, you might receive:

• An occasional progress update while Nook is being built
• An invitation when the network is ready
• A reply if you write back with thoughts or questions

That's it. No newsletters about unrelated topics, no promotional partnerships, no resold lists.

Where it's stored

Emails are stored in Cloudflare KV, a secure key-value database operated by Cloudflare, Inc. Cloudflare is a US-based infrastructure provider that handles hosting, security, and storage for Nook. Their privacy practices and security measures cover the data while it's in their system.

When Nook is ready to launch, emails may be exported to an email delivery service (likely Buttondown or similar) so that launch announcements can actually be sent. If and when this happens, this policy will be updated to name that service.

Who else sees it

Nobody, beyond the service providers above. Your email is never:

• Sold to third parties
• Shared with advertisers or marketing partners
• Used to build profiles about you
• Disclosed to anyone outside the operational stack needed to actually deliver Nook

How long it's kept

Your email is kept until one of two things happens: you ask for it to be deleted, or Nook winds down as a project. Whichever comes first. You can request deletion at any time using the contact email below, and it'll be honored within 30 days (usually within a few hours, honestly).

Your rights

Regardless of where you live, you can ask to:

• See what data Nook has about you (it's just your email and signup time, but you can ask)
• Correct your data if it's wrong
• Delete your data permanently
• Stop receiving emails (every email Nook sends will include an unsubscribe link)

If you're in the EU, UK, California, or any of the US states with privacy laws (Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and others), you have these rights under law. You also have them here regardless of where you live, because they're the right thing to offer.

International transfers

If you're signing up from the EU or UK, your email gets transferred to Cloudflare's US-based infrastructure. This is legal under the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) that Cloudflare uses for international data transfers. Cloudflare is also certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which provides additional legal basis for the transfer.

Children

Nook is not intended for anyone under 16. No emails are collected from children, and if it turns out an email was submitted by someone under 16, it'll be deleted as soon as it's noticed. If you're a parent or guardian and you think your child has signed up, just send an email and it'll be removed immediately.

Cookies and tracking

The Nook landing page doesn't set any cookies for tracking, analytics, or marketing. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security cookies (like its bot management cookie) to protect the site from automated abuse. These cookies don't track you across the web and aren't used for advertising.

Changes to this policy

If anything material changes — like adding an email service provider or analytics tool — this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date at the top will change. For significant changes that affect how your data is used, you'll get an email so you can decide whether to stay opted in.