Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2026
The Beltis Steamburton Project respects your privacy.
The webiste is hosted on ionos.com, which provides the platform for our content. IONOS may automatically collect technical information (such as cookies, IP addresses and browsing data) to ensure the site functions properly and for any analytics and security purposes.
In addition, interactive featues on this site (including the BeltisGPT AI) may process limited technical information to operate correctly and prevent abuse.
Information We Collect
Contact Form Submissions
If you contact us through the website, we may collect your name, email address, and any information you choose to provide so we can respond to your enquiry.
Automatically Collected Technical Data
We (and our service providers) may collect limited technical data, including:
- IP address
- Date and time of requests
- Basic request metadata (e.g. message length, error states)
This data is collected for security, rate-limiting, debugging, and system reliability, not for profiling or marketing.
Cookies
IONOS may use cookies for essential functionality and analytics. See IONOS’s own privacy documentation for details of their cookie usage.
How We Use Information
We use collected information only to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Operate, secure, and maintain interactive features (such as BeltisGPT)
- Detect misuse, excessive requests, or technical faults
- Improve site functionality and reliability
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not use personal data for advertising, behavioural profiling, or automated decision-making about individuals.
Sharing of Information
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Information may be processed or stored by:
- IONOS and its service providers
- Infrastructure used to run interactive features (e.g. hosting, logging, and security services)
All such processing is limited to what is necessary for the operation and security of the site and is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Data Retention
Technical logs (including IP addresses) are retained only for a limited period, sufficient for security monitoring, troubleshooting, and system improvement, after which they are deleted or anonymised.
Your Rights
If you are based in the UK or EU, you have rights under data protection law (UK GDPR / GDPR), including the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction or deletion
- Object to or restrict certain processing
To exercise these rights, please contact us via the website.
Contact
If you have questions about this policy, you can reach us via the contact form <here>
Accessibility Statement
The Beltis Steamburton Project is committed to making our website accessible to as many people as possible.
This site is built to provide features to support accessibility such as keyboard navigation, alt text for images, and compatibility with screen readers.
We aim to present information in clear language and maintain good contrast between text and background.
If you have difficulty using this website or notice any accessibility issues, please contact us <here>. We will do our best to provide the information you need in a suitable format.
Site Credits
Photo of W. Ross Ashby’s homeostat, courtesy of the W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Design for "Pulp System [...]" by R.Lever (www.leverart.co.uk), features the painting "Oligarch"
"Pulp System, Cybernetic Fables for Human Attention Spans" is published by Big White Shed (www.bigwhiteshed.co.uk)