Privacy Policy
Welcome to naturalhistoryillustration.au. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information and artistic intellectual property. This Privacy Policy outlines what little data we collect, how it is processed, and how we protect the works of artists featured on this site.
Effective date: June 14, 2026.
1. Information we collect
We do not track you, we do not run analytics (such as Google Analytics), and we do not use marketing or tracking pixels. The only personal information we collect is the information you voluntarily provide to us when you use our contact form at /contact. This may include:
- Your name
- Your email address (used to verify your identity as a genuine inquirer. Your email address is never published or displayed anywhere on the live website).
- Any personal information or links included in the body of your message
2. How your data is processed
Our website is a static site hosted securely. When you submit a message through our contact form, the data is processed securely through:
- Netlify & serverless functions: We use Netlify to securely route the information submitted in our contact forms.
- GitHub: Form submissions and site deployments may be processed or stored via secure, private GitHub repositories utilised by the site administrator. To maintain data privacy, the administrator has explicitly opted out of and disabled all permissions that would allow GitHub to use repository content for training its AI models.
Important note on publication: Under no circumstances will your email address be published, displayed, or made visible to the public on any page of this website. It is strictly used for verification and direct communication purposes. We do not share, sell, or rent your email address or personal details to any third parties.
3. Protection of artist works & AI scraping
We are committed to protecting the intellectual property of the featured illustrators. If your artwork is featured or uploaded to this site, please be assured of the following:
- Copyright: You retain full copyright and ownership of your artwork. Your work is only displayed for the purpose of promotion and education on this specific website.
- No AI training: We strictly prohibit the use of any artwork, images, or text on this website for the purposes of training Artificial Intelligence (AI) or machine learning models.
- Technical safeguards: Our site architecture includes standard
robots.txtrules designed to block AI web crawlers, scrapers, and data-mining bots (such as CCBot, GPTBot, and others) from indexing or downloading artist images for AI datasets.
4. Cookies and browser storage
We do not use tracking, advertising, or third-party cookies. The site may occasionally utilise local browser storage or strictly necessary performance tools (such as JavaScript prefetching) solely to ensure the website loads quickly and functions smoothly on your device. These tools do not collect or transmit personal data.
5. Data security and retention
We implement standard administrative and technical safeguards to protect your communications. Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to address your inquiry or maintain a professional correspondence, after which they are securely deleted.
6. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or how we protect your artwork, please reach out via our contact page: