how we use recordings

WHO LISTENS

The D.RB editors. Nobody else gets access to the inbox.

WHAT WE MIGHT DO WITH IT

If you tick the box when you send, you’re letting D.RB publish your recording, or a transcript or excerpt of it, anonymously: in print, in posts, or in other D.RB projects. We may trim it for length. Sending one doesn’t guarantee it’ll be used.

WHAT STAYS PRIVATE

• Your name or alias is never published. It just helps us tell messages apart.
• Your contact details are optional, never published, and only used to reach you about your message.
• We don’t sell, share or hand over anything you send.

Your voice is your voice: if you say your own name, or something that identifies you, people who know you might recognise it. If that worries you, leave it out, or record again.

HOW LONG WE KEEP IT

Messages we don’t use are deleted automatically after 90 days. Messages we pick for publishing are kept for as long as the published piece exists.

CHANGED YOUR MIND?

Email sophia@dontreadbooks.com with roughly when you called and which call it was for, and we’ll delete it. If it’s already in print we can’t un-print it, but we won’t use it again.

WHAT HAPPENS TECHNICALLY

Recordings go straight from your browser to D.RB’s own server. No third-party recording, analytics or tracking services are involved. The page asks for your microphone only after you tap REC, and turns it off when you stop.

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