Privacy Policy | The History of Left-Wing Antisemitism

Effective date: September 21, 2026

The History of Left-Wing Antisemitism operates the website https://leftwingantisemitism.com/ (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when it may be disclosed, and the choices available to you.

By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

Subscribe to the newsletter
Submit the contact form
Leave a comment
Request an interview or speaking engagement
Propose an educational or research collaboration
Submit feedback, corrections, or source material
Communicate with us in another way

This information may include your name, email address, website address, message, professional affiliation, organization, event information, and any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit confidential financial, medical, identification, or account information through the Website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

Your IP address
Browser and device information
Operating system
Referring website or search engine
Pages viewed and links clicked
Approximate geographic location
Date, time, and duration of visits
Cookie identifiers and similar technical information

We use this information to operate the Website, understand visitor activity, improve content, measure performance, prevent abuse, and maintain security.

Sensitive Topics and Personal Information

The Website discusses politics, antisemitism, Jewish history, Zionism, anti-Zionism, religion, ideology, and related social issues. Visiting or interacting with this Website could potentially allow a third party to make assumptions about your political, religious, philosophical, or cultural views.

We do not use Website activity to create profiles about visitors’ political opinions, religious beliefs, ethnicity, or ideological affiliations. We do not knowingly use sensitive personal information to infer personal characteristics.

Information you voluntarily include in a public comment may reveal political opinions, religious beliefs, ethnicity, organizational affiliations, or other sensitive information. Consider this carefully before posting.

Comments and Public Contributions

When visitors leave comments, we may collect the information entered in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent, to assist with moderation and spam detection.

Comments may be publicly visible after approval. Your displayed name, website link, profile image, and comment content may also become public.

Do not include private information about yourself or another person in a comment. We may remove comments containing threats, harassment, personal information, spam, unlawful material, or content that violates our moderation standards.

An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to determine whether you use that service. After your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image may appear publicly with the comment.

You can review the Automattic Privacy Policy for information about Gravatar, WordPress.com, Jetpack, and related services.

Contact Forms

When you submit the contact form, we collect the name, email address, message, and other information you provide.

We may use this information to:

Respond to questions and feedback
Discuss interviews or speaking engagements
Evaluate educational and research collaborations
Review corrections or submitted sources
Maintain communication records
Prevent spam, harassment, and misuse

Contact submissions may be processed through WordPress.com, Jetpack, Akismet, or related WordPress services.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address and related subscription information. We use this information to send research updates, new articles, event announcements, reading recommendations, book information, and related content.

Newsletter delivery and subscription management may be handled through WordPress.com, Jetpack, Automattic, or another email service provider. These providers may process your email address and technical information on our behalf.

You may unsubscribe at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link in a newsletter. After you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information needed to document and honor your request.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to:

Operate Website features
Remember visitor preferences
Support comments and subscriptions
Measure Website traffic and performance
Understand how visitors interact with articles
Detect spam, fraud, harassment, and security threats
Measure visits to external websites

Comment cookies may save your name, email address, and website for convenience. These cookies may remain on your device for up to one year.

You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

The Website does not currently respond to traditional “Do Not Track” signals. Where legally required and technically supported, we will honor applicable opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control.

Analytics

We may use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, WordPress.com Stats, Jetpack, and similar services to understand Website traffic and visitor activity.

These services may collect information such as your IP address, device type, browser, approximate location, referring page, viewed pages, and interactions with Website content. Providers may use cookies or similar technologies to perform these services.

We use analytics information to evaluate Website performance and understand which articles attract general interest. We do not use analytics to identify individual visitors or create profiles concerning their political or religious views.

You can learn more through the Google Privacy Policy and the Automattic Privacy Policy. Google also provides a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Spam Detection and Website Security

Comments, contact forms, and other submissions may be checked through automated spam detection and security services, including Akismet.

These services may process your IP address, browser information, submitted content, and other technical information to identify spam, threats, malicious activity, or Website abuse.

We may preserve relevant records when reasonably necessary to investigate threats, harassment, unlawful conduct, attempted unauthorized access, or other security incidents.

Embedded Content and External Services

Articles may contain embedded or linked content from third parties, including:

Amazon
WordPress.com
Social media platforms
Video platforms
News organizations
Academic institutions
Libraries and archives
Government websites
Research and educational resources

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. These services may collect information, place cookies, monitor your interactions, and connect that activity with an existing account.

Your interactions with third-party services are governed by their respective privacy policies. We do not control their data collection or privacy practices.

Book and Retailer Links

The Website links to books available through Amazon and may link to other booksellers or publishers.

When you follow a retailer link, that retailer may collect information about your visit and subsequent activity. The retailer processes purchases, payments, shipping information, and account information under its own privacy policy.

The History of Left-Wing Antisemitism does not receive or store complete payment card information from purchases made through third-party retailers.

Some links may be affiliate links. If affiliate links are used, we may receive a commission from qualifying purchases without increasing your price.

How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Operate, maintain, and improve the Website
Publish research, commentary, and educational materials
Deliver newsletters and requested content
Respond to messages and collaboration requests
Arrange interviews, events, or speaking engagements
Review, publish, and moderate comments
Analyze Website traffic and content performance
Detect spam, threats, harassment, and security incidents
Maintain editorial and communication records
Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights
Comply with legal obligations
Protect our visitors, contributors, and Website

How We Disclose Information

We may disclose information to service providers that assist with:

Website hosting and content delivery
Analytics and traffic measurement
Newsletter delivery
Contact forms and comment management
Spam detection and security
Website maintenance and technical support

These providers may process information for the services they perform, subject to their agreements and applicable law.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with a law, subpoena, court order, governmental request, or other legal process. Information may be disclosed to investigate threats, harassment, fraud, abuse, or security incidents.

If the Website or its assets are transferred, personal information may be included in the transaction, subject to applicable law.

Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information for money. We also do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law.

We do not sell or share information about visitors’ political opinions, religious beliefs, ethnicity, or ideological affiliations.

Third-party websites may collect information after you interact with their links, content, or services. Those companies process information according to their own privacy policies.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely to maintain discussions and support moderation. Contact submissions and correspondence may be retained for editorial, security, historical, and legal recordkeeping purposes.

Information associated with threats, harassment, or security incidents may be retained as reasonably necessary to protect the Website and its users.

Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe, followed by limited retention needed to document your request. Analytics information is retained according to the settings and policies of the applicable analytics provider.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information. However, no website, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

Because the Website addresses politically and socially sensitive subjects, visitors should carefully consider what identifying information they disclose publicly.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the Website, please contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

Request access to personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of personal information
Obtain a portable copy of certain information
Object to or restrict certain processing
Withdraw consent when processing depends on consent
Opt out of marketing communications
Appeal the denial of a privacy request
Receive equal service without discrimination for exercising your rights

These rights may be limited by legal exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

To submit a privacy request, use the contact form available at https://leftwingantisemitism.com/ and write “Privacy Request” at the beginning of your message.

California Privacy Rights

California residents may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, use, disclosure, sale, or sharing of their personal information. They also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising applicable privacy rights.

During the preceding 12 months, we may have collected:

Identifiers, such as names, email addresses, IP addresses, and online identifiers
Internet activity, such as viewed pages, referring pages, link interactions, and browser information
Approximate location derived from an IP address
Communications and content submitted through forms or comments
Professional information provided in connection with interviews, events, or collaborations
Sensitive information voluntarily included in messages or public comments

We collect these categories directly from visitors and automatically through Website technologies. We use and disclose them for the operational purposes described in this policy.

We do not knowingly use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about visitors. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16.

An authorized agent may submit a request for a California resident. We may request proof of authorization and identity verification where permitted by law.

Visitors in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom

When applicable, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases:

Your consent
Our legitimate interests in operating, securing, analyzing, and improving the Website
Performance of a service you requested
Compliance with legal obligations
Establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims

Information may be processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. These countries may provide different privacy protections than your country of residence.

Where applicable, you may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country. We encourage you to contact us first so we can attempt to resolve your concern.

Third-Party Websites

The Website contains links to websites and services we do not own or control. We are not responsible for their content, availability, security, accuracy, or privacy practices.

A link to an external source does not necessarily represent an endorsement of that source, its organization, or its privacy practices.

Review the privacy policy of each third-party service before submitting personal information or making a purchase.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when Website features, service providers, business practices, or legal requirements change.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued use of the Website after an update means that you acknowledge the revised policy.

Contact Us

For questions, privacy requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact The History of Left-Wing Antisemitism through the contact form available on the homepage.