GIO AND
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Newsletter privacy

Updated September 23, 2026.

I'm Giordano Ferdinandi (Gio), and I manage the email subscriptions for Gio And The Machine. You can contact me at gio@news.gioandthemachine.com.

What you sign up for

A short email when I publish a new post. I ask only for your email address, and you confirm your subscription by email. That confirmation gives me your consent to send the newsletter. Subscribing is optional; you can read the whole blog without doing it.

Where your information goes

Buttondown manages the subscriber list and email delivery. It keeps your email address, subscription status, and information needed to confirm subscriptions, deliver messages, and handle delivery failures and abuse. If you reply, Buttondown stores the conversation and forwards it to my Gmail inbox so I can read and answer it.

Buttondown is based in the United States and uses service providers to operate its service. Your information may be processed outside your country. Its privacy policy and data-processing agreement describe its processing and safeguards. Replies forwarded to Gmail are also handled by Google under its privacy policy.

No open or click tracking

I have disabled newsletter tracking pixels, click tracking, and automatic tracking parameters. I don't measure whether you opened an email or which links you clicked. Delivery records and replies still exist so the newsletter can work. I don't sell the subscriber list.

Leaving and managing your information

Every newsletter has an unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing withdraws your consent for future newsletters. Your address is used for delivery while you are subscribed; a record of your unsubscribe may remain to prevent accidental resubscription and to document your preference. Private backups of the list must preserve that preference too.

Email me to request a copy of your subscription information, a correction, or deletion, or to ask about restricting or objecting to its use. If you have exchanged replies with me, mention those too so the request covers the conversation as well as the subscription. You may also raise a concern with your local data-protection authority.