Privacy Policy — Society of Open Systems

Section 1

Who We Are

The Society of Open Systems is a decentralised collective of builders and maintainers dedicated to sovereign, offline-first, privacy-respecting digital infrastructure for communities in low-and-middle-income contexts and beyond.

Primary privacy contact: oponsystems@icloud.com.

Section 2

Our Core Privacy Principle

We are a data-minimalist organisation. The least data we hold, the least harm we can cause.

We do not run analytics platforms, advertising networks, or data broker services. We do not sell, rent, license, or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes.

Section 3

What We Collect

Landing pages and Manifesto: no tracking, cookies, or analytics.

Dispatches feed: approved articles are served as static markdown files.

This site does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data.

Section 4

Cookies and Local Storage

We do not set tracking cookies. However, to respect user dignity and device autonomy, we utilize strictly localized storage mechanisms that never transmit data to our servers or third parties:

Local Storage: We store a single value (a11y-large-text) in your browser solely to remember your Assistive Reading mode preference across pages.
Cache API (Service Worker): We cache the website's static files locally on your device so that you can access the Manifesto and Dispatches even when you are fully offline.

None of this local data is ever used for tracking, analytics, or device fingerprinting.

Section 5

Your Rights by Jurisdiction

We recognise GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA, NDPA, NDPR, POPIA, Ghana's Data Protection Act, Kenya's Data Protection Act, PIPEDA, and comparable regional frameworks.

Where multiple frameworks apply, we apply the highest standard. Contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or objection.

Section 6

Retention, Security, and Changes

This site is fully static and served over HTTPS via Cloudflare Pages. No server-side data is collected or retained.

Policy updates will be reflected with a changed effective date and, for material changes, a Dispatch.