Privacy
Private by design: Young Machines is a static reading site. It has no accounts, forms, advertising, analytics, tracking pixels, or third-party embeds.
Effective 2026-07-22. Last reviewed 2026-07-22.
The short version
The small privacy notice shown on the site can be closed, but that choice is not stored. Closing it does not set a cookie or write to local storage.
Hosting data
This site is hosted by GitHub Pages. GitHub states that it logs visitors’ IP addresses for security purposes when a Pages site is visited, whether or not the visitor is signed in. The operator of Young Machines does not receive or maintain those server logs.
GitHub processes hosting data under its own privacy statement. Its description of Pages data collection is available in GitHub’s Pages documentation.
Children and families
The book is written for shared reading around age ten. The site does not knowingly collect information from children or adults. There are no profiles, comments, purchases, newsletters, or direct messages on this domain.
Downloads and external links
Downloading the PDF or EPUB makes an ordinary request to the same GitHub Pages host. Links to other websites are governed by those sites’ own privacy practices.
Contact and changes
Young Machines is operated by Nell Watson. Questions about this notice can be sent through Nell Watson’s official contact page. If the site later adds analytics, forms, commerce, or embedded services, this notice and the privacy interface will be updated before those features are enabled.