Dark Retreat · Legal

Privacy Policy

Last updated · September 2026

Dark Retreat ("we", "us") is a small guided darkness retreat in the Bay Area, California. This policy explains what personal information we collect through this website and how we use it.

What we collect

When you submit an application, we collect:

• Contact details — your name, email address, and optionally a phone number or messaging handle (Telegram / WhatsApp).
• Your application message — the free-text answer you write about what brings you to the retreat.
• Your program preference — which program you selected.

We do not run analytics, advertising trackers or third-party cookies on this site. Standard web-server logs (IP address, browser, timestamp) are kept briefly for security and operations.

How we use it

• To review your application and decide whether the retreat is a fit.
• To contact you about your application — by email, and by Telegram or WhatsApp if you gave us a handle.
• To coordinate logistics if you are accepted.

We do not use your information for marketing lists, profiling or automated decision-making.

Sharing

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. It is processed only by the service providers that run this site — hosting and email delivery (Cloudflare and Google) — under their own data-protection terms.

Retention

Applications are kept while your candidacy is active and for a reasonable period afterwards. You may ask us to delete your application at any time.

Your California rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), California residents may request to know, access, correct or delete the personal information we hold about them, and may not be discriminated against for exercising those rights. To make a request, email darkretreat@krolik.run — we will verify your identity and respond within the timeframe the law requires.

Children

This retreat and this site are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: darkretreat@krolik.run.