The short version
Swirl & Crumb is a static, hand-built publication. There is no login, no shopping cart, no newsletter database and no comment system. Every illustration you see is a local file drawn for this site. Nothing on these pages calls out to another company’s servers.
The one thing we keep
When you press Save the memo on the small yellow card at the bottom of the page, we write a single short value to your browser’s local storage so the card does not reappear. That value is a plain word, either sealed or declined, stored under a key that begins with taffyMemo_.
- It lives only in your browser, on your device.
- It is never transmitted to us or to anyone else.
- It contains no name, no email address, no identifier of any kind.
- Clearing your browser’s site data removes it immediately.
What we do not do
We do not run analytics, advertising, heat-map or session-recording tools. We do not set advertising cookies. We do not embed video players, social feeds, fonts or script libraries from third parties. Our stylesheet and our JavaScript are served from this same folder tree.
If you email us
Writing to the desk is optional and entirely in your hands. If you send a note to swirlandcrumb.desk@gmail.com, we receive whatever you chose to include — typically your address, your name if you sign it, and your question. We keep correspondence only as long as it takes to answer and then clear it out. We do not add anyone to a list, because there is no list.
Children
This journal is written for grown-ups who like candy and for families who make it together. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone, of any age. There is nothing on the site to sign up for.
Hosting and log files
Like every page on the open web, the server that delivers these files may record ordinary technical logs — a request time, a page name and a broad region. We do not combine those logs with anything else, build profiles from them, or sell access to them.
Changes to this note
If our practices ever change, this page changes first, and the date at the top of the page changes with it. The current version is the one you are reading.
Ask us anything
Questions about this page are welcome and usually answered within a couple of working days. Write to swirlandcrumb.desk@gmail.com or visit the Desk & Kitchen page.