Privacy policy

Last updated: September 2026.

What this site collects

There are no accounts, logins or comment forms. Two things are stored, and both are described in full below: an anonymous, cookie-less count of visits, and the email address you give us if you choose to subscribe.

Advertising

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendor cookies at aboutads.info.

Analytics

Visits are counted without cookies and without identifying anyone. Each page view records only three things: the date, the page path, and the host of the referring site (for example "news.ycombinator.com").

No IP address, no user agent, no cookie and no session or visitor identifier is stored, so it is not possible to recognise a returning reader or to build a profile of anyone. The referrer is reduced to its host before it is written, so search terms are never recorded. Because nothing is stored on your device, this site needs no cookie banner.

If you subscribe, your email address is stored on our own server together with the date and the page you subscribed from. It is used to send you new comics and nothing else, it is never sold or shared, and every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also ask to be removed at any time using the contact address below.

Star ratings

Ratings are anonymous. Only a count of how many votes each comic received at each score is kept - no voter, no IP address, no timestamp, and nothing that could connect a rating to a person or a device.

Content

Comics on this site are fiction. Characters are invented; any resemblance to real people is coincidental. Artwork is generated with an AI model and reviewed by a human before publication.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@topicalcomic.com.