Privacy notice
Last updated 11 November 2026
This notice explains how Neil Olsson, trading as Oh Dear, You’re Dead, handles personal information. Neil is the controller for the site’s membership service and its own use of your information. This site is currently a private preview using Stripe sandbox billing.
Who to contact
Email Neil.olsson@hotmail.co.uk for privacy enquiries and to exercise your rights.
What information we use and why
- Sign-in and access. OpenAI’s Sites platform supplies a site-specific identifier when you sign in. It can also supply account email and profile information. Our membership code uses the identifier, rather than your email, to create a hashed reference linking your account to Stripe and check whether your subscription is active. For paid membership, the basis is taking steps at your request and performing the membership contract. For private preview access, the basis is our legitimate interest in testing and protecting the service.
- Billing and cancellation. Stripe Checkout collects the billing and payment information you provide. We use Stripe customer and subscription records to open checkout, manage billing and cancellation, and check access. The site does not receive full card numbers or security codes. We use this information to perform the membership contract and, where required, to comply with legal record-keeping obligations.
- Security and support. Hosting and payment systems can record technical information such as IP addresses, request details, timestamps and errors. If you contact us, we use the information you supply to answer and resolve the enquiry. The basis is our legitimate interest in operating and protecting the service, or performance of the membership contract where the enquiry concerns that service.
The sign-in identifier and an active subscription are needed for paid archive access. Stripe explains what billing information it needs at checkout. We do not use automated decision-making with legal or similarly significant effects. The site automatically checks subscription status to grant the access included in your plan.
Quiz rewards
When you earn points, we store a hashed account reference, the story identifier, the points awarded and the award date. This lets us show your balance and prevent duplicate awards. The basis is our legitimate interest in operating the rewards feature fairly. We retain awards while needed to administer rewards or resolve related disputes.
Who receives your information
OpenAI provides hosting and ChatGPT sign-in in this preview. Stripe provides checkout, subscription records and the customer billing portal. Stripe can act as a processor or an independent controller depending on the activity, including for some of its own fraud prevention and legal obligations. Read the OpenAI privacy policy and Stripe privacy policy for their own processing. We may disclose information to regulators or authorities where the law requires it.
International transfers
Our providers may process information outside the UK. Where UK data protection law restricts a transfer, we must ensure there is an applicable adequacy decision or another valid safeguard. The provider links above explain their transfer practices. You can contact us for information about safeguards applicable to your data.
How long we keep information
We use the membership link while needed to administer access, billing, cancellation, refunds or disputes. We retain accounting records for the period required by law. Support correspondence and technical records are kept only as long as needed to resolve the issue, protect the service or meet a legal requirement. Provider-managed logs and records are subject to the applicable provider retention terms. Cancellation stops renewal and does not itself erase payment or account records.
Cookies and marketing
OpenAI and Stripe may use cookies or similar technologies for sign-in, security and checkout. This site does not add advertising pixels, optional analytics or marketing trackers. No newsletter or marketing signup is active in this preview. If we introduce optional tracking or marketing, we will explain it and obtain consent where required.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, you can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability, and object to processing based on legitimate interests. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw it. Some rights are subject to exceptions, such as when records must be kept by law. We may ask you to verify your identity before releasing or changing personal information.
You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. Make a complaint to the ICO.