Last updated: July 28, 2026 · Applies to ownasentence.com
In brief: You have privacy rights under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR. Because Own A Sentence stores emails and IP addresses only as salted one-way hashes, the fastest way for us to locate a record is by sentence number, public sentence URL, Stripe receipt/session reference, or the exact sentence text you submitted.
This page explains how people in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and other applicable privacy-rights jurisdictions can exercise data protection rights relating to Own A Sentence.
This page should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains what personal data we collect, why we use it, how long we keep it, and which third-party processors we use.
Own A Sentence is the data controller for personal data processed through ownasentence.com.
For GDPR and data protection requests, contact: Contact
To protect users, we may need enough information to identify the record and confirm that you are connected to it. Please include as much of the following as possible:
Important: we store email addresses and IP addresses only as one-way salted hashes. We cannot search for a record using a plain email address or plain IP address alone.
Depending on where you live and the circumstances of the request, you may have the following rights:
You have the right to know how and why your personal data is used. Our Privacy Policy explains the categories of data we process, our legal bases, retention periods, and processors.
You may ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you. For a public sentence record, this may include the sentence text, display name, optional URL, tag, public status, timestamps, payment reference identifiers, and stored hashes related to abuse prevention.
You may ask us to correct inaccurate personal data. Because the Service is based on permanent public sentence slots, purchased sentence text is not edited after purchase. However, where legally required and technically possible, we can correct or remove related account-style metadata such as display name or URL.
You may ask us to delete personal data. We will comply where the law requires it. However, a purchased sentence is part of the permanent public archive you purchased and is normally retained while the Service operates.
Where full deletion is not required or not possible because of the nature of the Service, we may offer alternatives such as:
You may ask us to restrict processing while a privacy request, dispute, or accuracy issue is being reviewed. If restriction is appropriate, we will limit non-essential processing during the review.
Where applicable, you may ask for the personal data you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format such as JSON or CSV.
You may object to processing based on legitimate interests, such as certain fraud-prevention, abuse-prevention, or security processing. We will review the objection and stop processing unless we have compelling legitimate grounds or need to continue for legal claims.
Own A Sentence does not use solely automated decision-making with legal or similarly significant effects. Automated checks may assist with spam, blacklist, duplicate, and similarity detection, but final moderation decisions can be reviewed by a human administrator.
Own A Sentence sells a permanent public archive entry. That means some privacy rights may be balanced against the nature of the Service, contract performance, fraud prevention, payment records, legal obligations, and the rights of other users and the public archive.
In practical terms:
We aim to respond to GDPR requests within 30 days. If a request is complex or we receive multiple requests, we may extend the response period where the law allows. If we need more information to identify the relevant record, the response period may depend on your reply.
We may refuse, limit, or ask for more information before acting on a request if we cannot verify that the requester is connected to the relevant record, or if the request is manifestly unfounded, excessive, abusive, fraudulent, or conflicts with legal obligations.
If you are in the UK, you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
If you are in the EU or EEA, you may contact your local data protection supervisory authority. We would appreciate the chance to address your concern directly first.
For GDPR requests, data protection questions, or privacy complaints, email: Contact
Own A Sentence uses only essential session data to keep forms secure, prevent abuse, remember this notice during the current browser session, and process payments through Stripe. We do not use advertising trackers. Sentences you submit may become part of the public archive.