What we store, and what we don't

You can browse every domain, field, topic and work without an account. Doing so sets no advertising or analytics cookies, and we do not build a profile of what you read.

Our hosting provider processes ordinary web server logs — IP address, user agent, requested page — to serve the site and defend it from abuse. We do not use those logs to identify individual readers.

Some features remember state locally. This data lives in your browser's own storage, is not an identifier we can link to you, and clearing your browser data removes it:

• Your theme choice — whether you picked light or dark.

The site currently has no accounts and takes no payments, so there is nothing of that kind to store. If that changes, this page will be updated before the feature goes live.

Sherlock is a catalogue. Following an entry takes you to a publisher, journal or archive that we do not control, and their privacy practices are their own.

If this page changes materially, the date at the top changes with it.