Last Updated: July 30, 2026
Primary Domain: burningman.dacha.work
1. Overview & Scope
The Dacha Archive & Assembly Working Groups (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operate decentralized civic technology platforms, field research initiatives, and digital archival projects. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information across our primary domain (burningman.dacha.work), project landing pages, event registration flows (such as Luma integrations), field expeditions, and volunteer coordination channels.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information necessary to fulfill our research, event coordination, and digital archiving activities:
- Event & Logistics Registration Data: Name, contact details (email, phone, Telegram/social handles), travel route preferences, staging locations, and vehicle/ticket status provided when registering for field trips, caravan logistics (e.g., Burning Man/Jamul convoys), or cultural expeditions via Luma or direct forms.
- Volunteer Application Data: Background information, skill sets, and professional experience submitted when applying to join working groups via Idealist or our platform.
- Archival Media & Oral Histories: Audio recordings, photographs, video coverage, field notes, and written stories contributed voluntarily during field research expeditions or public pop-up installations.
- Technical & Website Data: IP addresses, browser types, and standard server log data collected automatically for security, spam prevention, and server performance monitoring.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use collected information solely for legitimate operational and non-profit research purposes, including:
- Coordinating travel, ride-sharing, staging hubs, and safety during field expeditions and caravan trips.
- Processing volunteer applications and integrating contributors into specialized working groups.
- Systematizing, cataloging, and preserving living heritage, audio archives, and visual culture within our digital repositories.
- Protecting our website infrastructure against security threats, unauthorized access, and malicious activity.
4. Media, Public Archiving & Consent
As part of our living heritage mission, field expeditions include photographing, filming, and audio-recording community events, workshops, and installations. Participation in public field activities or pop-up stations implies consent to documentation for educational and archival purposes. If you appear in an archived photo, video, or audio file and wish to request removal, anonymization, or attribution adjustment, please contact us at privacy@dacha.work.
5. Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
We never sell, rent, or trade personal information to commercial third parties or advertisers. We share information only under the following strict conditions:
- Operational Coordination: Sharing relevant travel details among matched drivers or camp leads for safety and convoy alignment.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We utilize trusted external platforms including Luma (event management), Idealist (volunteer recruiting), and secure hosting/security providers (e.g., Wordfence, WP Rocket). Data shared with these platforms is governed by their respective privacy terms.
- Legal Obligations: If required by valid legal process or law enforcement inquiries.
6. Data Protection & Security
We employ enterprise-grade technical measures (including SSL encryption, firewall protection, and restricted administrative access) to safeguard collected data. However, no digital transmission or off-grid field storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% immune to unauthorized access.
7. Your Rights & Requests
You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request corrections, or ask for the deletion of your personal contact records or media contributions.
8. Contact Us
For privacy inquiries, media correction requests, or data protection questions, please reach out to our Working Group Coordinators:
Email: privacy@dacha.work / assembly@dacha.work