Privacy and contributor safety
People who document immigration enforcement take a risk to do it. Protecting them is part of the design, not an afterthought. This page has two parts: how we protect contributors, and a plain privacy policy for this website.
Contributor safety
Nothing is published unreviewed
Every submission is checked by a human before it becomes part of the record. Nothing you send is posted automatically. Where an account is disputed, we document the dispute and link the evidence rather than assert a conclusion.
We protect the people in your footage
- Our review process blurs bystanders where needed.
- We strip location and device metadata from files before anything becomes public.
- We are careful with the faces and details of the people being detained.
Who we document, and who we do not
The record documents public officials acting in their official capacity, and the facilities and operations of enforcement. It does not target private individuals. An identification is treated as a lead until it is corroborated, and a match is never published as a claim on its own. To contest an entry, see Corrections and appeals.
Under attack by design
The record and the app come under regular, sophisticated denial-of-service attacks. The infrastructure is mirrored and hardened so that when a service is knocked offline it comes back and nothing is lost.
Privacy policy for this website
This policy covers this blog. It does not cover ICE Watch or the wiki, which are described where they run.
Who runs it
The ICE List is a project of Crust News. For any privacy question, contact icelist@crustnews.com, or reach us anonymously through Hushline.
Analytics: none
We run no third-party analytics and no advertising or cross-site trackers. We do not sell or share your behavior. If you subscribe to the newsletter, our email system records whether a message was delivered and opened, so we can tell the newsletter is working; you can opt out by unsubscribing.
What we collect, and why
- If you subscribe: your email address, used only to send the updates you asked for. Unsubscribe at any time from any email.
- If you become a member or donate: payment is handled by our payment processor; we do not see or store your card number.
- Server logs: like any website, our servers may briefly record technical data such as an IP address and browser type, to keep the service running and to defend against the attacks above. These are kept only as long as needed and rotated regularly.
Cookies
We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. If you sign in as a member, the site sets a session cookie so you stay signed in. That is the only non-essential cookie, and it exists only if you create an account.
Who processes data for us
- Ghost, the software this blog runs on, which we host ourselves.
- Amazon SES, to deliver email.
- Stripe, to process payments, only if you donate or subscribe to a paid tier.
Where it is hosted, and your choices
The site runs on independent servers in Europe. You can unsubscribe at any time, and you can ask us to show you or delete the data we hold about you by writing to icelist@crustnews.com.
Last updated 16 August 2026.