Wander is a discovery site, not an ad platform. We collect the minimum we need to make search and inquiries work, and we don't share or sell any of it. The specifics:
If you visit without an account
We give your browser a signed anonymous cookie. It's an opaque identifier — no personal information, no third- party tracking attached. We use it to keep visual-search uploads tied to your session and to merge anonymous activity with your account if you sign up later.
CloudFront (our CDN, run by AWS) logs request metadata — IP, user-agent, requested URL — for security and abuse detection. Standard server-log retention.
If you sign up
Authentication is handled by Clerk. When you sign up, Clerk stores your email and any other details you give them; we receive a stable identifier and your email address. We store: your email, your studio name and bio, your work, optional location, and the messages people send you through the platform.
If you upload an image
Visual-search uploads are stored on AWS S3 and served via CloudFront. Artwork images you publish are public. Search uploads are not — they're tied to your session and expire after a short window.
If you contact an artist
We send your name, email, and message to the artist via Resend (our transactional-email provider). The artist sees your email so they can reply directly. The message and a record of the exchange are stored on the platform.
Maps
Map tiles come from Mapbox. They see standard request data when you load a map and apply their own privacy policy.
Errors
When something breaks, we send a stack trace and request context to Sentry so we can fix it. We don't include cookie values or email contents.
What we don't do
- No third-party advertising. No tracking pixels.
- No selling or sharing your data with anyone.
- No behavioural profiles to push you toward what to buy.
Your rights
You can ask us to delete your account, your studio, your uploads, and all messages you've sent or received at any time. Email info@wander.gallery and we'll do it within seven days. You can also ask for a copy of everything we hold about you.
Changes
If we change anything material, we'll email signed-up users before it takes effect. Last updated: this page is the source of truth for current behaviour.
Questions? Email info@wander.gallery. See also terms of use.