84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha is a global non-profit initiative to translate all of the Buddha’s words into modern languages, and to make them available to everyone. We use internet technologies, such as this website and our newsletter, to help raise awareness of and publish our work. We do not collect any data about users of our site except in the form of analytics, newsletter subscriptions or donor subscriptions. There is currently no functionality in the public facing websites that require user profiles, user history or usernames and passwords. Our servers contain no logs related to individual usage.
84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha is a global non-profit initiative to translate the Tibetan Buddhist canon into English and make these texts freely available to everyone. We use internet technologies — including this website, our public reading room, our scholar's room, and our newsletter — to share our work and raise awareness of our mission.
We collect only the minimum personal information necessary to operate our services, as described below. We do not sell or share your data with third parties except as required to operate the services you use.
"Cookies" are small text files stored by your browser when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your device and remember previous visits. We use cookies to support website functionality — for example, remembering the last page you visited or your bookmarked passages.
Our public reading room is built using Next.js and may set cookies to support reading session functionality. We do not store this data on our servers. If you delete these cookies, that data will be lost. If you block them, some functionality may not be available.
84000 asks for your consent before storing cookies.
The scholar's room at scholar.84000.co is built using Next.js and provides authenticated access to library synchronisation and other scholarly tools.
To use the library sync service, we collect your email address for authentication and to associate your synced library with your account. We also store your name for display purposes. This information is held in our database and in local storage within your browser session. It is used solely to provide the scholar's room service and is not shared with anyone outside of 84000.
84000's public website is built using Webflow. Form submissions are stored on Webflow servers and are used only for the purposes for which you submitted the form and gave consent. Webflow's privacy policy and terms of service are available on their website.
84000 uses Posthog Analytics to understand how our site is used — for example, visitor trends, user locations, preferred languages, and device types. This helps us improve the site to better serve our users. Posthog's privacy policy describes how they handle data gathered on our behalf.
We embed YouTube videos on our site. These videos are streamed from youtube.com, and YouTube may place cookies on your device. We have no control over YouTube's code or data practices. Please refer to YouTube's privacy policy for details.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, your details will be added to our mailing list managed by MailChimp and synchronised with Keela, our donor management service. Subscription is by consent. You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in any newsletter. Please note that unsubscribing does not permanently delete your details from our database. To request full removal, contact us at info@84000.co.
Relevant privacy policies: Keela · MailChimp
If you become a donor to 84000, we will ask for personal details as required by financial regulations. This information is stored and managed by Keela and is used internally within the organisation for financial reporting and donor communications. Some donor names are listed on our website's sponsors section, but only with prior consent. All other donor information is strictly confidential, is not stored on publicly accessible servers, and is not shared with anyone outside the organisation.
See Keela's privacy policy for details. For questions, contact us at info@84000.co.
If you would like information about how 84000 complies with GDPR, please visit our GDPR guide. Our digital processing agreements are also available here.
For any privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us at info@84000.co.
