Privacy Policy

We collect information in the following ways:

Information you provide directly

• —Email address when you subscribe to our newsletter or create an account.
• —Name and payment information when you purchase a subscription (processed securely by our payment provider; we do not store card details).
• —Any correspondence you send us, including letters to the editor or support requests.

Information collected automatically

• —IP address and approximate geographic location (country/city level).
• —Browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
• —Pages visited, time spent, referring URLs, and click paths.
• —Cookie identifiers and similar tracking technologies (see our Cookie Policy for details).

Information from third parties

• —Analytics providers (e.g., aggregated audience data).
• —Advertising partners (contextual ad performance data, no cross-site profiling without consent).

We use the data we collect to:

• —Deliver and personalise our newsletter and editorial content.
• —Process subscription payments and manage your account.
• —Analyse site traffic and reader behaviour to improve our journalism and user experience.
• —Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents.
• —Comply with legal obligations.
• —Send you service-related communications (e.g., password resets, billing notices).
• —Send you marketing emails where you have opted in — you may unsubscribe at any time.

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with:

• —Service providers who process data on our behalf (e.g., email delivery, payment processing, hosting, analytics) — bound by data processing agreements.
• —Law enforcement or regulatory authorities when required by law or to protect our legal rights.
• —A successor entity in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to the same privacy commitments.

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Subscriber account data is retained for the duration of your subscription plus three years. Newsletter analytics data is retained in aggregated form indefinitely. You may request deletion of your data at any time (see Section 07).

Our servers are located in the United States. If you access the Site from outside the US, your data may be transferred to and processed in the US. For transfers from the EEA or UK, we rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, as applicable.

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

The Site is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

We implement industry-standard technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. These include TLS encryption in transit, access controls, and regular security reviews. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may display contextual advertising on the Site. Our advertising partners do not use your personal data for cross-site behavioural profiling without your explicit consent. We use Google Analytics (with IP anonymisation enabled) and similar tools to understand audience behaviour in aggregate. You can opt out of Google Analytics via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be communicated to subscribers by email at least 14 days before taking effect. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

For privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, contact our Privacy Team at [email protected].