Privacy policy

Who is responsible

This website and newsletter are operated by [legal name of publisher] ("the publisher"). Contact: [privacy contact email].

What is collected

• Account details: your email address, and your name if you provide it, to create your account, sign you in and deliver posts.
• Subscription status: whether you have a paid subscription, its renewal date and status, as reported by Stripe. Card details are entered on Stripe's checkout page and are not stored by the publisher.
• Email engagement: [confirm whether newsletter opens and link clicks are tracked; this can be switched off].
• Website usage: [confirm the analytics used, for example Ghost's built-in analytics and, if enabled, Plausible, which does not use cookies]. Email addresses and payment details are never sent to analytics tools.
• Messages you send: the contents of any email you send to the publisher.

How it is used

To provide the subscription you asked for: delivering posts, managing your account and billing, answering your questions and improving the publication. Personal information is not sold.

Service providers

• Ghost (Ghost Foundation): website hosting, member accounts and newsletter delivery.
• Stripe: payment processing, receipts and the billing portal.
• [Any other providers, for example an analytics service or an email inbox provider.]

Cookies

A sign-in cookie keeps you signed in. A small preference cookie remembers whether you chose the light or dark theme. Stripe sets its own cookies on its checkout page. [Confirm any analytics cookies.]

Retention

[How long account and billing records are kept after a subscription ends.]

Your choices

You can change your email preferences or unsubscribe from your account page at any time. You can ask for a copy of your information, or for it to be deleted, by emailing [privacy contact email]. Billing records that must be kept for tax purposes may be retained.

Changes

[Effective date and how changes are announced.]