Last updated: August 9, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Crunch Brief (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you visit https://www.crunchbrief.com or subscribe to our paid newsletter (the “Service”).
By using our website or subscribing to our newsletter, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Information You Provide
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Subscription and payment information
- Information you provide when contacting us
- Your newsletter preferences and subscription details
We generally do not store your full payment card information ourselves. Payment information may be processed and stored by our third-party payment provider, such as Stripe, according to its own privacy policy and security practices.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website or interact with our newsletter, we may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages or content you view
- Referring website
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Dates and times of website visits
- Newsletter interaction data, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect to:
- Provide and manage your paid newsletter subscription
- Process payments and manage billing
- Deliver newsletters and other subscription-related communications
- Respond to questions, requests, or customer support inquiries
- Manage your account and subscription preferences
- Improve our website, newsletter, and services
- Understand how subscribers interact with our content
- Analyze website and newsletter performance
- Detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems
- Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations
- Send service-related communications, such as subscription confirmations, billing notices, and changes to our services or policies
Where permitted by applicable law, we may also use your information to send promotional communications. You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time.
3. Paid Subscriptions and Payments
If you purchase a paid subscription, payment information is processed through our third-party payment provider, Stripe.
We may receive information such as:
- Your name
- Email address
- Subscription plan
- Transaction amount
- Payment status
- Billing dates
- Limited payment details, such as the last four digits of a payment card, where provided by the payment processor
We do not intend to collect or store your complete payment card number or payment security code on our own systems.
Your payment information is subject to the privacy policy of the payment provider you use.
4. Cookies and Analytics
We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate and improve our website.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember preferences
- Understand website traffic and usage
- Measure the effectiveness of our newsletter
- Analyze subscriber engagement
- Improve the user experience
We may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use our website.
You can generally control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential cookies or tracking technologies.
5. Newsletter Tracking
Our newsletter platform may use tracking technologies, such as tracking pixels, to determine whether an email has been opened or whether links have been clicked.
We may use this information to understand subscriber engagement, improve our content, and maintain the quality of our newsletter.
Depending on the email service and your email application, you may be able to limit or disable certain tracking technologies.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers when reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide the Service. These providers may include:
- Newsletter and email delivery providers
- Payment processors
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Customer support or communication platforms
- Security and fraud-prevention providers
- Professional advisers, such as lawyers or accountants
These service providers are permitted to use personal information only as necessary to provide services to us or as otherwise permitted by law.
We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Respond to a lawful request from a government authority
- Protect our rights or property
- Investigate fraud or security issues
- Protect the safety of our users or others
- Enforce our agreements or policies
If our business is sold, merged, reorganized, or otherwise transferred, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain your subscription and account records, comply with legal and accounting obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect our legitimate business interests.
When personal information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete or anonymize it, subject to applicable legal requirements.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.
9. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Request restriction of certain processing
- Object to certain uses of your information
- Request a copy of certain information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Unsubscribe from marketing communications
You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us.
Some information may need to be retained where we have a legal obligation or legitimate reason to do so.
To exercise your privacy rights, contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.
10. International Data Transfers
Depending on where you and our service providers are located, your personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than your own.
Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that international transfers of personal information are handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under the age of [14].
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
12. Third-Party Links
Our website or newsletter may contain links to third-party websites, services, or products.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing them with personal information.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, business practices, technology, or legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us.
Important: This Privacy Policy is a general template and is not legal advice. Before publishing it, you should adapt it to the privacy laws that apply to your business and confirm the practices of your payment processor, newsletter provider, analytics tools, and cookie technologies.