Plain English about what we collect.
We keep this short on purpose. Signal Brief collects as little as we can get away with, and we do not sell, rent, or share your data. If that changes we will date-stamp it at the top of this page.
What we collect
- Email addresses you submit. When you use a form on this site, your email (and any other fields you fill in) is sent via Web3Forms, which relays it to our inbox. Web3Forms does not use your email to market to you.
- Basic server logs. Our hosting provider (Vercel) records IP address, user-agent, and request paths for a short retention window. This is standard for every website and we do not query it except when debugging.
- That's it. No analytics scripts, no cookies, no tracking pixels, no advertising SDKs.
What we do with your email
If you submitted an email via the subscribe form, we use it to contact you about Signal Brief, typically to confirm access, send the weekly digest, or reply to a question you asked. We do not sell, rent, or share email addresses with third parties for marketing.
If you submitted context (e.g., "who you are trying to reach" on the Communication Intelligence page), that information is used only to scope the brief you requested. We do not use it for anything else.
Third parties
- Vercel, web hosting. Their privacy policy: vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.
- Web3Forms, form submission relay. Their privacy policy: web3forms.com/privacy-policy.
- Google Fonts, the site loads two typefaces from fonts.googleapis.com. Google may log the font request.
How to delete your data
Email contact@signalbrief.us with "delete" in the subject. We will remove your email from our records within five business days and reply to confirm.
Legal basis & jurisdiction
Signal Brief is operated by Terra Firma Studio from New York. If you are in the EU/UK, our legal basis for processing is your consent (when you submit a form) and legitimate interest (operating the site). You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing us.
Questions
contact@signalbrief.us. Also see our data practices page, which covers how we source the data inside the reports, that is a different question and we take it seriously.