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The only personal information we may have collected is your email address, submitted voluntarily via an opt-in newsletter signup form. The newsletter sign-up form is not currently active on the Site. Any email addresses previously submitted are retained by Formspree, Inc., our email processing service, in accordance with their privacy policy — we do not receive or store them on BriefAlpha.com servers. If you believe your email address is on file and wish to have it removed, please visit our Unsubscribe page or contact us at privacy@briefalpha.com.
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BriefAlpha.com uses the following third-party services to provide its functionality. Each service has its own privacy policy:
| Service | Purpose | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Finnhub.io | Live market data API | finnhub.io/privacy-policy |
| Groq, Inc. | AI language model API | groq.com/privacy-policy |
| Google Fonts | Web typography | policies.google.com/privacy |
| Formspree, Inc. | Email form processing | formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy |
| Unpkg / Lucide | Icon library CDN | unpkg.com |
| Alpha Vantage | Mutual fund & stock data API (proxied server-side) | alphavantage.co/terms |
| TradingView | Interactive chart widgets (embedded iframe) | tradingview.com/policies |
| rss2json | News RSS feed aggregation | rss2json.com/terms |
| Koyeb | Cloud hosting & infrastructure (data in transit) | koyeb.com/privacy |
| Polymarket | Prediction market data (public API, proxied server-side — no user data transmitted) | polymarket.com/privacy-policy |
| Tiingo | Daily price history for stocks & mutual funds (proxied server-side — no user data transmitted) | tiingo.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| FRED® (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) | Macroeconomic indicator data — CPI, PCE, NFP, GDP etc. (proxied server-side — no user data transmitted; data is U.S. government public domain) | fred.stlouisfed.org/legal |
When you use BriefAlpha.com, your browser connects to these services directly. Please review their respective privacy policies to understand how they handle data.
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We use only essential technical browser storage (such as in-memory caching via JavaScript) to improve the performance of market data loading. This data is temporary, stored only in your browser's active session memory, and is not transmitted to any server.
Third-party services embedded in this site (such as Google Fonts) may set their own cookies in accordance with their privacy policies.
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We do not store personal data on BriefAlpha.com servers. Any email addresses previously submitted via our opt-in newsletter form are retained by Formspree according to their data retention policy and their original intended use (delivering market briefings). New sign-ups are not currently being accepted.
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