Privacy Policy — BriefAlpha

1. Information We Collect

We do not collect, store, or sell personal data on our own servers. BriefAlpha.com is a client-side application — market data is fetched directly from third-party APIs by your browser.

The only personal information we may receive is your email address, submitted voluntarily via our newsletter signup form. Email addresses submitted through our signup form are processed exclusively by Formspree, Inc. — we do not receive or store them on BriefAlpha.com servers.

2. How We Use Information

Email addresses collected through our newsletter signup are used solely for the purpose of delivering market briefing emails to subscribers who request them. We do not use email addresses for any other purpose.

We never sell, rent, share, or transfer your email address to any third party, except to Formspree as the email service processor, subject to their privacy policy.

3. Third-Party Services

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

When you use BriefAlpha.com, your browser connects to these services directly. Please review their respective privacy policies to understand how they handle data.

4. Cookies

BriefAlpha.com does not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or analytics cookies of any kind.

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.

5. GDPR Rights (EU Residents)

If you are a resident of the European Union or European Economic Area, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:

The right to access personal data we hold about you
The right to rectification of inaccurate data
The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
The right to restriction of processing
The right to data portability
The right to object to processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@briefalpha.com.

6. CCPA Rights (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides you with additional rights, including:

The right to know what personal information we collect
The right to delete your personal information
The right to opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@briefalpha.com.

7. Children's Privacy

BriefAlpha.com is not intended for users under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at privacy@briefalpha.com and we will take steps to delete it.

8. Data Retention

We do not store personal data on BriefAlpha.com servers. Email addresses submitted via our newsletter form are retained by Formspree according to their data retention policy and are used only to send the requested email briefings.

You may unsubscribe from email communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us directly.

9. Contact

For privacy-related inquiries, please contact:

privacy@briefalpha.com

For general inquiries: contact@briefalpha.com