1. Information We Collect

To provide a better experience, we may collect:

• Account data — email, display name, interface language, and sign-up source when you register or update your profile
• Newsletter data — email, language, source, interests, confirmation and unsubscribe status, and delivery records when you opt in
• Membership and billing data — product, order, subscription, entitlement, amount, currency, and Stripe customer identifiers when those features are enabled and used; complete payment-card credentials are handled by Stripe rather than stored directly by Minto
• Questions and usage — Ask Minto sends your question and recent chat context to the site server and DeepSeek to generate an answer; account-level feature counts are also recorded
• Traffic and performance data — Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights may process page, referrer, device, region, and performance data, subject to the active configuration and vendor documentation
• Browser-local data — the site reads and updates theme, palette, motion, reading progress, bookmarks, annotations, and a local copy of Ask Minto chats in your browser

2. How We Use It

We never sell or rent your email to third parties.

• To send you newsletters / article updates you opted into
• To improve content and UX
• To operate sign-in, access control, usage allowances, invitations, and membership entitlements
• To process orders, subscriptions, billing, and support when those features are enabled
• To answer a question and preserve recent context when you actively use Ask Minto

3. Cookies & Third Parties

Essential cookies support sign-in sessions and newsletter-confirmation receipts; reading preferences are primarily stored in browser local storage. Depending on which feature is configured and used, third-party services include:

• Vercel — hosting, analytics, and performance monitoring
• Supabase — authentication, profiles, newsletter records, entitlements, and usage allowances
• Resend — subscription confirmation, email delivery, and unsubscribe synchronization
• DeepSeek — questions and recent context sent only when you use Ask Minto
• Stripe — checkout, payment methods, subscriptions, and refunds only when billing is enabled and used
• Giscus and GitHub Discussions — comment activity only when comments are configured and loaded

4. Your Rights

• Unsubscribe anytime via the link in every email
• Request access, correction, or deletion of site account or newsletter data — email us; identity verification and applicable requirements may apply
• Clear browser-local data through your browser settings; reading progress, bookmarks, annotations, and local chat history may then be unrecoverable
• Limit cookies through your browser settings, although blocking essential cookies may affect sign-in and subscription confirmation

5. Data Retention

Unsubscribing stops future newsletter mail and marks the contact as unsubscribed; it does not necessarily erase every historical record immediately. Account, order, subscription, entitlement, security, and delivery records are retained as needed to provide the service, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and meet applicable obligations. Browser-local data remains until you or the browser clears it; vendor retention depends on configuration and vendor policy.

6. Processing Locations

Cloud providers may process data outside your location. The specific location depends on deployment region, account configuration, and provider arrangements. Cloud account, email, analytics, AI, and payment processing are not described as fully local.

7. Updates

This policy may change with site features, vendors, or applicable requirements. The date at the top identifies the current public version; where a change materially affects your rights or how data is used, additional notice will be provided when appropriate.