The short version: BUILDR collects your email address (and your timezone, so we send at a sensible hour) only to deliver our free weekly newsletter and lead magnet. We never sell your data. You can unsubscribe in one click, any time.
1. Who we are
BUILDR ("we", "us", "our") is a free weekly email newsletter published at buildr.news, operated by Jimmy Lin as an independent project. For any privacy question or request, contact us at [email protected].
2. What we collect
- Your email address — only when you choose to subscribe through one of our signup forms.
- Your timezone — detected automatically by your browser at signup, used solely to schedule your weekly issue at a reasonable local hour. We do not collect your precise location.
- Functional browser storage — we use your browser's local storage to remember your light/dark theme preference and whether you've already subscribed (so we don't keep showing you the signup form). These are not tracking cookies and are never shared.
We do not use advertising cookies, tracking pixels, or third-party analytics profiling. We do not knowingly collect any data from anyone under 16.
3. How we use your data
- To send you the free weekly BUILDR newsletter and the lead-magnet PDF you requested.
- To understand, in aggregate, how many people open and read each issue, so we can make it better.
- That's it. We do not use your data for any other purpose without asking you first.
4. Who processes your data
We rely on a small number of trusted service providers to run the newsletter. Each only receives the minimum data needed:
- Kit (ConvertKit) — our email platform. It stores your email address and timezone and sends our emails. See Kit's own privacy policy for details.
- Cloudflare — hosts the buildr.news website and serves its pages.
- Google Fonts and Automattic (WordPress.com mShots) — when you load our pages, your browser requests fonts and live product-screenshot images from these services, which means your IP address is visible to them as part of normal web delivery.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to anyone, ever.
5. Legal basis (GDPR)
If you are in the UK or European Economic Area, our legal basis for processing your email address is your consent, given when you submit a signup form. You may withdraw that consent at any time by unsubscribing.
6. Your rights
- Unsubscribe — every email has a one-click unsubscribe link at the bottom. This stops all future emails immediately.
- Access, correction, or deletion — email [email protected] and we'll provide a copy of, correct, or permanently delete your data, usually within 30 days.
- If you are in California (CCPA) or the EEA/UK (GDPR), you have the right to access, delete, and object to the processing of your personal data; we honour these rights for everyone regardless of where you live.
7. Data retention
We keep your email address only while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your address is suppressed so we never email you again; you may also ask us to delete it entirely.
8. Security
Your data is stored on the systems of the established providers named above, which maintain industry-standard security. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will always reflect the current version. Material changes affecting subscribers will be noted in an issue of the newsletter.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email [email protected].