Privacy Policy

After Forty Digest ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website (afterfortydigest.com), how we use it, when we share it, and what rights you have. By using this website, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or otherwise interact with the site, you may provide us with:

• Your email address (for newsletter subscription and correspondence)
• Your name (if you choose to provide it)
• The content of your messages to us
• Any other information you voluntarily submit

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and how you use the site, including:

• IP address and approximate location (country, region, or city level)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited on our site and time spent on each page
• Date and time of your visit
• Anonymous device identifiers

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our advertising partners use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to operate the site, understand how it's used, and deliver relevant advertising. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Deliver, maintain, and improve our website and newsletter
• Send you the newsletter you subscribed to (and manage your subscription preferences)
• Respond to your inquiries and correspondence
• Analyze site usage and traffic patterns
• Serve relevant advertising, including from third-party advertising partners
• Detect and prevent fraud, security incidents, and abuse of our services
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Advertising and Third-Party Partners

After Forty Digest is supported by advertising and affiliate partnerships. This means:

• Third-party advertising networks may serve ads on our site and use cookies or similar technologies to measure ad performance and personalize what you see.
• We may include affiliate links to third-party products or services. If you click through and take an action (such as making a purchase), we may receive a referral fee. This does not increase your cost.
• Some pages on our site are marked as "advertorial" or "advertisement" — these are paid content clearly disclosed as such.

You can opt out of interest-based advertising from participating advertising networks at the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), or the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC).

4. When We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers. Third-party vendors who help us operate the site (email delivery, analytics, hosting) may process your information on our behalf under contractual confidentiality obligations.
• Legal compliance. If required by law, subpoena, court order, or valid governmental request.
• Business transfers. If we're involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may transfer with the business.
• Consent. With your explicit consent for any purpose not listed above.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe and request deletion at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email or by writing to [email protected].

6. Your Rights

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
• Delete personal information we've collected from you
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information (we do not sell personal information)
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information
• Non-discrimination for exercising these rights

To exercise these rights, contact [email protected].

European Union / United Kingdom Residents (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are located in the EU or UK, you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data, and the right to data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Other US State Privacy Laws

Residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws (including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, and others) have similar rights of access, correction, deletion, and opt-out. Contact [email protected] to exercise these rights.

Washington State Consumer Health Data

Washington State's My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) provides additional protections for consumer health data. See our separate Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy for details.

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is directed at adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU/UK). If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will delete it.

8. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. International Transfers

Our servers and service providers may be located in the United States or other countries. If you access the site from outside the US, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence. Where required, we use standard contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards.

10. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. Because there is no industry standard for how to interpret this signal, we currently do not respond to Do Not Track signals. You can still control tracking through the opt-out links referenced in Section 3.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated to newsletter subscribers by email.

12. Contact Us