What we collect
Email addresses. When you subscribe to the weekly memo or sign in to save articles and chats, we store your email. Subscriber emails live in our Postgres database on Neon (US region). Signin emails are stored in a separate users table with a session token.
Saved articles and chats. When you sign in and save a chat conversation with an article, we store that chat content, linked to your account. These are visible only to you.
Analytics events. We use PostHog (US Cloud) to track aggregate engagement: time spent reading, scroll completion, which chats you open, which features you try. We do not run autocapture. We only fire events our code explicitly logs.
Session recordings. PostHog captures session recordings with all form inputs masked. Sampling is limited to a small fraction of sessions to keep server load reasonable.
Cookies. Two HTTP-only session cookies: ftnews_session (admin-only), ft_session (reader). Both are signed JSON Web Tokens. No third-party cookies.
Why we collect it
We need your email to authenticate you and send the weekly memo. Saved chats let you keep a reading journal without us storing it on our servers. Analytics help us understand which articles perform well and which features readers actually use. None of this is for ad targeting. We don't have ads.
Who we share it with
Almost no one. When you use the chat feature, your message and the article snippet are sent to Anthropic Claude via OpenRouter for processing. That falls under their privacy policy. We do not share your data with advertisers, data brokers, or other third parties. We don't sell it.
Your rights
You can request a full export of your data or ask us to delete your account. Email the same address that weekly memos are sent from (or contact the team at Flip-Tech). We'll respond within 30 days. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter anytime using the link at the bottom of any email. If you enable Do Not Track in your browser, we stop recording analytics.
Changes to this policy
As FT.News grows, we may collect new types of data. If we make substantive changes (not just clarifications), we'll notify you. The "last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.
Contact
Questions about privacy or want to exercise a data right? Reply to any weekly memo email or reach out to the team at Flip-Tech. We read all inquiries.