Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

KickTheStand ("we", "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect when you use our website, how we use it, and the rights you have over it.

2. Information We Collect

• Newsletter: if you subscribe, we collect your email address and the page you subscribed from.
• Account data: if you create an account, we collect your name, email address, and a securely hashed password (or your Discord profile if you sign in with Discord).
• Usage data: aggregate, privacy-friendly analytics about which pages are viewed. We do not build advertising profiles.
• Cookies: a small number of cookies needed to run the site and remember your cookie preferences.

3. How We Use Your Data

• To send the newsletter you signed up for;
• To operate your account and keep it secure;
• To understand which content is popular so we can improve it;
• To respond to messages you send us.

4. Cookies & Analytics

We use essential cookies to run the site and privacy-friendly analytics to measure traffic in aggregate. You can manage non-essential cookies at any time via the cookie settings in our footer.

5. Third-Party Services

We rely on a small number of trusted providers who process data on our behalf:

• Resend, to store newsletter subscribers and deliver email;
• Vercel, to host the site and provide aggregate analytics.

Affiliate and retailer links may set their own cookies when you click them; their use of data is governed by their own privacy policies.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the service providers above, as needed to operate the site, or where required by law.

7. Your Rights

Depending on where you live (including under the GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict its processing. To exercise any of these rights, contact us and we will respond within the timeframe required by law. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any email.

8. Data Retention

We keep newsletter and account data until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Aggregate analytics data is retained in a form that does not identify you.

9. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision.

11. Contact

Questions about your privacy? Reach us via our contact page.