Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This policy explains how Wiiver, Inc. (“Wiiver,” “we,” “us”) handles personal information in connection with wiiver.co and the Wiiver Weekly newsletter. Wiiver, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that operates from Washington, D.C. We are the controller of the limited personal data described here, and you can reach us anytime at josh.lynwood@wiiver.co.

2. What we collect, and what we don’t

Wiiver has no user accounts and no login. You can read everything on the site without giving us any personal information, and the website itself stores no personal data about you. There are only two ways we come into contact with your information:

The newsletter

When you subscribe to Wiiver Weekly, the signup form collects your first name, last name, and email address, nothing more. This information is collected and stored by our newsletter platform, beehiiv (see section 3); it is not stored natively on wiiver.co. beehiiv also gives us aggregate engagement data, for example, how many people opened an edition or clicked a link, to help us improve the newsletter.

Website analytics

We measure basic, aggregate traffic using Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is privacy-first by design: it sets no cookies, uses no client-side tracking or fingerprinting, and does not identify you or build an advertising profile. It reports aggregate figures such as page views, referring sites, and general device or browser type. Because it doesn’t track individuals or store anything on your device, Wiiver does not need a cookie-consent banner.

3. How your newsletter data is handled (beehiiv)

Our newsletter runs entirely on beehiiv, Inc., which acts as our data processor (or “service provider”) and handles your name and email on our behalf and under our instructions. A few things worth knowing:

• beehiiv stores subscriber data on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure located in the United States.
• beehiiv maintains SOC 2 Type I–audited security controls and publishes a list of its own sub-processors.
• Your subscription is also subject to beehiiv’s privacy policy. For EU/UK data-transfer questions, beehiiv offers Standard Contractual Clauses and a data-request process.

4. How we use your information

• To send you Wiiver Weekly and essential messages about it (such as a confirmation);
• To understand, in aggregate, which topics resonate and how the site is performing; and
• To respond when you get in touch, and to meet legal obligations.

We do not use your information to build advertising profiles, and we do not sell or share it (see section 6).

5. Legal bases (EU/UK readers)

Where the EU or UK GDPR applies, we rely on your consent to send you the newsletter, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing, and on our legitimate interests in understanding aggregate readership and keeping the site secure. Cloudflare’s cookieless analytics are designed to operate without requiring consent.

6. Sharing and selling

We do not sell or share your personal information (including as those terms are used under California law), and we don’t use it for targeted advertising. We disclose it only to the providers that make Wiiver run, principally beehiiv (newsletter) and Cloudflare (site delivery and cookieless analytics), and only as needed to provide their service. We may also disclose information if required by law, or as part of a future business transfer, in which case we’ll seek to keep it protected under terms consistent with this policy.

7. How long we keep it

We keep your subscriber details for as long as you’re subscribed to Wiiver Weekly. When you unsubscribe, beehiiv removes you from the active list, and we delete or anonymize your details within about 30 days, unless we’re legally required to keep them longer. Aggregate analytics contain no personal data and may be kept indefinitely.

8. Your choices and rights

Everyone

You can unsubscribe at any time using the one-click link in every email. You can also email josh.lynwood@wiiver.co to access, correct, or delete the information we hold about you.

California readers

You have the right to know, delete, and correct your personal information, to opt out of its sale or sharing, and not to be treated differently for exercising these rights. As noted above, we do not sell or share personal information, and we honor recognized opt-out signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC).

EU / UK / Swiss readers

You have the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection; the right to withdraw consent at any time; and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

9. Children’s privacy

Wiiver is intended for a general, professional audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; if you believe we have, email josh.lynwood@wiiver.co and we’ll delete it.

10. International readers

Wiiver operates from the United States, and our providers (including beehiiv and Cloudflare) process data in the United States. If you subscribe from outside the U.S., your information will be processed there. Where required for EU/UK transfers, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the Standard Contractual Clauses offered through beehiiv.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, and the site is served over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. Our providers maintain their own audited security programs. No method of transmission or storage is ever perfectly secure, but the amount of personal data involved here is deliberately small.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We’ll post the revised version here and update the effective date above, and we’ll note material changes plainly.

13. Contact us

Questions or requests about your privacy? Email josh.lynwood@wiiver.co. A postal mailing address will be added here shortly.