Privacy Policy

Effective: 1 March 2026 Last updated: 1 March 2026

This policy describes what personal information Scale Your Earn collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. We try to write these documents in the same voice as the rest of the journal — plainly, and without hiding anything behind legal language that only obscures meaning.

01Overview

Scale Your Earn ("we", "us", "the journal") is an independent editorial publication accessible at scaleyourearn.com. This policy covers our website, newsletter, and any reader interactions connected to them. It does not cover third-party websites we may link to, which have their own policies.

We collect only the data we reasonably need to run the site and respond to readers. We do not sell reader data, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers for targeting purposes. Where third-party services process data on our behalf (for example, our newsletter provider or our analytics tool), we use services that allow us to operate on a standard data-processing agreement.

02What data we collect

We collect two categories of information:

Information you provide directly

Your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter.
Your name, email, and message content when you contact us via the contact form or direct email.
Any additional information you voluntarily include in correspondence — for example, if you contribute data to one of our reader surveys.

Information collected automatically

Technical log data from your visit — IP address, browser type and version, device type, referrer, pages viewed, and approximate timing. This is typical server-log data.
Aggregated analytics data (page views, bounce rate, traffic sources) collected through our analytics provider. This data is pseudonymised where possible.
Small data files called cookies, described in the cookies section below.

03How we use it

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To operate the site. Server logs help us diagnose problems, detect abuse, and maintain uptime.
To send the newsletter. If you subscribe, we use your email to send new essays and occasional administrative notices. You can unsubscribe from any newsletter using the link at the bottom of every email.
To respond to you. If you write to us, we use your contact information to reply and to keep a record of the conversation.
To understand what works editorially. Aggregated analytics help us see which essays readers find useful. We do not use analytics to build individual reader profiles.
To meet legal obligations. Where required, we retain certain records to comply with tax, accounting, and other legal requirements.

04Cookies and similar technologies

We use a small, specific set of cookies. You can see our cookie notice the first time you visit the site and adjust your preferences. The categories are:

Essential cookies

These are necessary for the site to function and cannot be disabled. They include a cookie that remembers you have already seen the cookie notice, and any session cookie required by the form handlers.

Analytics cookies

If you accept the optional cookies, our analytics provider sets a cookie that helps us measure traffic and engagement in aggregate. You can decline these by choosing "Essential only" in our cookie notice, or by using your browser's privacy settings.

We do not use advertising or tracking cookies on the main journal pages. The "/offer" page, which handles partner referrals, uses short-lived redirect logic but does not itself set a tracking cookie.

05Third-party services

We rely on a small number of third-party services to run the journal. Each of these has its own privacy policy, which we recommend reading if you interact with them through our site:

Our hosting provider, which stores the site files and processes server requests.
A content delivery network (Cloudflare), which accelerates delivery and provides basic security against abusive traffic.
Our analytics provider, used to measure aggregate traffic.
Our newsletter service, used to send the newsletter if you subscribe.
Font provider (Google Fonts), which serves the typefaces used on the site.
Our partner offer network, which hosts the third-party offer referenced in our sponsored content. When you click through to a partner offer, you leave our site and their privacy practices apply.

We share personal data only in these specific cases:

With the third-party services listed above, for the specific purposes described.
Where you explicitly direct us to (for example, by clicking through to a partner offer).
Where required by law, court order, or legitimate regulatory request.
In the rare event of a business transfer (sale, merger, reorganisation), reader data may be transferred to the new owner under the same terms as this policy.

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.

07How long we keep data

We keep data only as long as we need it:

Newsletter subscribers: until you unsubscribe, or after 24 months of no engagement we remove addresses from the active list.
Contact correspondence: up to 36 months, to maintain continuity when readers write back.
Server logs: up to 90 days, after which they are rotated and discarded.
Aggregated analytics: retained indefinitely, as it is no longer personally identifiable.

08Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data. These can include:

The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
The right to correct inaccurate data.
The right to request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
The right to object to processing or to restrict it.
The right to data portability.
The right to withdraw consent where we rely on consent.
The right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please write to us at privacy@scaleyourearn.com. We will respond within 30 days.

09Children

Scale Your Earn is intended for an adult audience. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10How we protect your data

We use standard security measures to protect reader data: HTTPS encryption across the site, access controls on admin systems, reputable hosting and service providers with their own security practices, and minimisation of collected data as a matter of policy. No online service can guarantee absolute security, but we take the protection of reader data seriously.

11Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we update the "Last updated" date at the top. For material changes — for example, a change in how data is shared — we will notify newsletter subscribers by email and post a visible notice on the site.

12Contact us about privacy

Questions, corrections, deletion requests, or complaints about this policy or our practices can be sent to privacy@scaleyourearn.com. For general enquiries, please see our contact page.