Privacy policy

Introduction

At Healthy Man Daily we take your privacy seriously. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you subscribe to our newsletter or use the site.

Information we collect

• Email address — collected when you subscribe.
• An anonymous device identifier — a random ID we set in a cookie named hmd_uid the first time you visit (no account or email required). It lets us recognize the same browser for things like read streaks, Brain Train attempts, saved items, and comment/vote limits. It is not tied to your identity unless you also subscribe or sign in — and if you do sign in, we link your devices’ IDs to your email so streaks and saves follow you across devices.
• Reading activity — which issues you read, your read streak, and your Brain Train answer attempts (we log the attempt, never reveal it to anyone).
• Usage data — how you interact with our emails (opens, clicks) and the site, plus how you arrived (referrer / campaign tags).
• Preferences you tell us — if you complete the optional onboarding quiz, your goals, age band, training frequency, and topic interests (stored as tags). Every question is optional and skippable.
• What you write us — comments, feedback board posts, free-text onboarding answers, or replies to an issue. We keep these to help guide what we cover and to respond.
• Referral activity — if you use a referral link (ours or SparkLoop’s recommendation network), we track which link brought a signup so referral rewards can be credited correctly.
• Bot-check signals — on some forms (advertiser checkout, comments) we run Cloudflare Turnstile, a privacy-preserving check that a submission is human. It does not track you across other sites.
• Error logs — if something breaks, our error-tracking tool (Sentry) captures technical details (stack trace, URL, browser) to help us fix it. Sentry’s personal-data collection is turned off; error-replay recordings mask all text and block all media, and we don’t record sessions unless an error occurs.

How we use your information

• To send you the daily newsletter.
• To improve and steer our content based on engagement and the topics readers ask for.
• To communicate important updates.
• To meet legal obligations.

Data sharing

We will never sell your email address or personal information.

• Email provider — we use ConvertKit (Kit) to manage the list and send issues.
• Payments — Stripe processes all payments and card details. If you’re an advertiser and choose to reuse a saved payment method for a repeat booking, that card is stored by Stripe, not by us — we keep only a reference ID pointing to your Stripe customer record, never a card number.
• Analytics — we use privacy-conscious product analytics (PostHog, proxied through our own domain) to understand how content performs; we do not enable session recording and do not sell your data.
• Error tracking — Sentry receives technical crash/error data as described above.
• Referral network — SparkLoop receives the minimum needed to track and reward referrals (e.g. which link was used), not your reading activity or preferences.
• Advertisers — sponsors only ever see aggregate, anonymized audience statistics (e.g. “X% are 35–54”). They never receive your email, your individual answers, or anything you write us.

Your rights

• Unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email.
• Request a copy of your data.
• Request deletion of your data.
• Update your preferences.

Data security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission over the internet is fully secure.

Contact

Questions? Email hello@healthymandaily.com.