Privacy policy
Last Updated: August 16, 2026
Build Brief (“Build Brief,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit our website, read our articles, subscribe to our communications, or otherwise interact with our services.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, why we collect it, how it may be used, and the choices you may have regarding your information.
By using Build Brief, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information in several ways depending on how you interact with Build Brief.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information to us when you:
Subscribe to a newsletter or email list
Contact Build Brief
Submit feedback, comments, tips, or other information
Participate in surveys, promotions, or other features
Create an account, if account functionality is offered
Communicate with us through forms or email
This information may include your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your communication.
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your interaction with us.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Build Brief, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, server logs, analytics technologies, and similar tools.
This information may include:
IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Approximate geographic location
Referring website or page
Pages and articles viewed
Date and time of visits
Time spent on pages
Links clicked
General website interaction and performance information
We may use this information to understand how readers use Build Brief, improve our content, maintain website security, and evaluate website performance.
2. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Build Brief may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
Keep the website functioning properly
Remember certain preferences
Measure traffic and readership
Understand how visitors interact with articles and pages
Improve website performance
Detect fraud, abuse, or security threats
Measure the effectiveness of marketing or advertising
Provide or measure advertising, if applicable
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some portions of the website.
Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional choices or request consent before using certain non-essential cookies.
3. Analytics
Build Brief may use third-party analytics providers to understand website traffic and reader behavior.
These services may collect information about your device and interactions with Build Brief. Analytics information may help us determine which stories are popular, how visitors discover our content, and how we can improve the website.
Third-party analytics providers process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable agreements with us.
4. Advertising
Build Brief may display advertisements or work with advertising partners.
Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to measure advertisements and, where permitted, provide advertising based on interests or previous online activity.
Build Brief does not necessarily control the technologies used by independent advertising partners. Their collection and use of information may be governed by their own privacy policies.
Where required by law, visitors may be provided with options to manage consent for personalized advertising and related tracking technologies.
5. Affiliate Links
Some Build Brief articles may contain affiliate links.
If you click an affiliate link and purchase a product or service, Build Brief may receive a commission or other compensation. This generally does not increase the price you pay.
Third-party websites reached through affiliate links operate independently from Build Brief and may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
6. Email and Newsletters
If you subscribe to a Build Brief newsletter or other email communication, we may use your email address to send the content you requested as well as relevant updates about Build Brief.
Our email service provider may process information necessary to deliver and measure these communications, such as whether an email was delivered or opened and whether links within it were clicked.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe instructions included in those communications.
We may still send non-promotional communications when necessary, such as messages related to an account, privacy request, or other interaction you initiated.
7. How We Use Information
We may use information collected through Build Brief to:
Operate and maintain the website
Publish and improve our journalism and other content
Respond to questions, feedback, and inquiries
Deliver newsletters and requested communications
Analyze website traffic and readership
Improve website functionality and user experience
Detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents
Protect Build Brief, our readers, and others
Measure advertising or marketing effectiveness
Comply with legal obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Enforce our policies and terms
We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for research, analytics, business planning, and other legitimate purposes where permitted by law.
8. How We Share Information
Build Brief may share information with companies and individuals that help us operate our website and services.
These may include providers of:
Website hosting
Content delivery and infrastructure
Website analytics
Email and newsletter delivery
Advertising services
Security and fraud prevention
Cloud storage
Technical support
Business and professional services
We may also disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful legal requests, protect our rights or the safety of others, investigate fraud or security incidents, or enforce our agreements and policies.
If Build Brief undergoes a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by law.
Build Brief does not sell personal information for money in the ordinary meaning of the word “sell.” Certain advertising or analytics activities, however, may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws. Where applicable, we will provide legally required rights and choices.
9. Third-Party Links
Build Brief articles may link to external websites, publications, government agencies, businesses, social media platforms, research organizations, and other third-party resources.
A link from Build Brief does not mean that we control the third party's privacy practices.
Once you leave Build Brief, information you provide or that is collected through the third-party website is subject to that organization's policies. We encourage readers to review the privacy policies of websites they visit.
10. Social Media
Build Brief may maintain accounts or share content through third-party social media platforms.
When you interact with Build Brief through a social media service, that platform may collect and process information according to its own privacy policy. Information you make publicly available through social media may also be visible to Build Brief and other users.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing our services, maintaining appropriate business and security records, resolving disputes, and satisfying legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, why it was collected, and applicable legal requirements.
12. Data Security
Build Brief takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no website, network, database, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by Build Brief.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the ability to:
Request access to personal information we maintain about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Obtain a portable copy of certain information
Object to or restrict certain processing
Opt out of certain targeted advertising
Opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request
These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and verification requirements.
Build Brief will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.
14. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state laws.
Depending on the law and Build Brief's obligations under it, eligible residents may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, data portability, targeted advertising, profiling, or the sale or sharing of personal information.
Where required, Build Brief will provide mechanisms for exercising these rights.
15. Children's Privacy
Build Brief is a general-audience news website and is not intended for children under the age at which parental consent is required under applicable privacy law.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to Build Brief inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
16. International Visitors
Build Brief may be accessible from countries around the world.
If you access Build Brief from outside the country where our systems or service providers are located, your information may be processed or stored in another jurisdiction.
Where applicable, we take measures designed to handle international transfers of personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
17. Legal Bases for Processing
For visitors in jurisdictions that require a legal basis for processing personal information, our processing may rely on one or more applicable legal bases, including:
Your consent
Performance of a contract or provision of a service you requested
Compliance with a legal obligation
Our legitimate interests, where those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests
Protection of our rights or the rights of others
The applicable basis depends on the information involved and the reason it is being processed.
18. Do Not Track and Privacy Signals
Some browsers and devices provide privacy preference signals, including mechanisms intended to communicate a user's desire to opt out of certain tracking practices.
Build Brief will process legally recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals when and to the extent required by applicable law.
Browser “Do Not Track” signals are not governed by a single universally accepted standard, and our response to such signals may vary depending on applicable requirements and the technologies used on the website.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Build Brief may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, technologies, business practices, or legal obligations.
When the policy is updated, we may revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated through additional notices when appropriate or legally required.
We encourage readers to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
20. Contact Build Brief
Questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or Build Brief's privacy practices may be submitted through our website's contact page or designated privacy contact information.
Build Brief
Privacy Contact: contact@buildbrief.org
Website: www.buildbrief.org
For privacy-rights requests, please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.