Alumni Digest

Privacy Notice

Last updated October 4, 2026. This notice explains how the public Alumni Digest preview handles subscription information.

What we collect

When you subscribe, we collect the email address you provide, your selected university edition, the time the request was received, and the form source. We also record a verification event and basic delivery state so we can operate the subscription.

With each subscription and verification we also record a signup footprint: the page you subscribed from and the page you first arrived on, the referring site and any campaign tags in the link (for example utm_source), your device type, operating system and browser, screen size, language and time zone, your IP address, and the approximate location our network provider (Cloudflare) derives from it (country, and region or city when available). We do not use cookies for this, track you across other sites, or record pages you read before subscribing beyond the first one.

Why we use it

We use the signup footprint to understand which stories, campuses and emails bring readers, to see whether the site works on phones and computers, and to detect abuse. We use subscription information to verify your address, deliver the Alumni Digest email edition, prevent abuse, respond to requests, and maintain a reliable subscription ledger. We do not sell subscription records or publish subscriber addresses.

How we protect it

The local preview encrypts email addresses at rest and keeps a separate hash for duplicate detection. The private subscription ledger is access-controlled and is not linked from the public landing page. Verification codes expire after 15 minutes and are removed after successful verification.

Providers and retention

If email delivery is enabled, a domain-matched email provider receives the address and message needed to send the verification email. We retain a subscription while it is active or while we need it to honor a request, prevent abuse, or meet an operational obligation. The public preview does not send email until delivery credentials are configured. We keep IP addresses and approximate location for up to 12 months after signup, then delete them or keep only country-level counts.

Your choices

You may decline to subscribe, request correction or deletion, or request removal from a delivered issue. Use the reply address shown in the latest Alumni Digest email; a domain-matched privacy mailbox will be published before public launch.