Privacy policy

Last updated: November 2026

If you subscribe to the newsletter I keep your email address, and I count visits with Google Analytics. I don't run ads and I don't sell data.

Who runs this site

This website is operated by Sascha Roslyakov, an independent journalist. For privacy purposes I am the data controller. You can reach me at hello@roslyakov.com with any privacy question.

What data is collected

Newsletter signup

• Your email address, needed to send you the newsletter.
• Subscription source, a tag noting which of my sites you signed up on.
• Timestamp and IP address, recorded by the newsletter provider for fraud prevention.

Site visits

The site uses Google Analytics to count visits. For each visit it records:

• What you looked at: the pages and when.
• Approximate location: city and country, worked out from your IP address. Google Analytics doesn't store the IP address itself.
• Device: device type, browser and operating system.
• How you arrived: the site that linked here (a search engine, LinkedIn, a news site), the campaign tag in the link if it had one, or "direct" if neither.

Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_…) so it can tell a returning browser from a new one. You can block them in your browser settings or with Google's opt-out add-on.

Stored in your browser

To avoid asking twice, the site keeps two small notes in your browser's local storage: whether you have subscribed, and when you last closed the newsletter pop-up (it stays away for 7 days). Neither is sent anywhere, and you can clear them in your browser settings.

How your data is used

I use your email only to send the newsletter and occasional news about my reporting. I don't share the list. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link at the bottom of every newsletter.

Where data is processed

• beehiiv (United States) delivers the newsletter as a data processor under contract. Details under newsletter privacy.
• Google (Ireland and the United States) runs Google Analytics. Its privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

Legal basis (GDPR)

The newsletter is based on consent: you tick a box and submit the form. You can withdraw consent at any time by unsubscribing.

Visitor statistics are based on my legitimate interest in knowing how the site is found and read. You can object at any time by blocking the cookies above or by emailing me.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete, export or object to processing of your data, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Email hello@roslyakov.com to use any of these rights.

Retention

Your email is kept only while you remain subscribed. Once you unsubscribe it is removed from the active list immediately. Google Analytics keeps visit-level data for up to 14 months; after that only aggregate counts remain.

Children

This site is not intended for children under 16, and I don't knowingly collect data from anyone in that age group.

Changes

If this policy changes meaningfully, the date above will update and subscribers will be told in the newsletter.

Newsletter privacy

Last updated: November 2026

How the newsletter handles your data, kept apart from the general policy because an outside provider is involved.

The provider: beehiiv

The newsletter is sent through beehiiv, an email service provider based in the United States. They store your email address and send the newsletter on my behalf, under a data processing contract. On the way, your address passes through a small relay I run on Cloudflare, which forwards it to beehiiv. Their policy: beehiiv.com/privacy.

What beehiiv stores

• Your email address.
• Subscription date and IP address (for fraud prevention).
• Email engagement: whether you opened a given issue and which links you clicked.
• Tags from the signup form, such as which site you signed up on.

What I see

I can see aggregated open and click rates per issue, plus your subscription date and country (approximate, from IP). I do not sell, share or hand over the list to anyone.

International transfers

Your email is stored on beehiiv's servers in the US. Under GDPR this is a transfer to a third country; beehiiv handles the legal basis for it under standard contractual clauses.

Unsubscribing and deletion

Every newsletter has a one-click unsubscribe link. If you want your address fully purged, not just unsubscribed, email hello@roslyakov.com and I will process it within 30 days. In the unlikely event of a data breach affecting subscribers, I will notify them within 72 hours of becoming aware, as GDPR Article 33 requires.