Legal & TransparencyLast Updated: March 2025

Privacy Policy

We value your trust. This document outlines how Simple Mornings manages, safeguards, and respects your personal information across all our digital platforms.

1. Overview & Scope

At Simple Mornings, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy while delivering thoughtful lifestyle stories and recommendations.

This Privacy Policy explains how Simple Mornings ('we', 'us', or 'our') collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal data when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, or interact with our digital publications. By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this notice.

2. Information We Collect

We only collect data necessary to enhance your reading experience and deliver editorial content.

We gather two main categories of information: direct inputs you voluntarily provide (such as your name and email address when joining our newsletter or submitting a comment) and automated analytics data (such as browser type, device information, visited articles, and approximate geographical location).

3. How We Use Your Data

Data helps us improve our lifestyle stories, curate recommendations, and keep in touch.

Your information is used strictly to provide editorial updates, manage reader accounts, optimize website performance, fulfill newsletter deliveries, prevent fraudulent activity, and comply with legal requirements. We never sell your personal contact information to third parties.

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use essential and performance cookies to remember your preferences and analyze traffic.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use essential cookies to maintain security and session state, analytical cookies to count reader visits, and preference cookies to save your display choices. You can modify your browser settings to reject cookies at any time.

5. Third-Party Integrations

We work with reputable hosting, analytics, and newsletter service providers.

To run our magazine smoothly, we collaborate with vetted partners including email dispatch services, cloud hosting networks, and traffic monitoring tools. These third parties only receive access to the specific data needed to perform their services on our behalf.

6. Your Privacy Rights

You hold complete authority over your personal information at all times.

Under GDPR, CCPA, and applicable global privacy statutes, you have the right to request access to the data we hold on you, correct inaccuracies, request full deletion ('right to be forgotten'), opt out of direct marketing emails via the unsubscribe link, or request a portable copy of your data.

7. Data Protection & Retention

We deploy standard encryption protocols and maintain strict data retention standards.

We apply industry-standard SSL/TLS encryption, firewall architectures, and internal access constraints to safeguard your information. We retain personal records only as long as necessary to fulfill the editorial services requested or comply with regulatory obligations.

Summary of Collected Information & Legal Basis

The table below provides a concise overview of the specific data categories processed by Simple Mornings.

CategoryExamplesPrimary PurposeLegal Basis
Identity & ContactName, email address, usernameNewsletter delivery, reader accounts, direct repliesConsent & Contractual intent
Usage & EngagementArticles read, time spent, click patternsEditorial improvement & content curationLegitimate interest
Technical DetailsIP address, browser type, device OSSite stability, responsive design, securityLegitimate interest
PreferencesTheme settings, newsletter frequencyPersonalized browsing experienceConsent

Frequently Asked Privacy Questions

Need a copy of your personal data?

Submit a data portability or erasure request anytime.