Privacy policy

Short version: we collect your email to send you the newsletter, we never sell it, and we don't use ad trackers or third-party analytics on this site.

This policy covers hotrodmyai.com and the Hot Rod My AI newsletter, run by CS Digital Media, LLC, 15814 Champions Forest Dr. #105, Spring, TX 77379.

What we collect

• Your email address, when you join, and the date you joined.
• Where you came from, if the link you used said so (for example a campaign tag or the page that referred you), and your horsepower test score if you signed up from the test.
• Membership details from Stripe: that you're a member, your plan, its status and Stripe's customer ID for you. Stripe processes your card. We never see or store your card number.
• Usage counts: pages viewed, sign-ups, downloads and button clicks, recorded on our own server without cookies. These records don't include your IP address. If you're signed in, a download is linked to your email.
• Protection counters: to stop scraping and abuse, we briefly count requests per IP address. These counters reset within a day and are deleted within 7 days.

Cookies

One cookie, set only when a member signs in, keeps you signed in to the members' area for up to 60 days. No advertising or tracking cookies. Your browser may also remember, for the current tab only, the campaign tag of the link you arrived on, so we can credit it if you sign up.

How we use it

• To send the newsletter, sign-in links, and membership and billing emails.
• To give members access to their skill files.
• To see which pages and links work, so we can improve them.
• To protect the Service from scraping, fraud and abuse.

Who we share it with

We never sell or rent your information. We share it only with the companies that run the Service for us: Cloudflare (hosting and database), Resend (sending email) and Stripe (payments), each under their own privacy terms, and with authorities if the law requires it.

How long we keep it

We keep your email while you're subscribed or a member. If you unsubscribe, we keep a record that you did so we don't email you again. Protection counters are deleted within 7 days. Usage counts are kept to understand trends. Ask us and we'll delete your information, except what we must keep for tax or legal reasons.

Your choices

• Unsubscribe with the one-click link in any email.
• Cancel membership from the members' area.
• Ask for a copy of your information, a correction or deletion by emailing hello@hotrodmyai.com. We answer within 30 days.

Children

The Service is for adults 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from children.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll update the date above and tell subscribers in the next issue.