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Privacy
Last updated 2 October 2026.
What we collect from visitors
- Aggregate page views, through our own analytics, not a third-party tracker.
- An email address, only if you submit it in the update form or a sample form. An update-form address gets the next count. A sample-form address gets the sample and at most two follow-up mails about that list, each with an unsubscribe link.
- When you buy a list: the email address you type beside the buy button, the site you came from and the first page you opened. They are sent to Stripe with the order. The email is used for the download link and for one message if the payment is not completed.
The site has no account and no login, and no cookie is tied to a person.
People named on the site
Beat lists name journalists with their outlet and job title. These come from titles and headlines the person published on their own professional profile, and from Wikidata. The method page lists the sources. To ask about or correct an entry, email the address below.
Processors
- Render: hosts the application.
- MongoDB Atlas: stores the addresses typed into the sample and update forms.
- SendGrid: sends the sample mail and the two follow-up mails.
- Pulse (pulse-rvrb.onrender.com): our own analytics, on our own server. It records page views and update-form submissions.