Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Emergent Technologies, LLC, a New York limited liability company operating DailyBriefs.ai (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information in connection with the DailyBriefs.ai website and our AI-generated newsletter and intelligence-brief subscription service (the “Service”). It applies to visitors and subscribers of the Service.

This Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms of Use. Capitalized terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Terms of Use. By using the Service, you acknowledge this Policy. Where required by law, we rely on your consent, which we obtain separately (for example, through our cookie-consent banner).

For the purposes of the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the data controller is Emergent Technologies, LLC, P.O. Box 251, Delmar, NY 12054, USA. For any privacy question or request, contact us at brief@dailybriefs.ai.

The Service is for adults. You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, and we do not direct the Service to children. If we learn that we have collected information from a person under 18, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a minor has provided us information, contact brief@dailybriefs.ai.

This bar exists to keep us outside the scope of the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the child-consent provisions of the GDPR. It is consistent with the eligibility requirement in our Terms of Use.

We practice data minimization: we collect only what we need to operate the Service. Specifically:

4.1 Information you provide

4.2 Information collected automatically

Sensitive data. We do not intentionally collect special-category or sensitive personal information. Note that the topics you choose to track are your own free-text or menu selections; please do not submit sensitive information (such as health, precise location, or government-ID data) through topic selection, as we do not need it and do not want it.

We use personal information to:

• provide, personalize, and deliver the Service and your Briefs;
• process payments and manage your subscription (via Stripe);
• send transactional and administrative messages, and, where permitted, marketing messages you can opt out of;
• operate analytics and, subject to your consent, advertising/retargeting;
• improve the Service, including through aggregated and de-identified analysis (see Section 6);
• maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, and enforce our Terms; and
• comply with legal obligations and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

We may create aggregated and de-identified data from usage of the Service and use it for any lawful business purpose, including improving the Service and our models and understanding demand. Aggregated/de-identified data does not identify you and cannot reasonably be linked back to you; we maintain and use it only in a form that does not re-identify any individual, and we do not attempt to re-identify it. This data is not treated as personal information under this Policy.

Where the GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases:

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing. Where we rely on legitimate interests, you may object as described in Section 11.

(a) We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site function, analytics, and advertising/retargeting.

(b) Consent-first. Non-essential cookies — including analytics and advertising/retargeting — load only after you consent through our cookie-consent banner. You can change or withdraw your choices at any time through the banner or your browser settings.

(c) Advertising and retargeting. We use third-party advertising technologies (such as pixels) that may set identifiers to show you relevant ads on other sites. Under certain U.S. state laws, this activity is treated as “selling” or “sharing” personal information — see Section 9 for how to opt out.

(d) Analytics providers: Google Analytics. Advertising providers: Meta (Facebook) and Google Ads.

If you are a California resident, you have the right to: know what personal information we collect and how we use and disclose it; access and delete your personal information; correct inaccurate personal information; and opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information and of targeted advertising. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that require a separate right to limit.

BECAUSE WE USE ADVERTISING/RETARGETING TECHNOLOGIES, WE “SELL” OR “SHARE” PERSONAL INFORMATION AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW.

How to opt out. Use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link in our website footer, adjust your choices in the cookie banner, or email brief@dailybriefs.ai. We also honor recognized opt-out preference signals (such as Global Privacy Control) where required.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. You may use an authorized agent to submit requests, subject to verification. To verify a request, we will match information you provide against our records.

We are based in the United States, and our service providers — including our payment processor, email, analytics, hosting, and the AI providers described in Section 12 — may process your information in the United States and other countries. These countries may not offer the same level of data protection as your home country.

Where we transfer personal information out of the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK Addendum where applicable), or another lawful transfer mechanism. You may request information about these safeguards at brief@dailybriefs.ai.

If the GDPR applies to you, you have the right to: access; rectification; erasure (“right to be forgotten”); restriction of processing; data portability; objection to processing based on legitimate interests or to direct marketing; and withdrawal of consent. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

To exercise any right, email brief@dailybriefs.ai. We will respond within the timeframes required by law (generally one month under the GDPR; 45 days under California law, extendable as permitted). We may need to verify your identity before acting.

(a) Your Briefs are generated using automated and artificial-intelligence systems. To produce them, your topic selections and related query data are processed by us and by third-party AI and data providers acting as our service providers/processors.

(b) We currently use Anthropic’s AI models to generate Briefs, and we may use additional AI or search/data providers as the Service evolves. A current list of material subprocessors is available on request at brief@dailybriefs.ai.

(c) Our contractual posture. We instruct our AI providers to process your data only to deliver the Service, and we do not permit them to use your inputs to train their models. Our current AI provider is Anthropic (the maker of Claude), and processing by Anthropic is subject to Anthropic’s applicable commercial terms and usage policies, available at anthropic.com/legal. If we add or change AI providers, we will apply the same no-training instruction and update this Policy accordingly.

We do not sell your personal information for money. We share personal information only as follows:

• Service providers / processors — Stripe (payments), email delivery, analytics, hosting, and AI providers, under contract and only to operate the Service;
• Advertising partners — as described in Sections 8–9, which may constitute “sale/share” under California law;
• Legal and safety — to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, and protect our rights, users, and the Service;
• Business transfers — in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, subject to this Policy; and
• With your direction or consent — when you ask us to share information.

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this Policy, then delete or de-identify it. Our default periods:

Where you exercise a valid deletion right, we honor it subject to the legal exceptions above (for example, we retain what tax law requires, keep your email on the suppression list, and retain generated Brief content in de-identified form).

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information, including encryption in transit, access controls, and use of reputable processors such as Stripe for payment data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affecting your personal information occurs, we will notify you and regulators as required by applicable law.

Your Briefs and account messages are part of the Service you subscribe to. For any marketing email, you may unsubscribe at any time using the link in the message or by emailing brief@dailybriefs.ai. We handle email consistent with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act and, for EU/UK subscribers, applicable e-privacy and consent requirements. Transactional messages necessary to operate your subscription may continue after you opt out of marketing.

Briefs and the Service may link to third-party websites and sources we do not control. Their privacy practices are their own, and this Policy does not apply to them. Review their policies before providing information.

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last Updated” date and post the revised Policy. For material changes, we will provide notice by email or through the Service before the change takes effect where required by law. Your continued use of the Service after an update takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy, except where we are required to obtain your consent.

Emergent Technologies, LLC — P.O. Box 251, Delmar, NY 12054 — brief@dailybriefs.ai

For privacy requests, please put “Privacy Request” in the subject line so we can route and verify it promptly.