Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you create a Stork News account, we collect your name, email address, and password. During onboarding and ongoing use, we also collect the sources you choose to follow — such as X (Twitter) handles, RSS feeds, Substack URLs, subreddits, and YouTube channels — along with your delivery preferences (email, Telegram, audio, or webhook), your chosen delivery schedule, and basic usage analytics such as login frequency and feature engagement. We do not collect or store account credentials for any third-party platform — we only monitor publicly available content from the sources you specify.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to generate and deliver your personalized intelligence briefs. This includes fetching public content from the sources you've configured, processing it through Anthropic's Claude API to produce your brief, generating a brief title and optional spoken-word audio through OpenAI's API, and delivering the resulting digest via your chosen channels — email (Gmail/SMTP), Telegram message, or MP3 audio file. Your email address is used for account authentication, brief delivery, and occasional product updates you can opt out of at any time.

3. Data Processing

Stork News uses Anthropic's Claude models to analyze and summarize publicly available content from the sources you've configured — Claude Haiku 4.5 for Pro briefs and Claude Sonnet 4.6 for Max briefs. That content is sent to Anthropic's API for processing. Anthropic does not use data submitted via their API to train their models. OpenAI's API is used for two narrower tasks: generating a short title for each brief and producing spoken-word audio via text-to-speech. OpenAI does not use data submitted via their API to train their models. We do not send your personal information (name, email, password) to Anthropic or OpenAI — only the public source content required to generate your brief.

4. Third-Party Services

We rely on a limited number of trusted third-party services to operate Stork News:

• Stripe — processes subscription payments. Stripe's privacy policy governs payment data.
• Anthropic — generates your intelligence brief using Claude models. Subject to Anthropic's API data usage policy.
• OpenAI — generates brief titles and text-to-speech audio. Subject to OpenAI's API data usage policy.
• Google — used for Gmail OAuth and email delivery infrastructure.
• Telegram Bot API — delivers briefs to your Telegram account if you enable this channel.
• Reddit — public posts and comments are fetched via the Reddit API when you add a subreddit as a source. Subject to Reddit's API terms.

RSS, Substack, and YouTube (via RSS) content is fetched directly over public HTTP — no third-party API provider is involved for those sources.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with advertisers or data brokers.

5. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored in a PostgreSQL database hosted on Railway, encrypted at rest using AES-256. All data in transit is protected via HTTPS/TLS. Passwords are hashed using bcrypt and never stored in plaintext. We implement rate limiting, input validation, and regular security audits. Access to production infrastructure is restricted to authorized personnel with multi-factor authentication.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access and portability — request a full export of your account data at any time from your account settings; the in-app export delivers your data in a portable, machine-readable format.
• Erasure — permanently delete your account and all associated data from your account settings. This action is irreversible.
• Rectification — correct or update your name, email, or preferences at any time from your account settings.
• Opt out of communications — unsubscribe from product updates via the link in any email. This does not affect your daily brief delivery.

These rights include the access, portability, erasure, and rectification rights afforded to EU/UK users under the GDPR and to California users under the CCPA. We do not sell or share your personal information, as those terms are defined under the CCPA. The in-app export and delete options in your account settings are the primary mechanism for exercising these rights; if you have questions or need help, reach us through the feedback page at stork.news/feedback.

7. Cookies

Stork News uses minimal cookies. We use a single session cookie to keep you logged in. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party analytics cookies. No cookie consent banner is required as we only use strictly necessary cookies for authentication.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes, we will notify you via email at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of Stork News after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

9. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please reach us through the feedback page at stork.news/feedback. We aim to respond to all inquiries within 48 hours.