What we collect, and what we don't

Reading articles needs nothing

You don't need an account, a login, or to give us any information at all to read articles on Brainy Bit. Your reading streak and any badges you earn are stored only in your own browser on your own device — that information is never sent to us or stored on our servers.

What we do collect

If you sign up for the monthly newsletter, we collect your first name, surname, and email address. We ask that a parent or grown-up handle this sign-up, not a child alone.

If you email us directly, we see whatever you choose to write to us.

Separately, we keep anonymous, site-wide usage counts — how many people read each section, roughly how long pages stay open, which articles get liked most, and which country a visit came from. These are just running totals (e.g. "World Stuff Explained was viewed 412 times") — nothing is tied to your name, your email, your device, or any ID that could connect two visits to the same person. There's no cookie tracking individual visitors, no advertising, and no data sold or shared with anyone outside running the site.

How we use it

Newsletter sign-up details are used for exactly one thing: sending the Brainy Bit newsletter and occasional updates about new articles or features. We never sell, rent, or share this information with advertisers or any other third party.

We use two outside services to run Brainy Bit: Upstash, to store newsletter sign-ups, and Resend, to send the newsletter emails. Both only receive the information needed to do that job, and neither is allowed to use it for anything else.