Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 25, 2025

Shortfinder ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website located at https://shortfinder.com ("Site"). We provide investment research about stocks for selling short, including research articles and newsletters. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information:

  • Email address (when you subscribe to free or paid newsletters)
  • Payment information (processed via Stripe for paid memberships)

Usage Data:

  • Newsletter opens and clicks
  • Member source (how you found us)
  • Outbound link tagging
  • Website traffic data (via Google Analytics)

Cookies:

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Provide newsletters and investment research
  • Manage your membership and payment processing
  • Improve our content and services
  • Analyze website traffic and newsletter performance
  • Communicate with you regarding your subscription and updates to our services or policies

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties, except as follows:

  • Google Analytics: to analyze website traffic
  • Stripe: to process payments for memberships
  • Ghost Foundation: to authenticate users of our website and email newsletter services

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as you remain a member (free or paid), and for up to one year after your membership ends. We may retain certain data as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

5. Data Security

We take data security seriously. We use commercially reasonable safeguards to protect the personal information we collect, including:

  • Secure connections (HTTPS) for data transmission
  • Access controls and password protections
  • Encryption of sensitive payment data via Stripe
  • Regular review and updates of our security practices

While we take these steps to protect your information, please note that no data transmission over the internet or storage system is completely secure.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

GDPR (EU/UK Visitors)

  • Right to access: You can request a copy of your personal data.
  • Right to correct: You can request that we correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to delete: You can request that we delete your personal data.
  • Right to restrict or object: You can restrict or object to certain processing activities.
  • Right to data portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.

CCPA/CPRA (California Residents)

  • Right to know: You can request to know what personal information we collect and how we use it.
  • Right to delete: You can request deletion of your personal information.
  • Right to opt-out: You can opt out of the sale of your personal information (we do not sell data).
  • Right to non-discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

Other U.S. States

We comply with other state-specific privacy laws to the extent they apply.

7. How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at:
admin@shortfinder.com

We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

8. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will delete it promptly.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on our Site and update the "Effective Date" above. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. If we make material changes, we will also notify you by email (if you are a subscriber) or through a prominent notice on our Site.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at admin@shortfinder.com.