Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us, such as your name, email address, subscription preferences, messages you send through our contact form, and any information you choose to provide when joining our list, responding to promotions, or using our services. If we offer paid features in the future, payment and billing details may be collected and processed by our payment providers.

We may also collect limited technical and usage information automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages viewed, links clicked, cookie preferences, and how you interact with our site and emails.

2. How We Use Information

We use your information to operate ForTheRealG.com, deliver The Brief, process subscription requests, respond to messages, maintain our email list, understand audience interest, improve our site and content, protect our services, comply with legal obligations, and communicate important service or subscription updates.

3. Cookies & Analytics

We use essential cookies to operate the site, remember basic preferences, protect forms, and maintain security. We may also use optional analytics cookies, such as Google Analytics or similar tools, to understand how visitors use the site and which pages or links are useful. Optional analytics should load only according to your cookie preferences where consent is required.

You can manage your choices through the Cookie Settings link in our footer. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect site functionality.

4. Email Communications

When you join our list, we will send you The Brief: our curation of rare finds, premium objects, smart upgrades, collector curiosities, and things worth knowing about. We may also send confirmation emails, welcome emails, service updates, and subscription-related messages.

You can unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us. Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send limited transactional or service messages when necessary, such as payment, account, or legal notices.

5. Affiliate Links & Third-Party Sites

Some links in our site or newsletter may be affiliate, partner, or tracking links. If you click one of these links, we or a third-party partner may receive information about the click, referral source, device, browser, or resulting purchase. We may earn a commission or receive other consideration from qualifying purchases or relationships.

Third-party websites, merchants, affiliate networks, payment providers, and social platforms operate under their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, content, pricing, products, or services.

6. Payments

If we offer paid subscriptions, memberships, concierge-style services, or other paid features in the future, payment information will generally be handled by third-party payment processors. We do not intend to store full payment card numbers on our servers. Payment providers may process information needed to complete transactions, prevent fraud, manage renewals, and comply with legal obligations.

7. Information Sharing

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share our email list with advertisers, data brokers, or outside marketers.

We use a limited number of trusted service providers to help us operate ForTheRealG.com. For example, service providers may help us host the website, send emails, manage subscriptions, process payments if paid features are offered, understand site traffic, protect the site, or respond to support requests.

These providers may only access or use personal information as needed to provide services for us, or as required by law. They are not allowed to use subscriber information for their own marketing.

We may disclose information if required by law, to protect ForTheRealG.com, to prevent fraud or abuse, to enforce our Terms, or if the site or business is transferred to a new owner. If that ever happens, subscriber information would remain subject to privacy protections.

8. International Processing

We may use service providers located in Canada, the United States, or other jurisdictions. Your information may be processed, stored, or accessed outside your province, state, or country, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.

9. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including delivering the newsletter, maintaining records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, preventing abuse, and meeting legal, accounting, or reporting obligations. If you unsubscribe, we may keep limited information to honour that request and maintain suppression or compliance records.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no website, email system, or online service is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted through or stored by our site or service providers.

11. Your Choices & Rights

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails, manage cookie preferences, or contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information. Depending on your location, you may have additional privacy rights under applicable laws. We may need to verify your request before acting on it and may retain information where legally permitted or required.

12. Children’s Privacy

ForTheRealG.com is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or from children under the age required by applicable local law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate steps.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice where appropriate or required.

14. Contact Us

Questions about this policy or your information? We are here to help. Email us anytime using our form: Contact.