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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 15 October 2026
1. Who we are (data controller)
The POD Forecast is a weekly trend newsletter for Etsy and print-on-demand sellers, published at podforecast.com. It is operated by an individual based in France, who is the data controller for the personal data described below.
Contact for any privacy question or request: hello@podforecast.com
2. What data we collect
- Email address, when you subscribe through a form on podforecast.com.
- Subscription data: your plan (free or Pro), and the date, time and source of your consent to receive the newsletter.
- Email engagement data: whether our emails were delivered, opened or clicked, and whether you unsubscribed, as reported by our email provider.
- Payment and billing data, if you subscribe to Pro. Payments are handled by Stripe; we never see or store your full card details. We receive your email address, subscription status and billing records from Stripe.
- Technical data: our hosting provider processes standard request data (such as IP address and browser information) to serve the website and keep it secure.
3. Why we use it, and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR art. 6) |
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| Sending the free weekly newsletter, the welcome email, and occasional offers about The POD Forecast Pro | Your consent, given when you subscribe (art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw it at any time. |
| Providing a paid Pro subscription: billing, delivering the Pro edition, account and service emails | Performance of a contract with you (art. 6(1)(b)). |
| Keeping billing and accounting records | Legal obligation (art. 6(1)(c)). |
| Recording your consent and honouring your unsubscribe request | Legal obligation to demonstrate consent and respect objections (art. 6(1)(c)). |
| Running and securing the website | Legitimate interest in operating a secure service (art. 6(1)(f)). |
We do not sell your personal data and we do not use it for automated decision-making or profiling with legal effects.
4. Who processes your data (processors)
- Resend (email delivery and subscriber list management)
- Stripe (payment processing for Pro subscriptions)
- Vercel (website hosting)
The website also loads its fonts from Google Fonts (Google), which receives your IP address when the page loads.
These providers are based in, or may process data in, the United States. Such transfers are covered by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and/or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), where the provider is certified under it.
5. How long we keep it
- Newsletter data: for as long as you are subscribed. When you unsubscribe, we stop all marketing emails immediately and keep only your email address and the unsubscribe record, so that we can honour your choice. You can ask us to delete it completely (see section 7).
- Pro subscription data: for the duration of your subscription; billing and accounting records are kept for the period required by French law.
6. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- rectification of inaccurate data;
- erasure ("right to be forgotten");
- object to processing, including direct marketing, at any time;
- data portability (receive your data in a common machine-readable format);
- restriction of processing;
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, email hello@podforecast.com. We will reply within one month.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés), 3 Place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, www.cnil.fr, or with the supervisory authority of your country of residence.
7. How to unsubscribe or delete your data
- Unsubscribe: click the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email we send. It works in one click, no login needed. You can also reply to any email or write to hello@podforecast.com.
- Delete your data: email hello@podforecast.com with the subject "Delete my data" from the address you subscribed with. We will remove your contact record from our email provider and confirm by email. Billing records we are legally required to keep are excluded.
- Cancel Pro: cancelling your Pro subscription moves you back to the free edition; unsubscribe separately if you no longer want the free newsletter.
8. Cookies
The website does not use advertising or analytics cookies.
9. Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. Significant changes will be announced by email to subscribers.