First Pass

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 9th July, 2026

First Pass respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when you use the First Pass website, email briefings, account features, topic pages, and related services.

By using First Pass, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

First Pass collects limited personal information needed to operate and personalize the service.

We may collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Topic preferences
  • User-inputted timezone
  • Account and email preferences, such as briefing frequency or unsubscribe status

We may also receive basic technical information through the tools and services that help us operate the website, email delivery, authentication, and hosting. This may include information such as device, browser, log, or usage data collected by those service providers as part of running the service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Create and manage your First Pass account
  • Send your First Pass email briefings
  • Personalize briefings based on your selected topics
  • Let you view and update your settings on the website
  • Manage email frequency, unsubscribe requests, and account preferences
  • Review user-submitted topic suggestions
  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve First Pass
  • Communicate service updates, product updates, or account-related messages

We do not use your personal information to provide financial, investment, legal, medical, or other professional advice.

3. Email Communications

By signing up for First Pass, you agree to receive First Pass emails, including personalized briefings, account-related messages, and product updates.

You can unsubscribe from briefing emails or change your email frequency through the links in our emails or through the user portal.

Even if you unsubscribe from briefings, we may still send necessary account-related or administrative messages.

4. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate First Pass, such as providers for email delivery, authentication, website hosting, data storage, security, and related infrastructure.

These service providers may process information only as needed to provide their services to First Pass.

We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, or security of First Pass, our users, or others.

5. Topic Preferences and Personalization

First Pass uses your selected topics, user-inputted timezone, and email preferences to personalize your briefing experience.

If you suggest a new topic, we may review that suggestion and use it to improve or expand First Pass. Suggested topics may be approved, rejected, modified, combined, renamed, or removed at our discretion.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

First Pass may use basic cookies, local storage, or similar technologies needed for website functionality, account sign-in, authentication, security, and user settings.

We do not use these technologies to sell your personal information.

If we later introduce analytics, advertising, or more advanced tracking tools, we will update this Privacy Policy as needed.

7. Data Retention

We keep your information for as long as needed to provide First Pass, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and operate the service.

If you unsubscribe from emails, we may retain your email address and unsubscribe status to make sure we honor that request.

If you delete your account, we will delete or de-identify your personal information unless we need to retain limited information for legal, security, fraud prevention, or operational reasons.

8. Account Deletion and User Choices

You can update your topic preferences, email frequency, and briefing settings through the First Pass user portal.

You can unsubscribe from emails through the links in First Pass emails.

[hello@firstpass.news](mailto:hello@firstpass.news)

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

9. Children’s Privacy

First Pass is not intended for children under 13.

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or use First Pass. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

10. International Users

First Pass may be accessed by users outside the United States.

By using First Pass, you understand that your information may be processed in the United States or in other locations where our service providers operate. Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your personal information.

[hello@firstpass.news](mailto:hello@firstpass.news)

We will respond to requests as required by applicable law.

12. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect the information we collect.

However, no website, email system, or online service is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that your information will always remain secure.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

If we make material changes, we may notify users through the website, email, or another reasonable method. Your continued use of First Pass after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you accept the updated policy.

14. Contact

[hello@firstpass.news](mailto:hello@firstpass.news)