Last updated November 11, 2026.
This is the plain-English version of how Inside O’side handles your information. If anything here is unclear, email hello@insideoside.com.
What I collect
Your email address. When you subscribe, your email goes to beehiiv, the service that sends the newsletter. Along with it I record how you found the signup form: the page you were on, the site that referred you and any campaign tags in the link.
Your answers to the welcome questions, if you choose to answer. After you subscribe you’ll see a few optional questions: your ZIP code, age range, whether kids live at home, whether you rent or own, what you’d like more of and how you found Inside O’side. Every question can be skipped.
Messages you send. If you use the tip or advertising forms, I keep what you wrote and the contact details you gave so I can reply.
Basic email stats. beehiiv records opens and clicks so I can see which stories people read.
How I use it
Your email is used to send you the newsletter. Your answers help me decide what to cover.
I also add the answers up to describe the audience as a whole to local businesses that may sponsor the newsletter, for example “about a third of readers live in 92054.” Sponsors only ever see totals. They never see your name, your email address or your individual answers.
I don’t sell your personal information, and I don’t share it with advertisers.
Where it’s stored
Subscriber records live with beehiiv. Welcome answers and form messages are also stored in a database run by Cloudflare, which hosts this website. The welcome answers are stored next to your subscriber ID, not your email address.
Cookies and tracking
This site doesn’t use advertising cookies. If you arrive from a link with campaign tags, the site remembers them in your browser for that visit so a signup can be credited to the right source.
Your choices
Every email has an unsubscribe link, and it works right away. To see, correct or delete what I have about you, including your welcome answers, email hello@insideoside.com from the address you subscribed with.
California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected and to ask for it to be deleted. The same email address handles those requests.
Children
Inside O’side is written for adults and isn’t directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, I’ll update the date at the top and mention anything significant in the newsletter.