Privacy

Last updated November 8, 2026

We collect as little as we can. We don’t sell or share your information, we don’t run ads, and we don’t use advertising trackers.

What we collect

• Preview sign-up: your email, and if you choose to add them, your name, neighborhood and the topic you care about most. We use these to send you preview access and occasional updates about the site.
• Contact form: your name, email and message. We use these only to reply to you.
• Basic technical details: when you submit a form, we record the date, the page you came from and your approximate country, which helps us spot spam.
• Preview sign-in: if you enter the preview password, we set one cookie that keeps you signed in for 90 days. We don’t use any other cookies.
• Visit counts: we use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views. It doesn’t use cookies and doesn’t identify you personally.

Who else handles it

The site and the information above are hosted by Cloudflare. If we use an email service to send updates, it will only use your email to deliver them. We don’t give your information to anyone else unless the law requires it.

Your choices

Every email we send includes a way to unsubscribe. To see, correct or delete the information we have about you, email hello@chicagoexplainer.com and we’ll take care of it.

Children

The site isn’t directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we change how we handle information, we’ll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email hello@chicagoexplainer.com or use our contact form.