Last updated: August 10, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how ALE Stack ("we", "us"), operated at alestack.com, collects, uses, and protects your personal information, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect the minimum needed to run a membership site, we don't run ads, and we never sell your data or let anyone mine it for another organization's benefit.
Information you provide to us
- Your email address, and optionally your name, when you subscribe to the newsletter or create a membership.
- Payment information when you start a paid membership. Payments are processed by Stripe; your card details go directly to Stripe and are never stored on our site in any form.
- Messages you send us, such as emails to our support address.
Information collected automatically
- Usage information, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location (country level), browser and device type. This comes from privacy-friendly, first-party analytics built into our publishing platform, Ghost. We do not use third-party advertising trackers, and we do not track you across other websites.
- Course progress, which lessons you've opened is stored locally in your own browser (localStorage) so your course dashboards work. This data stays on your device; it is not transmitted to us.
- Sign-in session, a cookie that keeps you signed in as a member. See our Cookie Policy.
How we use your information
- To deliver the newsletter and any emails you've subscribed to (you can unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email).
- To provide members with access to the content they've subscribed to, and to keep you signed in.
- To process payments and manage subscriptions.
- To respond when you contact us.
- To understand, in aggregate, how the site is used so we can improve it.
- To protect the security and integrity of the site, and to comply with the law.
Sign-in without passwords
ALE Stack uses passwordless sign-in: when you log in, we email you a secure one-time link. We never store a password for you, which means there is no password of yours that could be leaked from our systems.
Who we share data with
We share personal information only with the service providers that run the site, and only to the extent needed to operate it:
- Ghost(Pro), our publishing and membership platform, which hosts the site and member database.
- Stripe, payment processing for paid memberships (see Stripe's privacy policy).
- Email delivery infrastructure used by Ghost to send newsletters and sign-in links.
- Cloudflare, serves some course content and aggregate course statistics.
We do not sell, rent, or lend personal information to anyone. We have no third-party advertising affiliations.
International transfers
Our service providers operate primarily in the United States and the European Union. If you access the site from elsewhere, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in those regions. Our providers use appropriate safeguards for such transfers.
Security
We use reasonable organizational and technical measures to protect personal information, including passwordless authentication and payment processing that keeps card data entirely off our systems. No transmission or storage system can be guaranteed 100% secure; if you believe your interaction with us is no longer secure, contact us at the address below.
Accessing, updating, and deleting your information
You can view and update your email, name, and subscription settings any time from your account page on the site. To delete your account and personal information, email us and we will remove it, please understand the process is permanent and there is no restore.
Children
The site is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the "Last updated" date above and post the new version on this page. If a change materially affects how previously collected information is used, we will seek your consent first.
Contact
Questions? Email hello@alestack.com and we'll be glad to help.