Last updated 9 November 2026.
TRL 4 Media runs trl4.media. This page explains what personal data the site collects and what happens to it. For any question, or to use any of the rights below, email paolo@trl4.media.
Reading the site
You do not need an account to read. We do not use analytics, advertising trackers or tracking cookies. Like any website, our host keeps standard server logs, which record your IP address, your browser and the pages requested, to run the site and keep it secure.
If you create an account
We store your email address and your name, plus your organisation, your role and how you found us if you choose to give them. Your password is held by our login provider only as a one-way hash, which no one at TRL 4 Media can read. We also keep the list of articles you save.
We use this to run your account: signing you in, showing your saved articles, and answering you if you write to us about it. The legal basis is that you asked for the account.
If you email us
We receive what you send: your email address, your name if you give it, and your message. We use it to reply, which is in our legitimate interest and yours.
The newsletter
TRL4 Media Weekly runs on Beehiiv. You subscribe on Beehiiv's own site, under Beehiiv's privacy policy, and every issue carries an unsubscribe link. The legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing.
Who handles it for us
- Netlify hosts the site.
- Google Workspace handles our email.
- Supabase runs sign-in and stores account details and saved articles.
- Resend sends sign-in and confirmation emails.
- Beehiiv runs the newsletter.
- Google Fonts and jsDelivr serve the site's typefaces and one script library. Your browser fetches these from their servers, which see your IP address.
Some of these companies are based in the United States. Where personal data leaves the EU or the UK, it does so under the safeguards the law requires, such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it for advertising.
What your browser stores
Signing in keeps your session in your browser's local storage, so you stay signed in between visits. Two short-lived entries help the sign-in steps: the address you have just registered with, kept until you close the tab, and an article you asked to save before signing in, kept until it is saved. None of these track you, and signing out removes the session.
How long we keep it
Account details and saved articles stay until you delete your account. Emails are kept for as long as we need to deal with your enquiry and any follow-up. Server logs are kept by Netlify for a short period under its own policy.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and the UK GDPR you can ask to see the personal data we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it, including your whole account. You can also ask us to restrict or stop using it, and to send it to you in a form you can take elsewhere. Email us and we will reply within a month.
You can also complain to a data protection authority, in the country where you live or work.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.