Last Updated: February, 3th 2026
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how BuySide Digest (“BuySide Digest,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you access or use BuySideDigest.com (the “Site”) and related services.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into, and forms part of, the BuySide Digest Terms of Service (“Terms”). By accessing, registering for, subscribing to, or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to both this Privacy Policy and the Terms.
If you do not agree, you must not use the Site.
Name, email address, employer, and role
Account credentials and authentication details
Subscription and billing information (processed by third-party providers)
Communications with BuySide Digest
For institutional users, this information may include firm affiliation and usage patterns necessary to enforce access restrictions.
When you access the Site, we may collect:
IP address and approximate geographic location
Device identifiers, browser type, operating system
Access timestamps, pages viewed, and session activity
Usage signals for fraud prevention, compliance, and abuse detection
This data is used to enforce subscription terms, prevent credential sharing, and protect proprietary databases.
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
Authenticate users and enforce session integrity
Enforce paywalls and account-level access restrictions
Detect scraping, automated access, and abnormal usage
Protect proprietary databases and Content
Disabling cookies may result in loss of access to paid or protected Content.
We use information to:
Provide and operate the Site
Authenticate users and manage subscriptions
Enforce the Terms of Service and institutional use limits
Detect misuse, scraping, credential sharing, or automation
Communicate service updates and compliance notices
Comply with legal obligations
BuySide Digest does not sell personal information.
If you access the Site on behalf of a hedge fund, investment firm, asset manager, family office, or other organization (an “Institutional User”), you acknowledge and agree that:
Access is licensed only to the specific authorized user(s)
Content may not be shared internally beyond licensed users
Content may not be distributed to compliance teams, investment committees, analysts, or partners without express written permission
Internal databases, knowledge systems, or research repositories may not store or mirror BuySide Digest Content
BuySide Digest reserves the right to monitor usage patterns to enforce these restrictions.
Personal information and Content obtained through the Site may not be used to:
Train, fine-tune, validate, or benchmark AI or ML systems
Feed quantitative, systematic, or algorithmic trading models
Generate embeddings, signals, or derivative datasets
Power internal research automation or decision engines
This prohibition applies regardless of whether use is commercial, internal, experimental, or non-commercial.
Any such use constitutes a violation of both this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service.
We may share information only:
With vendors supporting hosting, analytics, payments, security, or communications, subject to confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
When required to:
Comply with law or regulatory process
Enforce the Terms of Service
Investigate suspected violations or misuse
Protect BuySide Digest’s rights, users, or property
In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, subject to confidentiality protections.
The Site may display content originating from third parties or contributors.
BuySide Digest:
Does not control third-party privacy practices
Does not verify contributor accuracy or legality
Acts solely as a passive publisher to the extent permitted by law
Responsibility for reliance on such content rests solely with the user.
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to:
Provide the Service
Enforce contractual and legal obligations
Detect abuse and prevent unauthorized access
Aggregated or anonymized data may be retained indefinitely.
We employ commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.
Information may be processed or stored in jurisdictions outside your own. By using the Site, you consent to such transfers.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of personal data.
California Residents
Rights under CCPA/CPRA include disclosure and deletion requests and non-discrimination for exercising rights.
European Residents
Rights under GDPR may include access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability.
Requests may be submitted via the contact information below.
This Privacy Policy is governed by and incorporated into the BuySide Digest Terms of Service. In the event of conflict, the Terms of Service control.
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
For privacy or compliance inquiries: info@buysidedigest.com