CLSTR privacy & data

CLSTR is operated as an independent project based in the EU.

we store your email address, display name, and (if provided by Google) profile picture URL

We store a Stripe customer/subscription identifier and the plan status. We do not see or store card details.

Items you create on the service (followed topics, briefing and monitor preferences) are stored against your account.

we store a cryptographic hash of each key (never the key itself), its label and creation date

coarse request context: country, the Cloudflare edge location, the network operator (for example a hosting provider)

Our infrastructure processes standard request data such as IP address and user agent for security, abuse prevention, and rate limiting.

We process account, subscription, product and API data to provide the service you signed up for.

We process usage records, logs and service emails on the basis of our legitimate interest in running, securing and improving the service

For analytics we use Simple Analytics , which is cookieless and does not profile visitors.

We keep account and product data for as long as your account exists.

These logs are short-lived.

Expires after 7 days of inactivity.

expires after 90 days

Some of these providers process data in the United States, under their standard data protection terms.

Third parties that receive your data Cloudflare : hosting and web services. Google : sign-in, only when you choose to sign in with Google. Stripe : subscription payments, only for paying users. Simple Analytics : privacy-friendly, cookieless usage statistics. Turso : database hosting; stores account and product data. AI model providers : process news content and search queries.

To request account deletion or to exercise any of these rights, email support@clstr.news and we will action your request.

you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to certain processing

you can object to that processing at any time by emailing us