Privacy Policy
Effective date: September 1, 2026
Megaphone Studio (a Rye Valley company) operates megaphonestudio.com and is based in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. This policy explains what information we collect through this website, how we use it, and the choices you've.
We keep it simple: we collect as little as we need to run the site, answer your messages, and send you the content you ask for.
Information we collect
We collect the following information when you use this site:
- Email addresses and survey answers you submit through our newsletter, quiz, playbook and application forms.
- Analytics data such as pages visited, referring sites, approximate location, browser and device type.
- Standard server logs, including IP addresses and request timestamps, generated automatically by our hosting provider.
We don't collect payment card data on this site. Payments are handled by separate providers.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect for these purposes:
- To deliver the newsletter, quiz result, playbook or other content you signed up for.
- To point you at the right offer based on the answers you give us.
- To understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
- To respond when you contact us or apply for a campaign.
- To keep the site secure and diagnose technical problems.
Third-party processors
We rely on a small number of service providers to run this site. Each receives only the data needed to do its job:
- beehiiv: delivers Viral Examples and stores subscriber email addresses and survey answers.
- Calendly: schedules strategy calls you book through this site.
- Slack: receives campaign applications so our team can read them.
- Vercel: hosts this website and generates standard server logs.
These providers process data under their own privacy policies and our agreements with them. We don't sell your personal information.
Cookies and analytics
This site uses cookies and similar technologies set by analytics providers to measure visits and usage patterns in aggregate, not to build profiles of individual visitors.
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. The site works with cookies disabled.
Opting out and your choices
Every newsletter email we send includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing takes effect immediately.
You can ask us to access, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing [email protected]. We'll respond within a reasonable timeframe.
If you're visiting from the EU or UK, you may have additional rights under local data protection law, including rights to access, portability, rectification and erasure. Contact us at the email above to exercise them.
Data retention
We keep subscriber email addresses for as long as you remain subscribed, and remove them from active lists when you unsubscribe.
Analytics data is retained per the default retention settings of our analytics providers. Server logs are kept for a short operational window by our hosting provider.
We delete or anonymize personal information when it's no longer needed for the purposes described here.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll change the effective date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy or this policy? Email [email protected]. Megaphone Studio (a Rye Valley company) operates megaphonestudio.com and is based in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.