Privacy policy

Last updated: 11 October 2026

This policy explains how The Sports Columnist, a brand of The Columnist Studio, handles information you share with us.

what we collect.

When you join the list, we save your email address, optional first name and professional field, the sign-up source and date. When you contact us, we save your name, email address, message and submission date. To prevent spam, we temporarily record a hashed connection identifier and submission attempts.

how we use it.

We use waitlist details to send launch updates, early access and The Deal Sheet. We use contact information to respond to your enquiry. Joining the list does not create a public profile.

storage and access.

Information is held in our website’s secure storage. Subscriber and contact records are not publicly accessible. Access is restricted to authorised operations. We do not sell your personal information.

your choices.

You can withdraw your subscription or request access, correction or deletion through our contact page. Newsletter emails will include an unsubscribe option.

changes.

We may update this policy as our services develop. The revision date will be shown on this page. For privacy questions, please contact us.