We treat your privacy the way we'd want ours treated.

Bowel Brief is a niche where privacy actually matters. So we collect as little as possible, we never collect a name, we don't sell or share your email, and we don't embed third-party advertising trackers on this site. The longer version below explains exactly what we do collect and why.

When you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address and the page on our site that referred you (so we know which articles convert). That's it. We don't ask for your name, phone, address, gender, age, or symptoms. Your subscription is stored with our email service provider, beehiiv, who processes it on our behalf.

We use your email to send you the weekly brief, occasional product reviews, and transactional messages tied to anything you actively requested (such as the 72-Hour Reset Protocol). You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email — that single click removes you completely.

When you open the chat widget, we generate a random session ID and store the messages you send and receive so we can improve answers and learn what readers actually need help with. The transcripts are visible only to the editor of Bowel Brief and are not tied to your email unless you choose to share it inside the chat (for example, to request the 72-Hour Reset).

Conversations are processed by a third-party language model provider through a privacy-preserving relay; the provider does not retain your messages for training. If you'd rather not have a transcript stored at all, simply don't use the chat — every other part of the site works without it.

We use a privacy-friendly analytics tool to count page views and outbound product clicks in aggregate. It does not set advertising cookies, does not fingerprint your device, does not follow you across sites, and does not record your IP address in our database. We use it to know which articles are landing and which products readers actually click on — nothing more.

Some product links on this site are affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if you buy something through them. Clicking an affiliate link sends you through a tracking redirect (Amazon Associates or Awin, depending on the merchant) so the network can attribute the sale. The redirect itself does not collect any personal information from you. Read the full affiliate disclosure for the details.

We never sell, rent, or share your email with anyone outside the service providers (beehiiv, our analytics tool, the language model relay) we need to operate the site. We never share or sell concierge transcripts. We never use your data to retarget you with advertising on other sites. We never run third-party ad networks here.

You can ask us at any time to confirm what personal data we hold for your email address, correct it, export it, or delete it entirely. The fastest path is to email[email protected]with the subject line "privacy request" — we'll respond within fourteen days. If you are in the EU, UK, or California, you have specific rights under GDPR, UK-GDPR, and CCPA respectively; the same email address handles all of those requests.

Bowel Brief is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under the age of sixteen, and the medical content here is not intended to guide care for a child. If a child's chronic constipation is the reason you found us, please bring it to a pediatric clinician.

If we materially change how we handle your data we will update this page and, for anything significant, send a notice to subscribers. The "last updated" date at the top of this page is the source of truth.

Questions about this policy or anything privacy-related go to [email protected]. We read every message ourselves.