Privacy policy

Last updated: October 12, 2026

Who we are

The Automated Shop (theautomatedshop.com) is an independent publication about automation tools for small businesses. Questions about this policy: [email protected], or by mail to The Automated Shop, 333 Bush St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104.

What we collect

• Newsletter: signups are handled by Kit (kit.com). If you subscribe, your email address is stored by Kit, and you'll get a confirmation email first (double opt-in). You can unsubscribe from any email. See Kit's privacy policy.
• Email you send us: if you write to [email protected], we keep your message and address so we can reply. We don't add you to the newsletter unless you sign up.
• Hosting logs: the site is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes IP addresses and request data to deliver pages and protect the site. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
• Affiliate links: if you click an affiliate link, the vendor or its affiliate network may set cookies to credit the referral to us. Their privacy policies apply.

We don't run analytics or advertising trackers on this site, and we don't use our own cookies.

What we don't do

We don't sell or rent your personal information, and we don't share it except as described above.

Your choices

You can block cookies in your browser, or email us to ask what we hold about you or to have it deleted. If you're in the EU, UK, or California, you have additional rights under the GDPR or CCPA; email us to use them.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it here and change the date at the top.